For many young people, the process of becoming addicted to pornography is gradual. Typically it will start with curiosity about sex. This is normal and natural. However, when sexual thoughts become more and more frequent, they can often result in sexual fantasies. Fantasies will often increase curiosity and lead to the beginning stages of exploration of pornography. The more that pornography is explored, the stronger the pull to look at it becomes. Often times, the increase in viewing pornography results in the added step of masturbation which heightens the sexual experience. This process begins to occur more frequently and eventually becomes a cycle in which an addiction forms. See the diagram of the teen pornography addiction cycle.