Overview
- Updated On:
- June 7, 2023
Description
Sex and Porn Addiction
Are you preoccupied with sexual thoughts? Have you hidden some sexual behaviors or activity from others? Have you previously sought help for problematic sexual behaviors? Have others suffered due to your sexual behavior? Do you feel controlled by sexual desire? Do you feel depressed after sexual behavior or activities? There is a way out! Recovery from sex and porn addiction starts by asking for help. —- “A moment comes for every (sex and porn) addict when the consequences are so great or the pain is so bad that the addict admits life is out of control because of his or her sexual behavior.” -Dr. Patrick Carnes
Betrayal Trauma
If you are a partner of a sex and porn addict, then you may experience shock, intense anger, fear, and pain. You may feel like you are on an emotional roller coaster that won’t stop! These are the trauma experiences that partners of sex addicts often experience when learning that their loved one has betrayed them. Sex and porn addiction can take many forms: sexual contact with others, pornography, affairs, paying for sex, excessive sexual energy within the relationship, internet sexual browsing… etc! At Willow Tree Counseling, we understand that each partner’s experience is unique. Each trauma symptom feels overwhelming. Each new fear creates new pain. We can help! —- “The partner of a sex addict has responses that serve as reactions to a stressor that is traumatic in nature, in predictable emotional, behavioral, and physiological ways. She seeks what she cannot find: safety in an unsafe situation.” -Dr. Barbara Steffens.
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