Are your children addicted to Internet pornography?

Many children may be addicted to Internet pornography. The psychology of Internet porn addiction is discussed by Gary Wilson on his excellent website, YourBrainOnPorn.com.

Today I heard a troubling discussion of the phenomenon of Internet pornography addiction amongst youngsters. Anecdotal evidence suggests that this may be widespread. In the public interest I have converted the relevant part of the BBC Radio 4 programme (Broadcasting House) into an mp3 and => made it available to you <=. I hope this won’t upset the BBC!

BBC Radio 4 Broadcasting House discussed the phenomenon of Internet pornography addiction amongst children.

Once you have listened to it, I suggest you visit Gary Wilson’s excellent website, YourBrainOnPorn.com to learn more about the prevalence, psychology and brain chemistry of Internet pornography addiction, a phenomenon which may well be a major contribution to the popularity of Viagra and Cialis: needing increasingly “harder” sights to turn them on, porn addicts may no longer be aroused by “ordinary” sex.  And here’s an interesting article on Wired.com.

Click on this picture to visit Gary Wilson's fascinating website on the phenomenon of Internet pornography addiction: YourBrainOnPorn.com.

Incidentally, this is one of the few forms of addiction not specifically mentioned in Bruce K. Alexander’s terrific book on addictions and their causation.