Watching porn itself isn't a problem, but it can cause issues in your sex life if you are neglecting your partner in favor of viewing it. Watch as psychiatrist Sudeepta Varma, MD, explains how porn can have a negative impact on your relationship.
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So porn watching in itself is not a problem, but the impact that its having on your life and your relationship, if you find yourself watching spending a lot of time seeking porn, paying perhaps a lot of money, or perhaps being on the computer and neglecting other responsibilities, not spending time with your partner, your partner has shared with you that she's very upset by this, but that you're needing more and more porn to get the same arousal and physiological effect and that you prefer porn to your partner.
And that's when I know that this is becoming a serious problem that even when you're with your partner, you need pornography to either start or in the middle, or at some point to get aroused, to get an erection and for a climax.
Sudeepta Varma, MD, is a board certified psychiatrist at the NYU Langone Medical Center. She was also the founding medical director and attending psychiatrist to a prestigious mental health program at NYU Langone.
