{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"BlockP","provider_url":"https:\/\/blockp.io\/ko\/","author_name":"BlockP Editorial Team","author_url":"https:\/\/blockp.io\/ko\/author\/blockp\/","title":"How Porn Leads to Anger, What is the Connection? - BlockP","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"M1zwbXckKj\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blockp.io\/ko\/how-porn-leads-to-anger\/\">How Porn Leads to Anger, What is the Connection?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/blockp.io\/ko\/how-porn-leads-to-anger\/embed\/#?secret=M1zwbXckKj\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;How Porn Leads to Anger, What is the Connection?&#8221; &#8212; BlockP\" data-secret=\"M1zwbXckKj\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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People usually know about the shame and guilt and the spiritual distress that porn makes them feel. But anger and porn can feel disconnected because porn does not cause anger directly. Anger from porn usually begins to show up as a flare of resentment with your partner or spouse. It may come masked as irritability or frustration.&nbsp; How to know when porn is making you angry and how to break the link between porn and anger? Here are the answers. What is the Connection between Porn and Anger?&nbsp; As a clinical psychiatrist, I see my patients struggle to understand how porn leads to anger. The connection is not automatic or direct, but porn does contribute to anger issues. Here is how: 1. Women in Porn Porn has always had problems with how it shows women.\u00a0 So, when a person frequently watches violent pornography content, it makes them less empathetic and more aggressive during real-life sex. In other words, when a person watches a lot of hardcore porn, they can start treating their partners with hostility and anger.\u00a0 2. Anger at Withdrawal&nbsp; If a person is addicted to porn and tries to quit, he can feel intense anger during the withdrawal period. When the brain misses the dopamine hit of porn, it results in irritation and anger.&nbsp; A user on an online forum expressed this frustration as, \u201cI have been lashing out a lot lately as I\u2019ve tried to give up porn\u2026 How do you regulate while going through withdrawal?\u201d Shame and Self-Directed Anger A curious fact about anger and porn is that porn can result in self-directed anger. Here is how porn leads to anger about yourself: Porn is a secretive habit, and people are often ashamed about it. When they try to quit and they slip up, it makes them guilty. This shame and guilt of relapse can make a person angry with themselves for messing up.&nbsp; 3. Anger Leads Back to Porn A person might have anger issues in the first place and may go to porn for relief. The anger from porn itself creates a cycle where a person keeps going back to porn for relief even though it creates the anger in the first place.&nbsp; The Biblical Perspective: Why the Soul Reacts to Porn with Anger&nbsp; The Bible warns that anger is an opening for the devil\u2014Ephesians 4:26\u201127 says, \u201cBe angry and do not sin\u2026 do not give the devil an opportunity.\u201d Speaking from his experience as a pastoral counselor and author, Gary Thomas explains how porn leads to anger: 1. Inner Conflict The inner conflict of porn and the lack of self-control can show up as disproportionate anger towards wives. 2. Porn is A False God Porn is a false god; it won\u2019t satisfy your soul. So, when you focus your attention on porn, you will be dissatisfied and frustrated. The result? You begin to become angry and bitter. 3. Spiritual Anguish&nbsp; When you are indulging in porn, you are defying the wishes of God for love, marriage, and sex. So, it creates spiritual anguish and anger in you. 4. Anger at the Wife for Blocking Indulgence When the wife is around, the husband cannot indulge in porn. Just having a wife can make a man guilty that he is cheating on her by watching porn. When the man\u2019s indulgence is restricted this way, they end up lashing out at their wives.&nbsp; 5. Anger at Being Accountable For a man, his wife represents truth and light. In her presence, he feels accountable for his sins and can use anger as a defense to push her away and keep his secret intact. 6. Jealousy When a man is watching porn, he can get sexually aroused, but it won\u2019t fulfill him. This lack of pleasure can make him feel jealous and angry that the woman in porn is pleasing another man and feel like he is being teased.&nbsp; How Porn Can Lead to Anger? The Psychological &amp; Biological Links&nbsp; We all know that the purpose of porn is to create sexual arousal in the viewer and not anger. So, the question of how porn leads to anger can feel confusing. But porn and anger have an indirect link through our psychology and biology.&nbsp; 1. Brain Chemistry and Irritability&nbsp; Dopamine is a neurochemical that motivates us to keep seeking food and sex, which are essential to stay alive. Basically any activity that is pleasurable triggers dopamine and makes us want it more. What happens in case of porn? It triggers very high doses of dopamine in the brain. When you watch porn too frequently, your brain gets too much exposure and becomes less sensitive to dopamine. As a result of this lowered sensitivity, you will lose pleasure in real-life activities that can not match the dopamine hit of porn. Result? Normal day-to-day activities begin to feel frustrating and boring. This state results in negative emotions like anxiety and irritability. This is how porn leads to anger by affecting your brain chemistry. 2. Porn and Impulse Control We now have research that shows porn can alter our brains in such a way that watching porn becomes automatic. When you are addicted to porn, you cannot pause and think when the urge appears.\u00a0 When you lose this restraint, you become irritable and angry.&nbsp; 3. Unrealistic Expectations and Frustration Porn shows sex in a fantasy and unrealistic way. It can make you develop unrealistic expectations about how sex should be in real life. But, real life can never match the fantasy of porn, and this mismatch results in sexual frustration and anger.&nbsp; 4. Shame-Anger Cycle&nbsp; Porn is a private habit, and people often indulge in porn in secrecy and go to great lengths to hide their porn habits from their spouse. In this case, anger becomes a mask"}