Sexual Trauma
Your sexual addiction can also be a source of sexual trauma for your spouse. “The sexuality of a partner is often impacted by sex addiction, in a similar way to women who have been raped or sexually traumatized.”The sexual symptoms…
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Sex Addiction-Induced Perpetration (SAIP)
“This journey is not for the man who is contemplating his next hit. It’s for the man who makes a choice to put away the old and embrace the new.” “Sex Addiction-Induced Perpetration (SAIP) includes many forms of abuse enacted…
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Hyper-vigilance and re-experiencing
(FREEPIK) “For her, the discovery and disclosure of your actions feels like an explosion with the debris blown in every direction, and she is left not knowing how to put herself and life back together Reactivation and re-experiencing among partners…
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External Crisis and Destabilization
The fifth dimension of trauma, external crisis and destabilization, is about the impact of trauma on what was familiar and stabile in the dynamic of life. Unexpected change can bring about overwhelming chaos that creates difficulty transitioning back to normal…
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Stuck on Hypo-Hyper -vigilance
Dr.Peter Levine Ph.D ”Waking the Tiger” 1997, North Atlantic Books, page 20 Dr. Peter Levine has a beautiful take on how the body holds trauma. This figure shows that in trauma we’re either stuck on high or low, and symptoms…
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Sexual Addiction’s Induced Trauma has an impact on the body and Mind.
The induced trauma and impact on mind and body from a sexual addiction can have a devastating impact on your spouse’s physical body. It can affect both her relationship to her body (how she sees or takes care of her…
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Reality-ego Fragmentation
“We are most vulnerable in our grief and sorrow, yet we will find the courage to discover the truth that sets us free.” Our Reality Ego represents who we are, who we become in different circumstances, what we are,…
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Trauma Discovery &Trauma Disclosure-13 Dimensions of trauma
“For her, the discovery and disclosure of your actions feels like an explosion with the debris blown in every direction, and she is left not knowing how to put herself and life back together.” In the onset and much…
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New Reflections Clinical Services
Trauma Model In her book Your Sexually Addicted Spouse, Dr. Barbara Steffens, a leading expert on healing from sexual betrayal trauma, writes about how many spouses experience symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) soon and shortly after discovery.[1]If left…