The Dark Truth About *Porn* Addiction (And How It Wrecks Your Life in 5 Stages)

How porn actually works?

Stoicism Mindset
4 min read2 days ago
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Porn addiction doesn’t start with the habit itself. It starts with the girl on the screen. The moment a teenage girl joins social media, she gets bombarded with male attention. Likes, comments, DMs — all based on her looks.

Over time, this attention becomes her currency, leading her to platforms like OnlyFans to cash in.

Back in the day, only the most daring women entered the adult industry. Now, it’s your classmate, your coworker, the girl next door.

They start for validation, but they stay for the easy money. Men are willing to pay $5 to $10 just to get a glimpse. The more men pay, the more women join, and the cycle keeps spinning.

Boys as young as 11 are introduced to soft-core content on TikTok, which quickly leads them to OnlyFans and other explicit sites. And this is where the addiction cycle begins.

Let me walk you through the five brutal stages of porn addiction and how it’s wrecking your body and mind.

Hopefully, you’re only at stage 3 because once you hit stages 4 and 5, it’s a long, painful road back.

Stage #1: The Curiosity Phase

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