11-17-2016, 12:36 AM
(11-17-2016, 12:21 AM)Mr. Anderson Wrote: [ -> ](11-17-2016, 12:14 AM)Shannon Wrote: [ -> ]I don't know what PMO is, it would be helpful to know what that is to answer the question. It would also be helpful to know what you are referring to in terms of titles. Some titles are designed to speed up the healing process, for example. And not everything is in 5.5 or even 5G.
He is talking about Porn, Masturbation, Orgasm.
According to my research, addiction consists of two distinct parts. There's a chemical component, and there's the psychological component.
Also according to my research, the chemical component almost always takes a back seat to the psychological component in terms of why people are addicted. It may begin with a physical addiction, but the addiction usually becomes psychological after that and that aspect is what causes the majority of the issue recovering. In some cases, the psychological is what drives the person to the physical, seeking escape.
The real issue is the psychological, because it will be either what drives the choices that result in addictive behavior, or what actually prevents the person from stopping their addictive behavior. The former is usually seen when the person is using their addiction of choice as a means to escape something (usually guilt, shame, fear or pain of some kind). The latter is seen in that case and when the physical addiction starts by sufficient exposure to physically addictive things otherwise. They basically become convinced that they cannot do without the addictive action, experience or substance, and their responses to that belief end up becoming a feedback loop of self fulfilling prophecy that becomes stronger and stronger.
In either case, if you find the root cause of the addiction psychologically and deal with them, it is usually not really very difficult to get past a physical addiction if it is done right. But it is the psychological that locks the person in.
Addiction, contrary to popular mythology, is not a "disease". Labeling it as such only gives an addict an excuse to be and act like an addict by taking away their personal responsibility for their choice of actions.
Is withdrawal fun? No. But you don't have to suffer withdrawal if you come off the addictive substance gently and slowly enough. And you will have a lot less withdrawal when your subconscious is not convinced that withdrawal symptoms are what you want from it.
What we fear, we focus on. And what we focus on, repeat and attach emotional intensity to, we train. So by experiencing withdrawal, you can effectively train your conscious to fear it, and thereby train your subconscious that "this is what must happen whenever I do X".
Sounds completely irrational, and it is. The subconscious mind happens to be the seat of the emotional awareness, and although not entirely irrational, it is definitely not all logical thinking either.