Some say there is no time or place that we’re more honest with ourselves than when we have our hands down our pants. Certainly, many psychotherapists believe what we’re aroused by reveals secrets long since locked away in the darkest crevices of our minds.
“Porn is a window into the deepest levels of your psyche,” says Stanley Siegel, a psychotherapist from New York. “Specific erotic images are connections to deeper inner truths long banished from consciousness. What arouses us is far from random or meaningless. The porn we choose to watch is indicated by our psychological histories. From it, you can discover your deepest desires, where they come from, and what they mean.”