Episode 178: Anna Akana
Mental Illness Happy Hour
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Sex Addictions
I know a lot of people who are sex addicts, who are in incredible denial about it. I either feel incredibly empty or incredibly shameful afterwards. It's this awful catch 22 that you can't get out of there. People kill themselves over love addiction over the shame of sex addiction. The thing that they all share in common, all addictions is toxic shame that's in there. And sometimes I'll have sex and I enjoy it. And then I feel shameful like I did something bad. Why? I don't know if it's leftover residue from something long time ago,. Sex has always been really strange to me.
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