14: Perfectionism and Porn Addiction

I’ve been giving a lot of thought to addiction and perfectionism
lately. About how alike these two mental illnesses are. 


I’m going to tell you how perfectionism and porn addiction feed
off of each other, and how all addictions, to an extent, find
their origin in guilt and shame addiction - something you may
have never heard of. 


Both porn addiction and perfectionism have something in common,
and that’s that they both originate in guilt and shame. This
guilt and shame can become alluring to “the natural man” (the
pleasure-centered brain). It can come to crave it over
time. 


Feeling shameful or guilty about a bad behavior is not what
motivates an addict to stop. In truth, it is the shame and guilt
that drive us addicts to engage in our addiction in the first
place. (Don’t try to make sense of our addict brains - God knows
we certainly can’t!). 


Perfectionism feeds off of this guilt and shame, just as
pornography addiction does. And because perfectionism increases
stress, it can cause us to feel a need to cope in unhealthy
ways. 


In this episode, you'll learn how Porn Addiction and
Perfectionism are deeply intertwined.





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