Covid-19 and Pornography
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LONELY: A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
Some have declared loneliness a public health crisis, and not only does it trigger engagement with pornography, but it’s also not good for our physical health. An article in The Guardian highlights that chronic loneliness is worse than being obese and as detrimental as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. But, if you talk to anyone who smokes fifteen cigarettes a day, he or she will tell you that you can’t “just stop.” Feeling lonely is an emotion that’s universal among all of us, so it’s bound to manifest itself at some point—even if it’s not present with you right now.
Loneliness and pornography are in a codependent relationship with each other. It’s by far the most common trigger for an engagement with pornography, so it’s likely that feeling lonely has, at some point, led you to loneliness’s mistress: pornography. We feel lonely, so we seek stimulation through an intimacy with a screen, and as loneliness only becomes more and more common, the cycle continues. We feel lonely, so we look at pornography.
Pornography makes us feel worthless, so we isolate ourselves. Then, we feel lonely again. And repeat.
IS LONELINESS A REAL PROBLEM??
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