So He Needs You to be His Mom and then Later Resents You for it…
An impossible role for partners of sex addicts If you’re a partner of a sex addict, do you feel that you take on more responsibilities in your relationship than you want to, which causes you to feel more like a mom than a partner? If you are a recovering addict, do you find …read more
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Respecting and Responding to Your Partner’s Boundaries after Discovery (for Addicts)
Here are 6 ways you can better respond to your partner’s boundaries: 1) Make sure you understand your partner’s boundaries! This may seem obvious, but it’s vital to understand what your partner’s boundaries are. You may feel backed into a corner, with no option but just to agree to all of your partner’s boundaries. …read more
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Boundaries after Sex Addiction Discovery
Most of us, particularly if we’ve been in any kind of counseling, are used to hearing the word “boundaries”. Boundaries may seem obvious, but they can so easily be misunderstood. Let’s take a few minutes to look at what boundaries really are. What are Boundaries: 1) Boundaries are for SAFETY, NOT PUNISHMENT It’s critical to …read more
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Setting Boundaries to Help You Heal
A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts If you are a partner of a sex addict you have most likely experienced emotional pain, hurt, and betrayal that is difficult to navigate. Many partners struggle because they love someone who is making destructive choices that greatly affect both the addict and partner. To make it …read more
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Using Your Values to Shape your Boundaries
A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts Setting healthy boundaries is an important part of every relationship, and arguably, even more important for partners of sex addicts. Sex addicts are known to violate their partners’ boundaries, intentionally or not, by going against what their partner values. After boundaries are repeatedly violated, partners often struggle …read more
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Gentle New Year’s Resolutions
Finding hope when it feels hopeless by a Partner First, full disclosure, I’m a Partner of a Sex Addict in recovery. I can’t promise you that I have great advice. I can only share the road I’ve walked. I always fear my spouse’s relapse so the New Year is met with a lot of …read more
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A New Year, A New Resolution
Rethinking making resolutions when you are in sex addiction recovery New Year’s resolutions can feel so very cliche. We all make them, but then forget them by February 1st. What’s the point? Why do we continue to carry on this silly tradition? Well, goals CAN be powerful if set in a manner that supports …read more
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Holiday Cheer Vs. Reality for Female Partners
Holiday cheer is what most people look forward to every year. The bright lights, smiling faces, baking holiday treats, creating new memories with family and friends are just a few of the events that bring people joy every year. In society, traditionally, women take on many tasks during this time. In an article featured in Ozymagazine, titled …read more
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Stronger Than Hate
As a Jew living in America, it saddens and terrifies me to acknowledge that anti-semitism is still alive and well here. My family and I fled from anti-semitism when we left the Soviet Union as refugees in the late 1980’s, in the hope of reaching safety in the United States of America, the land of …read more
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Narcissistic Victim Syndrome
If someone is in or has been in a relationship with someone who is a narcissist, they may be experiencing something called Narcissistic Victim Syndrome as a result of domestic violence in their relationship. Narcissists often look charming on the outside but commonly cause great pain and trauma for their partner. Narcissists may be emotionally …read more
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- So He Needs You to be His Mom and then Later Resents You for it…
- Respecting and Responding to Your Partner’s Boundaries after Discovery (for Addicts)
- Boundaries after Sex Addiction Discovery
- Setting Boundaries to Help You Heal
- Using Your Values to Shape your Boundaries
- Gentle New Year’s Resolutions
- A New Year, A New Resolution
- Holiday Cheer Vs. Reality for Female Partners
- Stronger Than Hate
- Narcissistic Victim Syndrome