Is reading and writing porn as bad as watching porn

It’s still bad, yes. In fact, it’s easier to get sucked into erotic books (and the GREATEST EVIL: Fanfiction) than it is to video porn, at least for me, because erotic books actually have a believable plot, and because erotic books doesn’t seem “as bad”, we don’t have the same negative emphasis on it, even though it’s terrible still.

 

It effects the same parts of your brain as porn does, so it should be treated the same.

 

It is a tricky line. I went to a therapist (not an addiction counselor) that also thought sexual fantasies were a good thing. However, I can tell you from personal experience that keeping yourself stimulated for a long period of time with written porn does a couple of things you may not want: 1) The four chemicals that are released in your brain during any sexual experience happen here. The combination causes you to bond with the object of your sexual stimulation. Personally, I have stories in my head from reading that I am so bonded with, they may never leave. 2) while you may believe that you of course know the difference between fantasy and reality, a subtle change starts to happen that causes you to have unrealistic expectations during sex with a real person.

To actually answer your question, no I do not believe the written stuff is as bad as the visual. The visual affect your brain much more, in a bad way. Do visual enough, and ED will show up.

 

I would say yes (I agree with what people saying that it’s the images in your brain)

But I also want to add, that for a while I convinced myself that audio porn was was beucase it wasn’t video, and I can tell you now I was 100% wrong and it had the same net effect on me!

 

Anything that could lead to a relapse is best avoided.

 

It’s as equally useless shit as pornographic pictures and videos. I’ve found though that the majority of women PAs are addicted to erotic stories and audio, while the majority of men PAs are addicted to images and video.

 

IMO erotic stories are worse than videos. Its easy to laugh at videos - the acting, the comical plastic surgery etc. If you're blessed with a good imagination, then erotic stories can conjure up a world - and a sexual partner - that the real world just cannot compete with.

 

They never are though. They're all massively endowed nymphomaniacs with a lot of spare time.

 

I would say that videos are way worse. erotica has been around for a long, long time, but its side effects just don't compare to the historic rise in sexual dysunfunctions seen from high speed internet porn. the novelty just doesn't compare

humans are very visual. there's a reason advertisements don't show you text that describes a big mac -- they show you a big mac