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See Understanding Betrayal Trauma: Trauma Triggers for Partners of Sex Addicts for further discussion of betrayal trauma. As a wife or partner of a sex addict or intimacy anorexic, you… Read more

Although all addictions cause painful consequences to the addict’s spouse, a sex addiction hurts a wife or partner in a way no other addiction can. You may intellectually know that… Read more

Intimacy anorexics are black belts in avoiding love connections with their primary partners. As such, I view intimacy anorexia as a particularly pernicious form of love avoidance that involves the… Read more

Women the world over look forward to Valentine’s Day as the opportunity to celebrate their most intimate relationship, a day when they can expect to feel cherished and appreciated, a… Read more

The following are a continuation of the the pillars that I consider cornerstones for emotional first aid for partners of sex addicts on the emotional rollercoaster of their husband’s sexual… Read more

The following are the pillars that I consider cornerstones for emotional first aid for partners of sex addicts on the emotional rollercoaster of their husband’s sexual addiction. 1. Know that… Read more

Have you recently discovered your husband’s secret life of porn or sex addiction? Feeling stunned? Heart shattered into a million tiny pieces? Moving in and out of shock, anger, despair,… Read more

What’s the emotional climate of your relationship? Are you starved for affection? Hungry for connection? Wondering how you ended up married but alone? If you’re feeling intimacy deprived, then intimacy… Read more