Sexual Relationships 
Sexual Health 
Humans watch porn, don't we? Now, when you think about it, no other being (that we know of) does that! And when they don't, they also don't have the problems we do.
Now, don't get me wrong, you can't get yourself serious problems by watching softcore porn, twice a week. But in today's world, where porn is so available and Instagram models participate in softcore pornography themselves, through some questionable videos, some people are flooded with porn. Or flood themselves.
In a world, where we stay home more, ever since the end of 2019, and you are been advised to limit your outside activity, many people found themselves watching more and more porn, than even they themselves think they should. Altho some may not realize or admit it. In a world, where you are tired of listening about Covid-19, the whole years of 2020, 2021 and now :
this has been going for three years and i think its about time to address it.
0. Is Porn Harmful?
The keyword here bein' CAN. It can be, due often or excessive consumption, and let us admit: it almost always goes with masturb@tion. Which only makes matters worse!
Detaches you from the rational world, from the ordinary people. Twists your thoughts, messes your expectations. Elevates the likelihood for/of depression, OCD, harmful or self-harming behavior and other conditions. Neck and spine distortions too!
1. How porn affects the mind?
Aside from the psychological aspects i already mentioned, there indeed is undeniable link, between porn and kinks. Porn and fetishes (which evolve from kinks). And Porn and Perversions, which evolve from fetishes and then the weird behavior gets kinda evident.
I am not going to ask: You guys and gals ever heard of NoFap?
Some of you probably have. Some probably follow the 'way'. For those who haven't - search it up, altho i will make some mention through link, here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/comments/uwp50/female_benefits/
Since the NoFap movement consists primarily of men and started out FOR men, i linked for women. Men, most standard articles and advices related with NoFap, you will find on the Web, are meant for you. I am not ignoring you!
And there also seems to be link between post-nut clarity and porn.
Oh well.
2. How the affected mind does affect the body?
Terribly, and i will start with the side-effects, rather than the direct effects:
- People may not walk/run/exercise much: worsened hearth condition, weight gain, messed up hormone levels, aging faster.
- For direct effects:
a) Men: delayed (very) or premature ejaculation. Variable erections. Weak erections. Or no erection at all. The woman they like is right there, in front of them and their penis is not responding. Because their neuroplasticity is wired the wrong way.
b) Women: troubles getting wet. Sometimes, not getting wet at all and a lube (which might not be currently in possession) to be needed. Women too get addicted to the dopamine need associated with PMO (Porn->Masturbation->Orgasm), just like men.
c) Both: And make no mistake, when one of the partners have a problem and they like/love each other, the other suffers too. Because of doubts like: "Am i not good enough? Maybe i am not as attractive as she\he says? Did i do or not do something? I do not know the 'hang of it'?"
3. How Porn+Masturbation may effect the body?
This time i will start with the worst! :
Impossibility to have a sexual act at all! Penile injury/trauma - due excessive/rough masturbation. Clitoral damage - due excessive/rough masturbation or/and overuse of powerful vibrators, which i am going to talk about.
Erection problems, leading to young men taking Viagra! Because they already have anxiety, whether they will perform at all. I want to say, i am so sorry, if anyone reading this, has this problem. Its not funny, its not something to make fun of. But know from me, intimacy is not just sex=penetration. Its not - i am HARD-> let's have sex | or | i am not HARD -> we cannot have sex. Your penis' head might not be working sometime, but your actual head is working all the time! USE IT! Intimacy can be much more than just sex, you could always please us in another ways - fingering, licking, experiment with double orgasms with your girl/woman.
P.S. - I almost forgot to mention, that at some point, Men, due getting too used to masturbation, they may be unable to reach an orgasm, by the movements done and felt. Аnd the sensation of the penis being inside a vagina/vaginal walls around the penis, is supposed to feel like. Their penis may simply not recognize such stimulation as sufficiently pleasant.
Vaginal dryness, because when the woman's body is not aroused as response to actual, real intimacy with a partner, the vagina doesn't lubricates itself. Even if there is little lubrication or some 'lube' used, the act will not be really pleasant. And there often can be vaginal bleeding, because of it. To avoid some confusion, such dryness may not necessarily be lack of bodily response due porn-side effects. I had such bleeding few times and noticed it happens when/if i am having sex rather... too soon. It happens when i am not fully/very aroused. It also happened to girl friends of mine after douching, with later. Which may cause dryness.
Impossibility to actually orgasm and for which is also worse, some women cannot orgasm, during sex, without imagining and remembering scenes from their favorite porn. What a way to realize you have a problem. (Happens to men too i know). Women too may not find stimulus by penis inside them, they way it moves and feels - pleasurable. Which often leads them to try different positions, alas, to no avail.
3.5 Misuse/overuse of vibrator(s)
Many girls however, get to the point of buying vibrator, as its shown they may deliver powerful orgasms, in some masturbation videos they may have watched or they were simply advised by some popular 'chick', how amazing it feels.
Such vibrators are unnaturally powerful stimulus. Originally, our clitorises are not made, nor meant to be satisfied with such. What happens due the use of such powerful vibrators, is that the delicate clitoris, made of so much and delicate nerve endings, suffers micro-damage. Especially during orgasm, when the girl/woman might feel like pressing it harder against the clit and also over-stimulating it with the vibration.
Is such outcome even a possible thing? - Just because it is rare, doesn't mean it is not in the statistics!
Let's make few mentions, shall we? :
https://www.quora.com/Can-overusing-a-vibrator-cause-damage-to-the-clitoris-Nerve-damage-or-otherwise
https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/ybop-articles-on-porn-addiction-porn-induced-problems/masturbation-ejaculation-articles/vibrators-and-other-pleasures-when-moderation-fails-2011/
https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Sexual-Health/What-evidence-do-you-have-that-vibrators-dont-cause-nerve-damage/show/2465319
https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/ybop-articles-on-porn-addiction-porn-induced-problems/articles-of-special-interest-to-women/vibrators-and-dead-vagina-syndrome-research-and-mainstream-press/
I know a woman, she is a friend of my mother. It took her some time to understand, that it was her vibrator (the overuse) the reason, for her clitoris to become desensitized and to have shrunk. The Gynecologists in my country were unsure about her case, as they are more familiar with... the more... "standard" or "popular" causes and cases. She went to Germany, Berlin. Thanks Goodness she was taught some Deutsch at her time, so she managed to understand, that when asked about her use of her vibrator, and for how many years it has been, during periods with no partners, that pointed them out to clitoral ATROPHY. It is there where she realised, after doctors mentioning it, her clitoris was also kinda pale, compared as to years ago. It even had effect on her sex drive, which she wondered why was lower, as compared to before, when she wasn't even 35 (years old) yet. As confirmed in here
- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/clitoral-atrophy
It took some time to get her blood flowing back in there. And some sucking from a man...
4. Depraved Behavior -
Our behavior itself can be affected so much (due our porn fetishes, escalating into perversions) that it may push is into some... questionable behavior. Make no mistake. Not small number of people on this very site, already display such behavior. Some more than others. It roots back to early porn usage and often, fetishes and perversions derive from certain porn a person might find to be its 'thing'. But folks, this IS NOT who you are. This is not who you WERE. And this is not who you would be, if you were never affected by porn like that. And this is not who you still have to BE.
There are so many fetishes, and perversions that might affect one's behavior, that i cannot think of them all. But i will mention:
Blood fetish
Harming behavior - person who uses violence towards his/her partner, to increase its' own arousal. Beating, slapping, hair-pulling, so on.
BallBusting - quite popular i must admit, and i see people trying to normalise it. And when the thought of going too far and damaging those reproductive organs actually turns you on, you know you have a problem. I mean, what's next, kicking women hard in the belly, aiming for the ovaries... uh.. ovary-busting?
CuntBusting - albeit less dangerous, still dangerous enough and can be equally as painful, as the previous mention. For some reason, there is wider acceptance when its done as woman-to-woman, rather than man-to-woman. There are some social factors i consider they might be contributing to this, but i am unsure. Despite being submissive and a masochist myself, i do notice that CuntBusting is associated with deeper problems, which i will mention soon. And it greatly concerns me.
Engaging in questionable practices or scenarios.
This will include roleplay scenarios, which are actually risky. Some BDSM games.
Self-destructive situations like cuckolding, which is by the way often related to low testosterone levels in men and low self-esteem. Don't believe? If anyone with such fetish is reading this, try increasing your testosterone and keep that for days. Practice some martial arts too, as said by a man i know.
Exhibitionist(ic) behavior - I mean, some people go too far. Showing off to teens? Come on!
Agreeing into Humiliating situations, degrading...
Public humiliation - remember what i wanted to mention earlier? Believe it or not, this CuntBusting runs in here, where i live. What it actually IS about, is submissive girls, participating in publicly humiliating scenarios or challenges. Unlike boys, who know how painful a kick there is, i have seen, once - live, girl trying to prove something... she could not. What they actually get out of this all, is that they will be defeated shamefully in front of other teens. They will be seen and WANT to be seen as weak and pathetic. They are aroused by the attention they are going to receive (when boys observe them) while suffering on the ground.
They actually reach some sort of... brain orgasm... when their most 'forbidden' and extreme fantasy becomes true. And it is in a way release, because later, they experience something similar to the post-nut clarity. They come to realization, what a self-harming, self-destructive and mind-boggling scenario they went through. And they burst into tears.
Ending - So, dear readers, if this article made you question whether you or someone you know, might be affected by porn too...
Sit down, get a paper and a pen, think carefully and write down, whatever you suspect might be a symptom of a deviation, caused by the porn in your life. What would you be like, without the porn effects in your life?
And hold nothing back, because in the end of the day, you can at least be honest with yourselves.
What Girls & Guys Said
4 23This is like saying masturbation is harmful - an idea that went out only about 100 years ago.
Excessive one? Yes. I mean, if you eat too much junkfood, it's harmful for your health as well.
Basically impossible to hurt yourself with masturbation
I already mentioned it is. you can search for yourself. It's not like anything I will say, you will believe, when you are in denial.
You can mention it all you want that doesn't make a true
Also, denial is not the same thing as disagreeing with you. Don't use psychiatric terminology unless you actually know what it means.
Thanks for clarifying something i knew. I will keep remembering what i know, when i apply for the Med. University in Sofia :) :) :)
Very well researched and presented topic
Great take
Good take.
Listen, I need porn. No woman is coming my way anytime in this lifetime
go her way, then
No thanks, I know my place
OokayY
I know you think sex is easy to come by because you're a woman, but for a man that is far below average like myself, porn is usually the only option
I don't know how it is in the states, but here in Bulgaria, escort girls are not expensive, as i was shown from guys
It's not legal in the states, and if I'm with an actual woman, there are things I would want to do that I can't do on an escort
People in the States still have sex for money. Have you ever EVEN tried? Don't tell me you are like that dude who got asked - Why you don't have a job? "Couldn't find one." - Have you tried? "Nah" :D
I'm not going to try as the punishment is jail lol
Then have often 'vacations' to other countries. the States is not the only country in the world.
Lol, why would I do that when I have porn. Those foreign women just trap you do their boyfriend can rob you
Its not porn that you have. Its excuses.
Sorry I don't feel like being arrested or robbed in a foreign country lol. Sorry I'm not a model with a big dick that women love