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Joel2:25
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Posted: Wed May 17th, 2006 02:22 pm |
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I'm not trying to slam anyone here with an addiction ... or call you immature  but I heard this last night on a show and it got me thinking ...
This girl was saying (it's a cheap series btw on TV) that she had become addicted to drugs at age 16 and had never progressed in her emotional maturity past that point. While she was 40 physically, emotionally she was still 16 until she kicked the addiction (in rehab by the way).
So I was doing a search and found an article on morephine addiction that said basically the same thing ... the addiction stunts emotional growth, also that people who are at risk for morephine addiction (one of a few groups at risk) have emotional problems, including emotional immaturity and stunted emotional growth (probably one and the same).
I'm wondering ... is porn addiction the same do you think? Have you found or noticed people who ... if you can pinpoint their age of addiction ... they just stopped growing there emotionally? People who perhaps were already stunted emotionally? Would that be sexual abuse, physical abuse, etc.? Just wondering as this info can sure help me understand even more some of the actions I see in my dh.
Last edited on Wed May 17th, 2006 02:36 pm by Joel2:25
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Posted: Thu May 18th, 2006 06:27 pm |
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Yes, I think there's some truth to the concept you brought up.
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Posted: Thu May 18th, 2006 06:31 pm |
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Dr. Doug Weiss does some teaching on how addictions stunt us emotionally, spiritually, etc.... in one of his books.....100 Days to Intimacy, I think......you might find this helpful as you think through this.
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Posted: Thu May 18th, 2006 07:23 pm |
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| I attended a year of counseling with a Christian psychologist who also made reference to what you're asking about. He said that many times sexual abuse, addiction, etc. stunts your growth in emotional areas. I know it to be true in my own life. I was molested for an extended period of time at a young age and found years later, as an adult, that my own emotional/social growth was stunted. It wasn't until I went back and dealt with those issues and allowed God to heal those areas that I began growing again emotionally and with my relationships with other people.
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Posted: Fri May 19th, 2006 09:41 pm |
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I have read about this in different articles as well, and I recognize it in my husband. I found out last year that he has been a casual porn user for about 25 years. He is 40, and in my estimation, he's in his late teens emotionally. It's interesting that's about the time he started looking at porn. Thank goodness if allowed, the Lord can heal and help the addicted find emotional maturity.
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Posted: Sun May 21st, 2006 12:56 pm |
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Amen to that, Praising Heart! We do have a great and awesome God who delights to draw near to those who draw near to Him....and to heal them! Thanks for reminding us! 
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