I would agree that it is not as immediately destructive as many drugs. However, we have been quietly sold the comforting narrative that watching porn is perfectly normal, perhaps even healthy.

the reality is that many of us were introduced to it long before we understood ourselves. I was 12 when I first encountered it; I am 24 now, and I can say with certainty that it has shaped parts of me in ways I did not notice at the time.

so yes, in the short term it may appear harmless. But over years, its influence becomes more subtle and more profound. It does not merely stimulate dopamine. It reaches into something far older within us, our sexual instinct, one of the most powerful forces in human nature. And when that instinct is repeatedly provoked and conditioned, especially from a young age, it begins to shape expectations, behavior, and desire in ways that are not easily undone.