If you are looking for a quick and easy online assessment to determine whether or not your relationship with pornography is damaging to you, your life or your relationships… This is the test for you.

Ultimately, f your porn use is interfering with your life, you've tried to stop and cannot, there is help for you and you can find it here.  

Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale
The Problematic Pornography Use Scale (PPCS) is a tool that evaluates a person's porn consumption and damaging impact. This scale measures how frequently pornography is consumed, it’s affect on relationships and how disturbed one may feel as a result. This is the gold standard to evaluate problematic porn use and the harm it may cause.

Based on Bothe, et al., The Development of the Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS), The Journal of Sex Research, published online 06 Mar 2017 (available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2017.1291798).  

Answer the following questions, rate them by how much you feel they apply to you from 1 to 7:
1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = occasionally, 4 = sometimes, 5 = often, 6 = very often, 7 = all the time

1. I felt that porn is an important part of my life

2. I used porn to restore the tranquillity of my feelings

3. I felt porn caused problems in my sexual life

4. I felt that I had to watch more and more porn for satisfaction

5. I unsuccessfully tried to reduce the amount of porn I watch

6. I became stressed when something prevented me from watching porn

7. I thought about how good it would be to watch porn

8. Watching porn got rid of my negative feelings

9. Watching porn prevented me from bringing out the best in me

10. I felt that I needed more and more porn in order to satisfy my needs

11. When I vowed not to watch porn anymore, I could only do it for a short period of time

12. I became agitated when I was unable to watch porn

13. I continually planned when to watch porn

14. I released my tension by watching porn

15. I neglected other leisure activities as a result of watching porn

16. I gradually watched more 'extreme' porn, because the porn I watched before was less satisfying

17. I resisted watching porn for only a little while before I relapsed

18. I missed porn greatly when I didn't watch it for a while

Add up your score. A score of 76 or greater suggests problematic levels of pornography use.

Ultimately, f your porn use is interfering with your life, you've tried to stop and cannot, there is help for you and you can find it here.  

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