Sex & porn addiction - how to free our body and mind with expert, therapist and founder of The Kairos Centre Gary McFarlane

It has been estimated that 46–74% of men and 16–41% of women are active pornography users in modern nations [2,3,4], according to the Sexual Medicine Journal (see link below). This data is supported by one of the most popular porn websites, PornHub, which has reported over 39 billion searches and 42 billion visits during 2019, implying 115 million visits and 18,073 terabytes of data transferred per day [5]. So what has driven this, and what have been the consequences on mental health and on relationships? What can you do if you, or someone you know is affected by this? This is what we are going to be exploring today, along with sex and porn addiction expert Gary McFarlane from The Kairos Centre based in Somerset, in the UK. We are going to be exploring: Why has there been such an increase in porn usage during the pandemic? Where is the line that makes something a problem or ‘addiction’? What are the impacts of addiction on relationships? What are the first steps towards recovery? Below are some links referred to during the show: https://www.kairos-centre.com/sexual-addictions/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-020-00380-w