>IRISH MEN ARE beginning to seek help for AI porn “addiction”, according to an expert in the area.>As the ability to access hardcore porn becomes easier, people are seeking out extreme AI material, psychotherapist David Kavanagh told The Journal this week.>Kavanagh, a registered psychotherapist who works with couples and people seeking help for addictions, says new clients are now presenting with obsessions around AI porn.>Kavanagh said that after the initial rush from videos on mainstream porn sites, users may move to platforms such as OnlyFans, where they can request specific material from performers.>When this no longer satisfies them, AI provides another level of control, allowing users to request increasingly unconventional material with seemingly unlimited options, he explained.>“They (addicts) become desensitised to regular stuff,” he said.>“The brain isn’t getting any more dopamine from watching a regular scenario. Dopamine decreases over time when you’re exposed to the same content. They’ll end up watching things they don’t even enjoy – just to access more extreme material, including videos that make them question their sexuality or that they know to be wrong.>“Erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation are often side effects of constant porn use, leaving men feeling inadequate with a real human, and then due to this, will decide to not to bother with human partners at all and masturbate instead.”