Blogs Archives - Sex and Relationship Healing

Monday, September 21st, 2020

A Basic Understanding of Porn Addiction

Are You a Porn Addict? If you’re a porn addict, you’re struggling with an ongoing, escalating pattern of porn use that’s causing problems in your life. Your addiction is...
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Friday, September 18th, 2020

The Aphrodisiac Effect of Secret Sexual Desires, Part 2: Substance Abuse and Secret Sexual Desires

David Fawcett PhD, LCSW In my previous post to this site, we discussed the four cornerstones of eroticism, as delineated by Jack Morin in his highly regarded book, The...
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Thursday, September 17th, 2020

Infographic: What Is Sex Addiction Sobriety?

Many newly recovering sex addicts wonder if ‘sexual sobriety’ means permanent abstinence, as we see with substance abuse sobriety. Happily, it does not. Instead, we think about sexual recovery...
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Monday, September 14th, 2020

Understanding Sex Addiction

What Is Sex Addiction? If you’re a sex addict, you’re dealing with an escalating, obsessive preoccupation with sexual fantasy and behaviors. As a result, you’ve damaged your romantic relationships,...
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Friday, September 11th, 2020

The Aphrodisiac Effect of Secret Sexual Desires, Part 1: The Four Cornerstones of Eroticism

David Fawcett PhD, LCSW In his highly regarded book, The Erotic Mind, Jack Morin describes four cornerstones of eroticism that give life to one’s arousal template. These are the...
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Thursday, September 10th, 2020

Facts About Meth

Many sex and porn addicts also have an issue with substance abuse. Among the most common substances abused by sex and porn addicts is meth. Often, sex/porn addiction and...
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2020

Did Your Cheating Partner ‘Gaslight’ You?

What is Gaslighting? If you’ve been cheated on, it’s likely that you also experienced some degree of what psychologists refer to as gaslighting. Gaslighting, in case you’re wondering, is...
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Friday, September 4th, 2020

Sympathetic Arousal, Tolerance, and Escalation

David Fawcett PhD, LCSW Methamphetamine, which elicits the release of nearly 14 times more dopamine than an orgasm, acts as a super-stimulant that quickly “hijacks” the reward circuitry of...
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2020

Infographic: Are You a Sex Addict?

The following animation might help you decide if you or someone you care about is sexually addicted. You can also take our anonymous, 25-question Sex and Porn Addiction Self...
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