“Addiction is a disease of social communications, which the body reflects in itself as a crisis in the transmission of information in the body” (psychotherapist, MD Ernst Rossi) This is the starting article for a new series, dedicated to one of the most dangerous disorders of our time - porn addiction (pornophilia). Porn addiction is a form of sexual disorder caused by excessive craving for pornography, and in which a person feels dependent on viewing pornographic photographs/videos, which is one of the varieties of so-called visionism or voyeurism: the desire to spy on an intimate act occurring between other people , as well as receiving sexual pleasure from it. Porn addiction, especially with the development of the Internet, began to rapidly take a leading position among traditional and well-known addictions: alcohol, drugs, etc. So. Meet porn addiction through the eyes of those who are addicted. Jacob. 29 years. “... I watched porn for the first time at the age of 12... I thought: if I get married, it will pass... no, porn is always in my head... I’m not interested in my wife - she doesn’t give me what porn gives me in sex... I’m not interested in work - it distracts me from porn ... the worst thing for me: when I think about porn, it feels like my brain is switching off from everything... I forget about everything in the world... I only think about masturbation... I tried to quit many times... but uncontrollable breakdowns occur after abstinence... I don’t understand why and how control over myself is lost... I act against my own will... as if some entities are possessing me and subjugating me... porn acts bypassing the mind... my will disappears somewhere... completely..”Sergey. 31 years old. “... I watched porn for the first time at the age of 11... a friend advised me... I have been masturbating for 20 years... I masturbated several times a day... it has already weakened me, physically exhausted me... my nerves are useless... everyone and everything makes me happy and they infuriate me... I have no will... and I want sexual perversions more and more... God, what have I already tried... but there is no satisfaction - I can’t achieve it like before... I tried to quit myself more than once, I tried to quit, but I still broke down and again indulged in masturbation, but in a more severe form and with greater zeal... I can’t do it anymore, I’m afraid that I won’t be able to restrain myself, I’ll attack a woman like a beast and tear her apart..” Amanda 29 years old. “... I watched it for the first time at the age of 13 with my older brother... now I’m scared because I think about porn all the time... I constantly suffer from internal tension, I don’t understand how it arises and how it builds up... it seems to me that it’s always inside me ... it seems to me that I can no longer think about anything ... porn has become the center of my perception of the world ... I always want to go home to masturbate ... I began to work poorly ..” Irina. 30 years. “I watched it for the first time when I was 11 years old... sex with a man is replaced by masturbation “to the accompaniment” of porn... I’m looking forward to this moment... I keep coming up with excuses to leave work early and meet with porn... I started masturbating at work, but my colleagues notice my condition and frequent trips to the toilet, where I give myself a thrill... they don’t understand and look at me disapprovingly and even with contempt...” Daniela. 30 years. “...I watched porn for the first time at the age of 11... I masturbate often and a lot... I’m not interested in sex with my husband, it’s insipid and boring.... I’m tired of playing orgasm and enduring my husband on me and in myself... he still can’t do it the way my imagination wants... I do everything so that he finishes quickly and so that my husband leaves me... masturbation while watching cool porn replaces sex for me … … I’ve been watching porn for so long now... it’s part of me... I get annoyed when my husband or someone distracts me from porn...” Oleg. 35 years old “... I watched it for the first time when I was 12 years old... without porn I have no sexual arousal... I don’t need a partner in bed... I watch porn often and a lot... I just started having problems with ejaculation... but when watching porn my feelings and emotions with every time…