What The Porn Industry Doesn’t Want You To Find Out
What does the porn industry not want you to know?
That its product breaks your ability to connect with a real person. In one study of compulsive sexual behavior, 58 percent of subjects had trouble achieving erections with a real partner but no trouble with porn. Brain scans of porn addicts resemble those of heroin addicts. Dr. Tim Jennings explains that repeated behavior carves trails in the brain that fire automatically, bonding you to whatever you were viewing.
With the proliferation of smartphones and tablets, the average adult spends over 20 HOURS PER WEEK with digital media. With this much time online, the likelihood of coming across pornographic content increases greatly.
In fact, in 2021, Similarweb reported that the top 3 porn sites alone, outranked Amazon, Twitch, Zoom and Netflix COMBINED, in monthly visitors.
And in 2013, the Huffington Post cited that porn sites were receiving more traffic than Amazon, Netflix and Twitter COMBINED. This research suggests that porn sites have consistently outranked some of the TOP ecommerce, streaming and social media giants for almost a DECADE!
Unfortunately, porn’s tentacles are everywhere, affecting virtually every aspect of user’s lives and there’s no going back…that is, unless we expose what the porn industry doesn’t want you to find out!
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Despite the sites’ vast popularity, there are SEVERAL chinks in its chainmail, and Soul Refiner is here to air it all out.
Porn Can Impair Your Ability To Connect With A Real Partner
The way that porn disconnects you from bonafide humans is one of the most little-known effects of frequent porn viewing; and arguably, the most damaging.
According to a study linking Compulsive Porn Abuse and Sexual Dysfunction, 58% of subjects with compulsive sexual behavior had a problem achieving erections with a real partner. Those same subjects had no problem achieving erections with porn.
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Porn Is Addictive
Porn has the same effect on your brain that drugs do. In brain scans, the changes to a porn addict’s brain look much like a heroin addict’s.
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As neuropsychologist Dr. Tim Jennings explains in the Conquer Series, a cinematic series that helps men break free from porn addiction, “Any type of repetitive behavior will create trails in our brain that are going to fire on an automatic sequence.” By repeatedly watching porn – or repeating any activity, really – you are programming your thought life and actions so that they become second nature.
Not only that, when you have a sexual release, your brain gets flooded with the same neurochemicals drugs release in the brain. Whatever you’re viewing at the time this happens, you become “bonded” to.
In this way, porn can restructure your brain – and not in a good way. This sets you up for years, possibly a lifetime, of sexual bondage.
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Porn Will Kill Your Marriage
As if difficulty achieving an erection in a real-life scenario isn’t bad enough, let’s consider for a moment the devastation it wreaks on a spouse.
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For many women, discovering their husband’s porn addiction is equivalent to discovering an extramarital affair. They are hurt, angry, and feel betrayed. They wonder why they aren’t “enough” – why does their husband have to seek out something or someone else beyond them?
In fact, according to a non formal study done on the impact pornography has on marriage and family, which was presented before the United States Senate, 56% of divorces cite porn use as a contributing factor.
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Porn Makes You More likely To Cheat On Your Spouse
Studies published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships suggest that porn use provokes extramarital affairs.
How does it do this? By skewing your perception of reality: Those who viewed porn were more likely to report that they had “higher quality romantic alternatives” to their spouse.
Key findings published by the Marriage & Religion Research Institute also indicate that pornography can make you less satisfied and less attached to your spouse, and less interested in your family in general; your wife will notice this, and it will devastate her.
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Porn Leads To Feelings Of Shame And Isolation
Just like all temptations, “It promises you everything and gives you absolutely nothing,” says Dr. Ted Roberts, host of the Conquer Series.
Although you may feel a high of euphoria when viewing porn, it is quickly followed by feelings of shame. These shameful feelings cause isolation in your life.
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This is why porn addiction is a hidden problem, making it even tougher to tackle.
There Is A Way Out
The only way to lasting freedom is a total renewal of your mind; and the Conquer Series was created to help you do just that.
The Conquer Series has been used by millions of men in over 100+ different countries all over the world to overcome porn addiction.
It’s hard to fight a multi-billion-dollar industry of this size and scope, alone. The Conquer Series can equip you to win the battle, once and for all.
Writing at the intersection of faith and neuroscience to help men and women break destructive cycles and walk in lasting freedom.
More articles by Jeremy Wiles →Frequently Asked Questions
How much traffic do porn sites get compared to Netflix or Amazon?
More than most people would believe. In 2021 Similarweb reported that the top three porn sites alone outranked Amazon, Twitch, Zoom, and Netflix combined in monthly visitors. Back in 2013 the Huffington Post cited porn sites receiving more traffic than Amazon, Netflix, and Twitter combined. Put those together and porn has consistently outdrawn the biggest ecommerce, streaming, and social media companies for close to a decade.
Why does porn feel impossible to quit?
Because repetition is programming. As neuropsychologist Dr. Tim Jennings explains in the Conquer Series, "Any type of repetitive behavior will create trails in our brain that are going to fire on an automatic sequence." On top of that, sexual release floods the brain with neurochemicals, and whatever you are viewing at that moment is what you bond to. That combination can set a man up for years of sexual bondage.
Does porn cause divorce?
It shows up repeatedly in the wreckage. An informal study on pornography's impact on marriage and family, presented before the United States Senate, found that 56 percent of divorces cite porn use as a contributing factor. For many wives, discovering a husband's porn use lands like discovering an affair. They are hurt, angry, and betrayed, and they start asking why they were not enough.
Does watching porn make you more likely to cheat?
Research suggests it does. Studies published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships indicate that porn use provokes extramarital affairs by skewing your perception of reality, with viewers more likely to report having higher quality romantic alternatives to their spouse. Findings from the Marriage and Religion Research Institute also show porn users become less satisfied with and less attached to their spouse, and less interested in family.
Why does porn lead to shame and isolation?
Because the promise never holds. "It promises you everything and gives you absolutely nothing," says Dr. Ted Roberts, host of the Conquer Series. The euphoria fades fast and shame arrives right behind it, and shame pushes a man away from the people who could actually help him. That is exactly why porn addiction stays a hidden problem, and why hidden problems are so much harder to beat.
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