Why 1 Latter-day Saint Psychologist Is on a Mission to Reframe the Way We Think of Pornography Addiction
Danielle Christensen - Pornography addiction. It’s a common term that has been used for decades to describe unwanted viewing of sexual images. But according to Cameron Staley , a licensed psychologist at Idaho State University, it’s a term that doesn’t quite hit the mark. “The words that we use have power,” he says. “If you just think of the word ‘addiction,’ instantly my mind thinks of ‘disease.’ It thinks of ‘helpless,’ ‘out of control,’ ‘nothing I can do about it.’ So, if we label ourselves as an addict it almost eliminates our agency completely. It’s like, ‘Well, there’s nothing I can do. This is...
