Sexual Compulsion / Acting Out

Buried Feelings

Also known as: acting · actings · compulsion · compulsions · out · outs · sexual · sexuals

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Possible Buried Beliefs
  • “I need this to feel okay.”
  • “I cannot sit with this urge.”
  • “Pleasure is the only relief I have.”
  • “I am already broken, so why stop?”
  • “The urge is stronger than me.”
  • “If I do not act, I will have to feel.”
Healing Notes

Shame loosens in the presence of being seen and not rejected. Naming it out loud is often the first crack of light.

It loosens with one trusted contact at a time, in doses small enough to stay regulated.

Hard to Go Places

The places the body has been avoiding — the feelings, truths, or moments it has been organised to keep at a distance.

  • Sexual Compulsion / Acting Out

    Staying with the urge long enough to feel the emotion underneath it without acting, hiding, or collapsing into shame. Compulsion may provide relief, stimulation, escape, punishment, control, or temporary release from buried pain.

  • Shame

    Allowing yourself to be witnessed in the parts you've spent a lifetime hiding.

  • Isolation

    Reaching out before you feel ready.

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