Tag Archives: Emotions

  • The Gratitude List
    Wednesday, April 10th, 2024

    The Gratitude List

    If the only prayer you say is “thank you,” that is enough. As sex and porn addicts, we may have used our sexual fantasies and behaviors to numb out...
  • My Addict Keeps Shutting My Emotions Down
    Thursday, February 23rd, 2023

    My Addict Keeps Shutting My Emotions Down

    My Addict Keeps Shutting My Emotions Down In this episode of Overcoming Betrayal and Addiction, Dr. Rob and Tami answer a listener’s question about why her recovering husband keeps...
  • Sexualizing Our Feelings
    Friday, May 13th, 2022

    Sexualizing Our Feelings

    Robert Weiss PhD, LCSW, CSAT Sexualization occurs when we assign a sexual character or quality to someone or something other than ourselves. Usually, it’s another person that we’re sexualizing....
  • The Rollercoaster of Sexual Recovery
    Tuesday, November 5th, 2019

    The Rollercoaster of Sexual Recovery

    The process of healing from sexual addiction is both scary and exciting – filled with ups and downs. Many recovering sex and porn addicts find that in the early...
  • Bringing Body Awareness Into Healing, with Regina McCarthy
    Friday, September 20th, 2019

    Bringing Body Awareness Into Healing, with Regina McCarthy

    In this episode of “Sex, Love, and Addiction LGBT” Dr. David Fawcett welcomes Regina McCarthy. Regina is a clinical social worker, holistic psychotherapist, and author of Courageous Gilbert the Groundhog....
  • The Voices in Our Head Aren’t Always Bad
    Friday, June 28th, 2019

    The Voices in Our Head Aren’t Always Bad

    Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. As recovering sex,...
  • Sex: Just Another Way to Numb Out
    Saturday, September 22nd, 2018

    Sex: Just Another Way to Numb Out

    Sex addiction is not about feeling good, it’s about feeling less. Sex addicts use sex to “numb out” and escape from stress and emotional (and sometimes physical) discomfort –...
  • Creating Space for Your Feelings
    Wednesday, September 5th, 2018

    Creating Space for Your Feelings

    Identifying and expressing our feelings in healthy ways can help you avoid unhealthy coping behaviors. We live in a culture that does not always approve of big feelings, especially...