Thursday, May 24th, 2018
Entitlement
If we feel entitled to something, we’ll step all over someone else to get it. As sex addicts, we often feel entitled to act out. We convince ourselves that...
Tag Archives: denial
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Thursday, May 17th, 2018Justification
Sex addicts are experts at creating “justifiable reasons” for their actions. Rudyard Kipling once (jokingly) wrote, “I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that... -
Sunday, May 6th, 2018The Aftermath of Acting Out
As addicts, we’re not in denial. We’re just selective about the reality we accept. After we sexually act out, we attempt to distance ourselves emotionally from what we’ve just... -
Friday, May 4th, 2018Willful Ignorance
Sex addicts are not in denial, they’re just selective about the reality they accept. For some of us, denial is so deep and so powerful that we somehow manage... -
Wednesday, April 11th, 2018
Minimization
Pretending that a problem is not a problem will not make it go away. Sex addicts are masters of denial. We blame, we justify, we rationalize, and we minimize.... -
Monday, March 26th, 2018The Role of Denial
A core issue of active sex addiction is the avoidance of reality. Science fiction author Douglas Adams once wrote, “There is no point in using the word ‘impossible’ to... -
Friday, March 23rd, 2018What is Denial?
We lie about our problematic behaviors, even to ourselves. Active sex addicts routinely ignore warning signs of problematic behavior—ruined relationships, depression and anxiety, trouble in school or at work,... -
Monday, February 26th, 2018Misguided Thinking
Sexual addiction is the cause of, not the solution to, your unhappiness. Active sex addicts rarely view their escapist sexual fantasies and behaviors as the cause of their unhappiness... -
Saturday, February 17th, 2018Rationalization
Rationalization is the process of not perceiving reality; instead bending it to fit one’s desires. Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author William Faulkner once wrote, “Ingenuity was apparently given...