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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. DW in a sexless marriage too. I definitely feel unloved. Now I'm wondering about the possibility of a porn addiction. How can I find out about this? I know he watches porn as he has told me as much after pestering him for an answer, but he doesn't want to talk about it. I don't know to what extent. I'm pretty sure he uses the incognito mode in his computer.[/quote]

You should start by understanding that this is not an officially recognized mental disorder or a recognized addiction, and that there are no diagnostic standards for determining if someone is "addicted" to porn. It is probably better described as a type of compulsion. If someone both frequently watches porn and frequently watching porn is negatively impacting their life, it should be tested as a problematic compulsion. But there is a real tendency to work backwards from the fact that there are other problems with someone or their relationships to blame porn consumption, when it is typically an effect, not a cause.[/quote]

There might not be a DSM code but they do recognize that this can be an addiction and there are guides that can be used to assess.

http://www.psychguides.com/assessments/porn/

And compulsion? Splitting hairs there as compulsion is a part of the definition for addictions.[/quote]

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