Boyfriend likes porn

Yummeh: You have your terms mixed up. A “Kleptomania” person is one who can not control their urgeses to steal or collect things.

You need to first figure out if he is addicted to pornography or if he just simply enjoys looking at it. If he is addicted to it this is what would be going on:

-His looking at porn interfere’s with his ability to function at work or school -His addiction to porn is more powerful than he is. -He uses porn in order to escape, deny, or numb his feelings -He fails to meet commitments or fail to carry out responsibilities because of your involvement with pornography -He spends more money than he has on porn -He uses pornography to deal with, deny, or avoid problems in your life -He has lost a job due to his envolvement with pornography -He would rather masterbate to porn than be with a sexual partner

If most of these are not true. He does NOT have an addiction, he is just your average teenage male with raging hormones. There is nothing wrong with looking at pornography, most men and women do. It’s not harmful and it can be a great tool for a sexual relationship and can be viewed together.

If this obsession is worrying you both, it is possible that your boyfriend is experiencing ‘sex addict’. This is basically an addiction to sex/ pornography. I would recommend that you have him seek counselling for it because it can become a seriosu issue in relationships. However, just because he enjoys watching pornography, that does not automatically make him a sex addict.

Talk with your partner and if you both agree that this is a serious issue, have him consult a counsellor/ psychologist (perhaps a psychiatrist) and see what help can be accessed from there. Hope that helps :)!