Pornography Isn't Your Problem | Jason Mahr | TEDxCincinnati - YouTube
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Viewing porn is a behavior, just like any other addiction. 04:47 You are using porn to medicate the actual problem." That changed my life because it shifted my attention away from the behavior to the problem. And what was the problem? For me and almost every other addict, it's this: the need for approval.
that became a problem because I could not handle rejection. 05:11 When we feel rejected, we get depressed. When we get depressed, we look for something to pick us up to make us feel better, and that is where we open the door to all kinds of addictions in our lives.
We become addicted to what makes us feel approved. So my freedom didn't come from getting rid of porn, even though that was a good thing, but it came from learning how to handle rejection
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