Question by t3h Brian: Addicted to the act of downloading?
I’m not really sure why, but I’m addicted to downloading porn, mp3’s, and files. I really like downloading them and browsing through them. But the weird thing is that I delete almost all of them while keeping the only the “best.” It seems that I have a huge drive to download, delete, and also collect files.

Sometimes I will spend hours trying to find one file, only to delete it afterwards.

I really don’t know why I do this or find so much pleasure in doing so. Does anyone else have this addiction? Is there a term for it?
Well, I won’t lie to myself.

I do enjoy porn, but it seems that I enjoy deleting bad porn even more.
A terabyte of storage wouldn’t be a bad idea if I didn’t delete 95% of all my downloaded files.

At 5 GB every 2 days, it would take me a year and a half to accumulate 1 TB.

Best answer:

Answer by Smiddy
Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is a theorized disorder coined by Ivan Goldberg, M.D., in 1997. It is compared to pathological gambling as diagnosed by the DSM-IV. Dr. Goldberg, along with Kimberly Young, Psy.D. are currently lobbying for the inclusion of IAD into the DSM-V, the next edition of the DSM, which would open the doors for insurance companies to pay out for Internet addiction counseling. However many others argue that IAD is not an actual disorder and should not be classified as a mental disorder in DSM-V.

Pornography addiction is a conjectured condition resulting from the overuse or abuse of pornography. As “overuse” and “abuse” in terms of pornography have never been quantified by any medical association, nor have any studies been performed on a potential link between consumption and illness, the condition is not classified as a disease.

There is considerable dispute about the the term “pornography addiction”, and the validity of the claim that pornography addiction actually exists, and if so whether the harm ascribed to it is real. While some believe that it does exist, it can be argued that the majority of people who view and enjoy pornography, like the majority who enjoy any activity, will probably never encounter the harmful effects attributed to it when it is viewed habitually. Many people, both men and women, regularly watch pornography and still lead productive lives. They are able to have normal relationships and do not become desensitized to less stimulating materials.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders does not presently provide a formal definition for pornography addiction. Many informal “self-tests” have been written (for example, here), but do not appear to have been normed or statistically validated.

Answer by sherry s
yeah perversion…

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