There’s a big debate among medical professional when it comes to the terms we use to describe problematic use of pornography. Should we call it porn addiction, should we call it compulsive pornography use, or should we call it pornography dependence?

The debate is actually a fairly old one, and it is bigger than just pornography, but all kinds of addiction and compulsions. In medicine, there has been a long-standing debate about these terms. Some times the definitions have considerable overlap.