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Does sex addiction exist?
- By BBC Health
- Published 04/30/2008
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Sex therapists would argue it is a real addiction with serious consequences. But others in psychiatry and psychotherapy argue it is not comparable to substance addiction and should not be classed as such.
Addicted to love?
- By News Services
- Published 11/9/2007
- Control and Impulse Control
- Unrated
Experts continually debate whether sexual addiction is a real problem. Some argue that there is no such thing, and that terms like "sexual addiction" and "porn addiction" are unhelpful at best, dangerous at worst.
Let's Talk About Craving
- By The Addiction Project
- Published 03/21/2007
- Control and Impulse Control
- Unrated
Brain imaging research is revealing that the signals, or cues, that may spark an addicted person's desire to take drugs can be incredibly subtle or quick.
Self-Injury
- By Clay Tucker-Ladd
- Published 05/16/2006
- Control and Impulse Control
- Unrated
You don't usually start with a method to hurt yourself; you start off with horrible circumstances and psychologically painful thoughts.
Developing Self-Control
- By James J. Messina
- Published 04/26/2006
- Control and Impulse Control
- Unrated
Self-control is the foundation for healthy coping and contributes to your accepting personal responsibility for your life.
Internet Addiction
- By Center for Online Addiction
- Published 12/30/2005
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Internet addiction is defined as any online-related, compulsive behavior which interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family, friends, loved ones, and one's work environment.
Overcoming Perfectionism
- By James J. Messina
- Published 12/15/2005
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Examples of the negative consequences of perfectionism include: low self-esteem, feelings of being a "failure" or a "loser" with a lessening of self-confidence, feelings of self recrimination, and guilt.
Handling the Need to Control
- By James J. Messina
- Published 12/13/2005
- Control and Impulse Control
- Unrated
Includes these topics:
Need to Control: Self-Assessment
Control Mechanisms: Self-Assessment
Emotional Response: Self-Assessment
What is locus of control?
Myths and realities about control
Steps to handling the need to control
Letting Go of the Need to Control Others
- By James J. Messina
- Published 12/13/2005
- Control and Impulse Control
- Unrated
In order to progress in your recovery from the behavioral consequences of low self-esteem, you need to let go of the need to control the people, places, and things which are the uncontrollables and unchangeables in your life.
Developing Patience
- By James J. Messina
- Published 02/8/2005
- Transcendence , Control and Impulse Control
- Unrated
Discussion of the topic, with strategies to develop patience as part of your own growth.
