#66 – Relationship Breakups…When It's Time to Say Goodbye

Breakups are never easy. But, when they happen it's important to learn as much about yourself as possible to fortify yourself for your next relationship. It's also important to deal with the emotional fallout that results.

Breakups can also be an opportunity to forge a new life. New people, new experiences, a chance to overcome harmful patterns of relating are all possibilities.

On this week's podcast, we examine relationship endings as they play out in therapy.

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#65 – Never Again….I Promise

How many times have we made the promise to ourselves that we won't binge on porn again or have sex outside of our relationships? How many times have we run afoul of our own desire for a more honest and committed life?

For porn and sex addicts, the 'Never Again' period is a phase of the Addictive Cycle that fools us into believing that we have complete control over our addiction. In the moments after acting out sexually, we really believe that will power alone is enough to keep us from making the same mistakes again. This false confidence often discourages us from making the structural and other changes to our lives that will keep us safe from our addictive process.

On this week's podcast, we talk about why we are so easily trapped into this delusion and what we can do to actually turn things around for the better.

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#65 – Never Again….I Promise

How many times have we made the promise to ourselves that we won't binge on porn again or have sex outside of our relationships? How many times have we run afoul of our own desire for a more honest and committed life?

For porn and sex addicts, the 'Never Again' period is a phase of the Addictive Cycle that fools us into believing that we have complete control over our addiction. In the moments after acting out sexually, we really believe that will power alone is enough to keep us from making the same mistakes again. This false confidence often discourages us from making the structural and other changes to our lives that will keep us safe from our addictive process.

On this week's podcast, we talk about why we are so easily trapped into this delusion and what we can do to actually turn things around for the better.

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#64 – Stop the Merry-Go-Round of the Addictive Cycle

Life with porn and sex addiction is life on a merry-go-round. Despite the promises we make to ourselves, we repeatedly engage in damaging sexual behavior.

If we're going to turn things around, we have to develop a birds-eye view of our behavioral process and create interventional strategies that disrupt this seemingly automatic path of damaging behavior.

What is our cycle of addiction and what can we do to disrupt it?

Find out.…on this week's episode of The Modern Triad Podcast.

References:

Modern Triad Podcast #62, "I've Been Triggered…"

Modern Triad Podcast # 6, "Guilt and Shame"

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#63 – From No to Yes

Porn and sex addiction are often ensconced within the realm of the no.

'No, you can't view porn anymore.' 'No, sex outside of the relationship is off-limits.'

We get so used to negation within the addiction that we forget that true health revolves around saying yes.

'Yes, I would like to work on my relationship to iron out our difficulties, because I love you.'

'Yes, I would like to get in better health, because I'm tired of feeling fatigued and my appearance impacts how I feel about myself.'

How do we make this transition from the world of 'No' to the new universe of 'Yes'?

Find out.…on this week's episode of The Modern Triad Podcast.

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#62 – I've Been Triggered…

Although it has been used within addictions treatment for decades, triggering has now entered common language use.   Usually, everyday use implies that someone has been angered, frustrated or upset. But, within the clinical setting triggering means something very different.

Triggering represents the people and places and things that make it more likely that we will act out. How do they do this and what can we do in response?

Find out.…on this week's episode of The Modern Triad Podcast.

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#61 - Improving Communication Within a Relationship

Communication is key to happy lives and happy relationships. It increases empathy and works as a lubricant that helps us to process conflicts within relationships with minimal damage. Porn and sex addicts struggle with communication because of factors such as family dynamics, psychological challenges and the addiction itself.

Why is communication so important, and what can we do to improve it and to increase empathy within struggling relationships?

Find out the answers to these questions and more …on this week's Modern Triad Podcast.

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#60 - Sex and Porn Addictions are Relational Disorders Not Intimacy Disorders

It's very common to hear porn and sex addiction described as disorders of 'intimacy'. Somehow, this feels incomplete to me as, although intimacy is an important problem for sex and porn addicts, there are other relational considerations that come into play that are equally important.

Discussion of terminology is important because through such discussions we move closer to describing our personal and shared experiences.

Sex and porn addictions are relational disorders not intimacy disorders. Find out why …on this week's Modern Triad Podcast.

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#59 - Sex Addiction and Gambling Disorder: Similarities and Differences

An interesting study out of Spain shows that by and large sex addicts and gambling addicts are very similar in terms of personality. Since gambling disorder is an already accepted diagnostic category by the medical establishment, the study's finding supports the inclusion of sex addiction within the two main diagnostic manuals, The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and the International Classification of Diseases, as well.

But, there were a few differences noted between sex addicts and gambling addicts. What were they and what do they mean?

Find out …on this week's Modern Triad Podcast.

Reference:

Farrè JM, Fernández-Aranda F, Granero R, et al, Sex addiction and gambling disorder: similarities and differences in Comprehensive Psychiatry; 56 (2015) 59-68

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#58 - Can A Sex Addict Be Sex Positive?

There's a tension in the field of sex addiction between those who believe sex is a valid addiction, and therefore must be curtailed in some way, and those who believe that sex addiction is not real. Skeptics argue that sex addiction, as a concept, is a way to pathologize sexual expression performed at a high frequency or non-traditional forms regardless of frequency. A sex positive position that respects all forms of consensual sexual expression is preferred by these skeptics. As with most things, good points are made on both sides of this issue.

This week, we'll take a look at both sides of the debate as we answer the question, 'Can A Sex Addict Be Sex Positive?'…on this week's Modern Triad Podcast.

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