Stuck
PERCEPTION IS REALITY I had a new intake with a male patient the other day. He was about 45 and had been battling a "porn addiction" for most of his life. He had been to several counselors, attended 12-step support groups, visited with clergy, etc. He claimed: " Nothing works! " I said to myself- here I go again. After 40 years of this same old rhetoric I'm not sure I have the energy to reeducate him and teach him the truth about his core self - who he really is and what he is really capable of doing. Clearly many of the interventions he has tried simply reinforced his "thinking errors" - " I'm an addict. I can't stop." "I have a disease. I have to learn to live with it." "I'm no good." "I've tried everything." "Nothing works." This is a common vicious cycle. 😪 DAILY LIVING As you go about living, your self-talk influences your behavior and the way you interact with others...