At what point does hanging out here start looking like a porn addiction?

[ShelbyDawn57]

Many do, many are 'one handed' but that brings up the interesting question of "Is an erotica story that's slow burn and have some depth still something that feed the need for porn?" Even well developed stories need to get down and dirty at some point.

This brings to mind something I read in high school. Would Chaucer's 'Tales from Canterbury' be considered prom?

 

[lovecraft68]

This brings to mind something I read in high school. Would Chaucer's 'Tales from Canterbury' be considered prom?

By todays in your face standards, not so much, for its time? Yes.

In Richard Matheson's novel Legend of Hell House, one of the female characters felt inadequate sexually and also had a lot of repressed feelings, the ghost amplifies that and it leads to some sensual thoughts and an attempted seduction. Again, not porn, but for the time it was written, and being in the horror genre, its more than a little erotic.

 

[Djmac1031]

At what point does hanging out here start looking like a porn addiction?

Depends on what's "hanging out," i suppose...

By way of replying more seriously, whatever time I'm killing here in the forum, I'm certainly not getting off to anything here.

I know there are other forums where sexting / role-playing/ hookups happen. I dont frequent those.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Many do, many are 'one handed' but that brings up the interesting question of "Is an erotica story that's slow burn and have some depth still something that feed the need for porn?" Even well developed stories need to get down and dirty at some point.

Sure, but I've got one truly non-erotic story and some non-erotic essays here. Some chapters in series have no sex in them because, well, none happens in that time period. The readers have been tolerant of whatever I feel like doing; even if the views may be lower the scores are generally okay. The consistent complaints from readers are usually: 1. Romance stories that end in a break-up. Well, in our time most romances don't last forever; 2. the Loving Wives denizens. The latter (at least many of them) are bugged by any reconciliation, no matter how high or low the cost.

 

[KittyOfSteele]

That is a weirdly specific question, and you answered it in the OP. So the point of this thread is either moot, or shitposting.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Porn addiction has been shown to be not a thing. People like porn, so they read or watch it. It’s not addictive in the normal sense of the word. Not like say nicotine. More scare stories put out by religious zealots.

It ain’t addictive provided you keep reading it.

 

[Britva415]

I guess at some level the test for addiction is pretty consistent across addictions: are you neglecting other responsibilities? Is it making you unhappy? Does it feel compulsory?

I was going to say, the answer to "At what point does hanging out here start looking like a porn addiction?" really depends on what addiction looks like to you. But you filled in that blank, so

 

[joy_of_cooking]

I meant to express some dissatisfaction with that definition.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Porn addiction has been shown to be not a thing. People like porn, so they read or watch it. It’s not addictive in the normal sense of the word. Not like say nicotine. More scare stories put out by religious zealots.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fixing-families/202102/addicted-porn-how-get-back-in-control

I don't know, Psychology Today thinks it is, I didn't realize they were religious zealots.

It's controversial, but that's a far cry from, "not a thing."

 

[big_cane_sugar]

I don't really know how bad "addiction" per se is. Depends on what you're addicted to. No one I know is more addicted to caffeine than I am but as long as I get my hits everything's fine.

Which I intend as a relevant comment to the idea of porn addiction. Even if it is an addiction, it's not a problem unless it's a problem; even if it's not an addiction, it's a problem if it's a problem.

 

[Ian_Snow]

I can quit MILF and teacher smut anytime I want!

...why? You got some?

 

[ChloeTzang]

Hanging out here is more of a social addiction

Writing erotica can be a writing addiction LOL. I admit to a writing addiction

Going on OnlyFans or watching porn movies or whatever else is much more a porn addiction.

 

[TheLobster]

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fixing-families/202102/addicted-porn-how-get-back-in-control

I don't know, Psychology Today thinks it is, I didn't realize they were religious zealots.

It's controversial, but that's a far cry from, "not a thing."

She's just discounting psychological addiction as not "real" addiction, and only counting physical ones that have known biological pathways for changing the function of your nervous system (mostly hard drugs and alcohol).

By this notion, porn cannot be an addiction, since the only chemicals involved are those your brain already produces. But of course by the same notion, you can also say that e.g. gambling is therefore not an addition either. (Duh! You're just one of those losers who go bankrupt and therefore stop before winning big).

 

[TheLobster]

I admit to a writing addiction

 

[TheRedLantern]

That is a weirdly specific question, and you answered it in the OP. So the point of this thread is either moot, or shitposting.

Some of us turn out to be addicted to shitposting. We have a support group that meets on the 3rd page of every thread that's run its course.

 

[SimonDoom]

When your cock gets a sunburn from the screen exposure, it's time to consider the possibility.

 

[KittyOfSteele]

When your cock gets a sunburn from the screen exposure, it's time to consider the possibility.

How bright is that damned screen?!

 

[SimonDoom]

How bright is that damned screen?!

I said "your," not "my." Let's get that straight.

 

[KittyOfSteele]

I said "your," not "my." Let's get that straight.

Well, on one hand, I don't like bright screens. ADHD hypersensitivity and whatnot (which is why I hate that the forum is white!). On the other hand, I never rub my dick on screens.

...and now I am thinking about someone doing it on a CRT to get some of the static®, thank you.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

I said "your," not "my." Let's get that straight.

Simon uses SPF80 as lube. He's fine.

 

[boytoyjoy]

I'd say being on Lit too much is like other forms of internet addiction. Whether that's a real addiction, I don't know, but it doesn't have to be connected with sex. It can be pretty much anything. I've had binges reading and posting on other forums as well, whether about computers or camping or whatever.