‘I’d try to hide it as best I could’: a UK man on his struggle with porn addiction

Ben Lennard talks about how his pornography use began to interfere with his life - and gradually get out of control

• More than half of UK therapists report rise in out of control porn use

Ben Lennard would often make jokes with his friends about pornography, the kind of banter men in their mid-20s often share.

But in hindsight, he now understands the humour was a deflection tool trying to mask a problem that was destroying his life.