Why do sexually addicted people tell their partners that they are not in the mood? Isn’t sex the activity of choice? Why withhold it from the one person who genuinely wants to be with them? Because sometimes, sexual addiction actually reveals itself through a person’s repeated and prolonged state of not being in the mood for intimate love making. Sometimes, in a sex addicts mind, anxiety and fear accompany appropriate sex and real love....

When you’re addicted to sex, you become pretty good at deception. You can’t tell the truth. You won’t. Not to anyone, especially yourself. Why? Because sex addiction blinds you. You willingly close your eyes to a brewing storm of consequence and emotional pain. Your sexual cravings are the only truth that counts, and you deny the depth and harm of it all. The fact is your sexual addiction requires you to take specific action– difficult, but...

It’s hard to give up the Internet. Really hard. Our society is becoming increasingly tethered to its influence, power, and speed. Our exposure occurs earlier and more pervasively, as everything from up-to-the-minute news to social media to porn compete for our attention. If you find yourself addicted, it’s not difficult to see how you got there. But at what cost to who you really are? How do Internet addiction and self-esteem connect to affect...

Sex addiction is big. Big enough to drive a permanent wedge between you and your partner. Big enough to do lasting emotional damage if you don’t make serious efforts to turn things around. Once it’s out in the open, there will be hurt. Anger. There will be questions. Fears. Early on, you’ll probably ask yourselves, and maybe each other, “Is it over?” Recovery may seem impossible. But, as reality and acceptance set in, you might wonder something...

Is your marriage the loneliest place in the world for you? Or do you resist needing your spouse at all? Do you long to be loved, but live with neglect? Or do you continually guard your heart from a partner who is exhausted from trying to unlock it? Your relationship may be suffering from intimacy anorexia. What is intimacy anorexia? Intimacy anorexia is a destructive relationship pattern that involves one partner’s practice of actively...

Four ways to find relief It seemed like a way to cope with the fear. A shot, a hit, or a long drag of something numbing and mind altering. To provide some escape from constant worries and sleepless nights. More clicks on more websites, more porn, more sex. To find relief from the worst-case scenarios around every corner and the panic in your chest. It all seemed like a ticket to a ride far away from the anxiety that you just couldn’t shake. But...