Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
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...
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Tag Archives: shame
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Sunday, September 27th, 2020Overcoming 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....Read More -
Thursday, August 27th, 2020Shame 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....Read More -
Monday, August 10th, 2020Sexual Shame and Substance Abuse
Understanding Sexual Shame No shame is more powerful than sexual shame. Often, sexual shame is linked to unresolved early-life sexual trauma. People who experience sexual abuse, neglect, violence, verbal...Read More -
Saturday, June 27th, 2020Shame 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...Read More -
Wednesday, May 27th, 2020The 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...Read More -
Friday, May 15th, 2020Working 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...Read More -
Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
Sexuality in the Extremes: Shame vs. Shamelessness
By Andrew Bauman “Getting off is getting off, it doesn’t matter how,” he said with a smirk. “I mean, I’m not gay, I just like busting a nut and...Read More -
Sunday, May 3rd, 2020
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...Read More