Posted by:
SL Cabbie
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Date: June 09, 2015 02:38AM
Dependency simply means that the body--and the mind--experience actual physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms when "addictive agent" is removed.
Read this; this fellow is one of the seminal authors on the subject.
http://www.amazon.com/Out-Shadows-Understanding-Sexual-Addiction/dp/1568386214Carnes: "Addictions are things we need to lie about."
More: "Addiction is a pathological relationship with a mind-altering/mood changing experience."
There's a strong shamed-based component to the behavior; do I need to discuss the shaming practices within the LDS Church?
'Nuff said; a huge element of addition is dichotomous (black-and-white tinking) which facilates denial. And I'm seeing a whole lot of both here.
Plus there's the "flip side" which is what we call "codependency." That amounts to the actual perceptual reality/belief that the problem does not exist.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/09/2015 02:39AM by SL Cabbie.