Terrifying impact of watching pornography on the brain
The effect of porn scenes on the brain
Many people ask: Does porn affect the brain and marital relationships ?! Can it reach addiction and what is the treatment ?! To answer this question, many scientific studies have been conducted that answer this question !!
A Cambridge University study confirmed that the human brain that views taboos, especially pornography, behaves similarly to the brain of alcohol and drug addicts.
The effect of porn scenes on the brain
Other research conducted on cocaine users also confirmed that erosion occurs in some parts of the brain. Especially in the frontal region, and another study proved that the brain loses some weight due to drug addiction, and it can be said that the same thing for porn addicts.
And some scientists - after photographing the brains of a group of young people addicted to watching magnetic resonance sex movies - were surprised by the results that represent a severe risk to their brains, and the need to limit their viewing !!!
Advice from Western scholars: stay out of the porn scene
Studies have shown that watching pornographic scenes via the Internet and others negatively affect the brain, so as soon as you look at a sexual scene, the secretion of testosterone, dopamine, and oxytocin increases immediately, resulting in a kind of flood that sweeps the brain; And it causes overwork to the brain's work systems, and disrupts the processes of remembering and learning .. and it may damage an important part of the brain cells. Therefore, scientists advise staying away from watching sexual scenes.
Most studies also confirmed that the secretion of dopamine - responsible for feeling happy - by the brain in abundance while watching scenes of sex, exhausts the brain, especially the frontal region called (the forelock), as this region is responsible for making decisions, and it represents the brakes and its importance in parts of the car. And, this region has pathways that are related to the reward area in the brain, and thus it suffers some imbalance while watching sex movies, and thus your decisions and the ability to control and control yourself are disturbed, and you lose the ability to make the right decision.
Excessive dopamine release damages the brain's working systems
Previous studies have shown that drug addiction causes damage to the frontal region of the "foreleg" brain, and it has been observed that alcohol and drug addicts suffer from shrinkage of the frontal region of their brains Which makes them lose control over their behavior. Therefore, the addiction to seeing an embarrassed woman has the same effect on the brain, and perhaps more severe, but often people realize this damage late.
Norman Doidge says in his book The Brain That Changes Itself, he affirms that pornography causes serious damage to the brain, and makes those who watch it in a state of alertness and addiction to viewing pornographic images and sites without reason, moving from one scene to another and from one site to the next without stopping; Which increases the likelihood of committing immoral acts.
The issue is greater than being limited to watching, and may even develop into rape crimes, and this happens a lot with addicts to scenes and porn sites, and this is what studies have confirmed, as the substance oxytocin - which is responsible for trust between spouses - that the brain secretes frequently when watching pornographic scenes, and it happens to addicts of that The scenes are called virtual adoration; Thus, the excretion of oxytocin is affected, and thus the secretion of some hormones is disturbed. This results in problems in marital and emotional relationships, in addition to domestic violence (reference 7).
The "masturbation" habit leads to suspicion of the wife and betrayal sometimes
Dr. Victor Cline says in his article entitled Pornography's Effects on Adult and Child How porn affects young and old, in which he presents his experience in treating cases of addiction to sexual scenes and says: “When a young person practices masturbation or masturbation, with the time his sexual process becomes hypothetical, that is. He lives in a world of fantasy far from reality, and he has a relationship of love or marriage that is a practice of sex, no more or less, and thus gradually loses happiness, and often fails in his real relationships, especially marriage, has his doubts about his wife increase on the one hand, and he practices sexual relations, Whether hypothetically through movies or real through infidelity, which will destroy his life in the future. "
Islamic treatment for this phenomenon
1- The Noble Qur’an enjoins cutting off this phenomenon from its roots when it enjoins losing sight. The Almighty says: (Say to the believers to lower their gaze and preserve their paradise): This is the most gracious to them.
The Prophet also commanded a final blind eye to these scenes. The Prophet ordered us to stay away from immorality, let us listen to the honorable advice that the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family, gave fourteen centuries ago. And today scientists are calling for it to protect the brain, the immune system, and enjoy better health. ..
The Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: (O Ali, do not follow the gaze, for the first is yours and you do not have the hereafter) [Narrated by Abu Dawood and classed as Hasan by Al-Tirmidhi].
2- The Holy Qur’an commanded people to stay away from fornication and told us that it is the worst path that a person can take. The Almighty said: (And do not come close to fornication, because it was an immoral and an offense in a way) [Al-Israa: 32]
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