Is Porn Healthy or Unhealthy? A Psychosexual Therapist Tells the Truth | Silva Neves

Is Porn Healthy or Unhealthy? A Psychosexual Therapist Tells the Truth | Silva Neves

April 29, 2026 · 1h 26m

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The episode discusses the complexities of porn's impact on relationships with psychosexual therapist Silva Neves.

Exciting news - pre-order my debut book https://linktr.ee/HealthySBTH?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=9db12bc6-b7d3-4df4-bc5c-260e0303792c Most of us have an opinion on porn. Very few of us have actually looked at the evidence.We talk about gut health, hormones, sleep, and stress. But there's one part of our sexual lives that almost nobody is talking about honestly, and it might be quietly shaping our relationships more than we realise. This week on Live Well Be Well, I'm joined by Silva Neves, an accredited psychosexual and relationship therapist and author. Silva holds deeply taboo topics with total clinical clarity and zero judgment, helping us have the conversation about porn that most people are too afraid to start. Here's what we explore together: - How porn is classified as "neither healthy nor unhealthy" by research, and why that nuance changes everything. - Why there is no proven causation between porn and relationship breakdown, misogyny, or erectile dysfunction. - What compulsive porn use actually looks like, and when it signals something deeper going on emotionally. - How shared values around porn can make or break a relationship, and why most couples never…

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