Get The Facts: How Porn Can Impact Mental Health and Fuel Loneliness
Consider Before Consuming
Fight the New Drug
4.8 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Many porn consumers use porn as a self-soothing technique when they’re feeling lonely or depressed, but research suggests that porn may actually fuel mental health issues, rather than help them.
This episode is a part of our Get The Facts series, where we explore the research on a specific topic surrounding porn’s harms to help you be more informed and more empowered with the facts.
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| 0:00.0 | Decades of studies from respected academic institutions have demonstrated significant impacts of |
| 0:16.9 | porn consumption for individuals, relationships, and society. |
| 0:21.0 | Our Get the Facts Resource features 15 articles that summarize relevant research on a specific |
| 0:27.0 | topic surrounding porn's harms to help you be more informed and more empowered with the facts. |
| 0:32.7 | Read all 15 Get The Facts articles at FtnD.org forward slash get the facts. That's FtnD.org, forward slash, get the facts. |
| 0:38.8 | That's FtnD.org forward slash get the facts. |
| 0:45.4 | My name is Garrett Johnson, and you're listening to Consider Before Consuming, a podcast by Fight the New Drug. |
| 0:52.7 | And in case you're new here, Fight the New Drug is a non-religious and non-legislative organization |
| 0:58.4 | that exists to provide individuals the opportunity to make an informed decision regarding pornography |
| 1:04.7 | by raising awareness on its harmful effects using only science, facts, and personal accounts. |
| 1:11.3 | During these episodes, we cover a wide variety of topics that may be triggering to some. |
| 1:16.0 | Listen or discretion is advised. |
| 1:18.5 | Welcome to part eight of our Get the Fact series, where we explore the research on a specific topic surrounding porn's harms, on individuals, relationships, and society to help |
| 1:28.9 | you be more informed and empowered with the facts. Today's episode is how porn can impact mental |
| 1:35.2 | health and fuel loneliness. You can find the sources to the claims made in this episode or |
| 1:41.2 | read along at Ftndd.org forward slash get the facts. Now let's get to the episode. |
| 1:49.4 | Author and activist Naomi Wolfe has traveled all over the United States talking with college |
| 1:55.1 | students about relationships. And I quote, when I ask them about loneliness, a deep, sad silence descends on audiences of young men and young women alike, she says. |
| 2:06.4 | They know they are lonely together, and that porn is a big part of that loneliness. |
| 2:11.8 | What they don't know is how to get out. |
| 2:14.5 | End quote. |
| 2:15.9 | But what does porn have to do with loneliness? Dr. Gary Brooks, a psychologist |
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