New centre opens its doors to internet porn addicts
A US therapy centre now offers residential treatment for people struggling with pathological computer use.
The reStart Internet Addiction Recovery Program provides a 45-day course of treatment, including individual and group counselling, life skills coaching and motivational activities and outings. Anyone troubled by a web surfing, gaming or texting habit can be eligible for the programme.
Dr. Hilarie Cash comments that many participants have “extensive exposure to porn, but not much to sex”.
“We are leading increasingly isolated lives. People go online to meet the need for human contact. But it is not as satisfying. We are animals that need to see, hear, touch each other. Without human contact, we become anxious and depressed.”
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Hello, I have to say that,
Hello,
I have to say that, these comments are very poignant, & strike a very significant cord & in a world of STD's such as HVI AIDS, & in a world full of misinformation about sex & sexuality the doctors comments have a loud ring of truth to them. The more we are exposed to porn the less real sex we seem to be having. Porn plus masturbation is qualitatively NOT the same or as satisfying as masturbation with just yourself IMO.
Quote: Dr. Hilarie Cash comments that many participants have “extensive exposure to porn, but not much to sex”.
Quote: “We are leading
Quote: “We are leading increasingly isolated lives. People go online to meet the need for human contact. But it is not as satisfying. We are animals that need to see, hear, touch each other. Without human contact, we become anxious and depressed.”
Comment: I have to say that I completely agree with her. Porn tends to have a very disconnecting type of effect on a person's being the more it is used. Using porn & through the process of objectification " the SELF becomes split off" the more split off a person becomes from their whole self the more the inner wound festers, the more alone & lonely or disconnected. Its not a trivial concern by any means. Yet simple loving contact with another person, to be touched or to receive a massage say or to receive a hug can go a long long way to diverting someone from porn.
**Many porn users would benefit a great deal from some simple loving contact, after all using porn leads to a great deal of shame and often to a sense that "I am unlovable in some way?" We all need to feel that we are lovable, wanted & valued as ordinary human beings. Using porn doesn't make you a bad person but it can, & often does leave you feeling pretty bad that's the down side of porn that not many people care to mention though.
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