Impact of Your Porn Use on Your Wife

Many men fail to realize how much their porn addiction hurts their wives. Women who find out their husband has a porn addiction often feel extremely betrayed, and display symptoms of relational trauma. Furthermore, a wife feels even more hurt if they find out that their husband has a porn addiction, but has kept it a secret from her.

Pornography is highly addictive and often causes problems with intimacy in marriage. Keeping a pornography addiction secret will typically cause decreased intimacy in your marriage, even if your wife does not know about it.

Telling your wife that you view porn is difficult, and it takes a lot of courage. But it’s important not to avoid telling your wife about your porn addiction to avoid hurting her or to avoid telling her the whole truth when you tell her. If she finds out before you tell her, the fact that you kept it a secret will cause her even more hurt. It’s much better to be fully open and honest with your wife, even if it’s painful to do so. From there you can work on healing your relationship and regaining her trust.