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When sexual substitutes replace authentic connection

I've been using pornography to avoid actual intimacy and I can't seem to stop even though I know it's hurting my relationship.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The comfort of controlled fantasy becomes a prison that prevents genuine vulnerability and mutual discovery.

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