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How To Treat Teen Porn Addiction

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How To Treat Porn Addiction Internet pornography is quite powerful in capturing the attention of the teen brain. This power can be understood in considering how easy it for people to: Choose what they want to watch or view any time—and often for free or little cost. Find images that involve sound and motion, which have a more intense effect on the brain. Click through many images in a short amount of time and be exposed to more in quantity and variety in one sitting than through a magazine or DVD. Take advantage of the “Triple-A Effect” of accessibility, affordability, and anonymity. Become addicted to pornography in shorter spans of time because of easy and speedy access to it. McAfee, the world’s largest dedicated security technology company, released insightful findings from the company’s 2012 Teen Internet Behavior study. It found that many teens are accessing inappropriate online content. Specifically, 43 percent of teens have accessed simulated violence onli...
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7 Ways to Prevent Your Teen from Becoming a Sex Addict

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It is now common for oral sex to be seen as the new kissing and for girls to send nude/partially nude photos of themselves via smartphones to boys as a way to express their interest. Here are 7 ways parents can help prevent their teen from becoming an addict. How To Stop Teen Cybersex – A Parent’s Guide First of all, prevention works. Parents, you can be the authority and place safeguards on your computer. Just as important—be wise in the decisions you make about allowing your kids to have smart phones. Some kids simply are not ready to have possession of a smartphone. Allow them to have a phone, but do not provide a data package or Internet access. Talk to your children about sexual issues—not just once or twice, but make it a regular on-going communication. There is no such thing as “the sex talk.” An open line of communication with parents about sexual issues throughout the adolescent years is vital to help teens navigate these challenges. Talk to your teen about sexual i...
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Intimacy Anorexia and Sex Addicts

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Intimacy Anorexia and Sex Addicts A significant number of sex addicts are not aware of how fearful they are about intimate relationships. They have most likely come from disengaged families in which they received inadequate or inappropriate bonding with adults. Without realizing it, they have assumed a way of life-based on fear and the avoidance of intimacy. For many sex addicts, their addictive acting out behavior is a substitute for an intimate connection. Their addictive behavior (and its intensity) provides an illusion of some kind of intimacy. Of course, it is reinforced by sexual gratification in a situation that is believed to be “safe.” Sexual acting out is emotionally safe because it requires nothing in an emotional way from the addict. While it may appear that the addict is selfish and seeks self-gratification, there is a much deeper root. For the addict and intimacy anorexic, the primary goal is finding an escape from negative emotions...
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