Healthy Marriage Disabled - The Truth About Pornography
The addiction to pornography in marriages today is running rampant! It has nearly deteriorated what was once a Healthy Marriage and made it into a living nightmare.
Approximately 12% of websites online are pornography sites. That equates to 4.2 million websites geared to this community. In addition, 68 million searches are done each and every day for pornographic content. This has become a major problem that is a reality for many marriages.
Understanding the facts about pornography and how it effects your marriage, will give you a greater tool to fighting against it in your relationship. By eliminating this unhealthy problem in your marriage, you are able to create a balanced Healthy Marriage in its place.
Here are the 7 Facts:
- Deeper issues such as, past sexual abuse, self esteem issues, loneliness etc., are many times the reason for pornography use
- Many use it to avoid intimacy with their spouse
- By viewing pornography, the chances of becoming addicted are greatly increased and marital problems dealing with sexual expectations becomes common
- The user will struggle with anger, anxiety, guilt, shame and oppressed memories consistently.
- Most users encounter pornography for the first time in their preteens
- Preteens begin viewing it out of curiosity which immediately escalates to viewing it for the purposes of releasing hormonal tension
- Statistics show an increasing number of women now viewing pornography as well
Learning the truth about pornography in marriage and how it affects your goal of having a Healthy Marriage is the essential starting point. God desires for your marriage bed to remain sacred, but with the use of pornography it damages this.
Taking action is key to transformation. By realizing what the truth really is, you know uncover the root of the problem. Embrace what reality is and begin moving forward with your plan of action.