Sunday, October 27th, 2024
Combatting Shame
Shame is an antisocial emotion. Talking about shame is the social solution. As active sex and porn addicts, we spent our days trying very hard to not feel our...
Tag Archives: shame
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Friday, September 27th, 2024Overcoming the Shame of Porn Addiction
A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life. Porn addicts are often reluctant to seek help.... -
Tuesday, August 27th, 2024Shame Resilience
We are only as sick as our secrets. In her book Daring Greatly, Brené Brown writes, “Shame resilience is about moving from shame to empathy—the real antidote to shame.... -
Thursday, June 27th, 2024Shame as an Underlying Issue
Shame is like quicksand. It sucks us in and tries to kill us. Nearly all sex and porn addicts are shame-based to one degree or another. As such, we... -
Monday, May 27th, 2024The Price of Shame
Left unchecked, shame will eat your soul. Research shows that shame—the inherent belief that one is defective and unworthy of love—neither encourages nor motivates positive change. Instead, it corrodes... -
Wednesday, May 15th, 2024Working Step 5
Lies and secrets are cancer to the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only carnage behind. Plenty of recovering sex and porn addicts tell themselves that... -
Friday, May 3rd, 2024
The Pain That Drives Our Disorder
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where we stumble, there lies our treasure. Addictions form primarily because early-life traumas have... -
Saturday, April 27th, 2024Combatting Shame
When we share our story, shame cannot survive. Overcoming the deeply rooted shame that drives sex and porn addiction is a process of learning to recognize shame and its... -
Tuesday, January 16th, 2024Guilt, Shame, and Negative Self-Image
Erin Snow As occurs with all addictions, sex and porn addicts experience a great deal of both guilt and shame about their behavior. Unfortunately, a lot of people think...