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Section 36

Addiction & Compulsion (additional)

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Gaming Addiction

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Likely buried feelings

Escape, mastery, achievement, social withdrawal, loneliness, avoidance

Possible buried beliefs

  • —“Here I'm good at something.”
  • —“Real life is too much.”
  • —“This world is safer.”

Healing note

Emotion-Link offers these as possible associations to explore, not causes or diagnoses. Possible purpose or secondary gain: gaming may supply competence and belonging while postponing real-world demands.

Hard to go places

Facing the parts of life where you feel unskilled.

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Phone Addiction

Entry 02 · 36

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Likely buried feelings

Stimulation seeking, avoidance, fear of stillness, restlessness, loneliness, distraction

Possible buried beliefs

  • —“I can't just sit here.”
  • —“I might miss something.”
  • —“Stillness is unbearable.”

Healing note

Emotion-Link offers these as possible associations to explore, not causes or diagnoses. Possible purpose or secondary gain: constant input may prevent stillness, in which unfelt feelings tend to surface.

Hard to go places

Being still with nothing to look at.

Next step

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Compulsive Lying

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Likely buried feelings

Shame, image management, avoidance, fear of judgment, unworthiness, fear of exposure

Possible buried beliefs

  • —“The truth about me isn't enough.”
  • —“If they knew, they'd leave.”
  • —“I have to manage what they see.”

Healing note

Emotion-Link offers these as possible associations to explore, not causes or diagnoses. Possible purpose or secondary gain: the story may protect a self-image and avoid the shame of being seen plainly.

Hard to go places

Telling the plain truth about yourself.

Next step

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Stealing

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Likely buried feelings

Entitlement, deprivation, rebellion, excitement, resentment, emptiness

Possible buried beliefs

  • —“I was owed this.”
  • —“No one gives me anything.”
  • —“This is the only way I get mine.”

Healing note

Emotion-Link offers these as possible associations to explore, not causes or diagnoses. Possible purpose or secondary gain: taking may restore a felt injustice and create excitement in place of emptiness.

Hard to go places

Feeling the old deprivation without balancing the books.

Next step

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