Tag Archives: rationalization

  • Entitlement
    Sunday, March 10th, 2019

    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...
  • The Aftermath of Acting Out
    Sunday, January 13th, 2019

    The 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...
  • Rationalization
    Saturday, February 17th, 2018

    Rationalization

    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...