Two Sides to the Same Coin
Addiction and compulsion often has two sides. These sides could be called craving and aversion. Should and shouldn’t. These two sides show up as the belief in a command/craving/urge to engage and the command /aversion/revulsion not to engage in the addictive or compulsive activity. This belief in both, equally, binds one. Each side tends accentuate the other. In working with people I see this again and again. It’s interesting because many feel that just the craving is the “problem”. Some examples of this are to be found with people who have addictions to porn and in those with bulimia. With...
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