A week or so ago I received an e-mail from a man whose wife passed away recently. They had been married for nearly 40 years. In his loneliness, he says, he fantasizes about times of intimacy with his wife and masturbates. He knows it would be wrong to fantasize about anyone else,…
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5 Common Questions Kids Ask About Porn
One of my jobs at Covenant Eyes is to read all of the comments that people leave on this blog. Sometimes, I receive comments and questions from kids who feel all alone and don’t know who to talk to. If you’re a kid and you’re reading this, have you ever…
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How Pain Leads to Porn
Porn was Dan’s anesthetic, numbing his wounds and relieving the ache of unmet desires. As a skinny kid who felt unattractive, Dan Wobschall’s gaze would fall to the floor or maybe to his shoes when he tried to talk to a girl. He felt inadequate, and the bullies who used…
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4 Reasons Women Struggle to Be Honest About Their Sexual Sin
Being honest about my past struggles with sexual sin and masturbation wasn’t easy. In fact, I didn’t want to be honest about it. I didn’t want to confess it. I wanted to shove those struggles into the deepest darkest corner of my life, never to be seen again. But I knew that…
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My 40 Years in the Desert: Decades of Struggle with Sex and Porn Addiction
For as long as I could remember, I struggled with relationships. I remember in my 20’s reading about people who were addicted to serial relationships, but I disregarded this notion thinking my struggle was one I could easily overcome if I just put my mind to it—though I never actually…
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Is using pornography a mortal sin, according to the Catholic Church?
Question: Is using pornography a mortal sin, according to the Catholic Church? Answer: Pornography is objectively a grave sin, but due to its addictive nature and other factors, it likely does not constitute a mortal sin in every case. First, I will explain what a mortal sin is. Then, I…
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Why won’t God take my sexual desire away?
My name is Patricia Weerakoon, and I am a Christian sexologist. After 23 years in the University of Sydney, I retired from my academic position as director of a graduate program in sexual health to bring my twin passions together: God and Sex. What better place to start than with…
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Day 7: Brain Chemicals and Porn Addiction
In 2004, Dr. Judith Reisman has called porn an “erototoxin,” theorizing that the brain itself might be damaged while watching porn. She speculated that future brain studies would reveal that the surge of neurochemicals and hormones released when someone watches porn has measurably negative effects on the brain. Studies since then have validated…
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Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction: The Science, Stats, and Stories of PIED
June is Men’s Health Awareness Month, so it’s time to talk about everybody’s favorite topic: porn-induced erectile dysfunction. “If you are under 40, and not on specific medications, and don’t have a serious medical or psychological condition, your copulatory ED almost certainly arises from performance anxiety or internet porn—or a…
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Day 12: The Connections Between Porn and Sex Trafficking
Yesterday we read about how pornography impacts our views of women and hurts the performer. Today we’re going to take this to its logical conclusion: pornography feeds into sex trafficking. Pornography comes from the Greek words porne, meaning “prostituted woman” or “prostitution”, and the word graphos, meaning “writings.” If we…
