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That's a controversial opinion. Neither porn addiction nor sexual addiction is in the DSM-V, so it's not "officially" recognised as a real thing, and many rese

by Lazare 8y ago

That's a controversial opinion. Neither porn addiction nor sexual addiction is in the DSM-V, so it's not "officially" recognised as a real thing, and many researchers and experts believe it is not. There's not even any real agreement on what "porn addiction" would be (or if it's the same thing as sexual addiction). What little research has been done is inconclusive at best, showing that people do react to porn (well, duh), but that when, eg, brain imaging is does, the reaction doesn't really look like the reaction to drugs. It's not surprising lawsuits about porn addiction aren't going ahead when it's so easy to get an expert witness to (truthfully) testify that the psychiatric profession doesn't recognise porn addiction as a real thing. There's certainly people consuming porn who'd like to consume less, and who believe their consumption is harming their lives. That doesn't mean addiction is the correct model for what's going on, and to date, there appears to be little-to-no evidence showing that it is.

anothergoogler 8y ago
Sorry if I was unclear, I meant "a thing" in the same sense as parent, in that people seek treatment for it.
smhost 8y ago
Article that talks about some of the theory behind mental disorders: https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/07/creation-illness-gaming-disorder/ https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/07/creation-illness-gaming... Excerpt: > Carlat: How did you decide on five criteria as being your minimum threshold for depression? > Spitzer: It was just consensus. We would ask clinicians and researchers, “How many symptoms do you think patients ought to have before you would give them a diagnosis of depression?” And we came up with the arbitrary number of five. > Carlat: But why did you choose five and not four? Or why didn’t you choose six? > Spitzer: Because four just seemed like not enough. And six seemed like too much.

by Lazare 8y ago

anothergoogler 8y ago

Sorry if I was unclear, I meant "a thing" in the same sense as parent, in that people seek treatment for it.

smhost 8y ago

Article that talks about some of the theory behind mental disorders: https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/07/creation-illness-gaming-disorder/ https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/07/creation-illness-gaming... Excerpt: > Carlat: How did you decide on five criteria as being your minimum threshold for depression? > Spitzer: It was just consensus. We would ask clinicians and researchers, “How many symptoms do you think patients ought to have before you would give them a diagnosis of depression?” And we came up with the arbitrary number of five. > Carlat: But why did you choose five and not four? Or why didn’t you choose six? > Spitzer: Because four just seemed like not enough. And six seemed like too much.