Compulsive Pleasure-Seeking

Buried Feelings

Restlessnessnumbnessavoidance of stillnesschronic dissatisfaction
Possible Buried Beliefs
  • “I need a spike to feel okay.”
  • “Stillness is unbearable.”
Healing Notes

Compulsive pleasure-seeking uses novelty and stimulation to override an underlying flatness. Beneath it is usually a longing for aliveness that ordinary life has stopped delivering — often because grief, boredom, or emptiness has been unaddressed.

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.

  • Compulsive Pleasure-Seeking

    Sitting inside ordinary presence long enough for something real to arise.

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