When should you start to worry about your porn usage? Mandy Rose Jones is a blogger and founder of The Empowered Woman Project. In this episode of Original Pilot Material, she chats to podcaster Paul Shields about an issue that eventually took grip on his whole life: pornography addiction. Paul talks candidly about his experience, the effect it had on his mental health and how it eventually led to the end of a relationship. However, there was light at the end of the tunnel for Paul who now helps others deal with their own addiction. Mandy also has a frank and forthright chat with her friend Susie about their own porn usage, seeking an answer to the burning question: How much porn is too much porn?

If anyone is affected by the issues discussed here, please visit the BBC Action Line on Mental Health: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1NGvFrTqWChr03LrYlw2Hkk/information-and-support-mental-health

This episode was presented by Mandy Rose JonesPodcast hosts are Asha Hussein & Ross SempleProduced by Paul Carlin, Ally McCrae & Ross SempleSenior Producers are Anna Fenton & Paul McFadyenExec Producer is Anthony Browne

Original Pilot Material is a podcast for BBC Sounds from the team behind BBC The Social, the award winning new talent platform from BBC Scotland.

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