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Intimacy anorexia is the act of withholding emotionally, spiritually, and sexually from your significant other, making them feel alone and disconnected. The pain and even trauma they experience from this are real due to you withholding your heart from them. The 12 Steps of the recovery process has helped millions of people over the years, both the addict and their spouse, and it can help you as well. In this video, Dr. Doug Weiss, licensed psychologist and national author, walks you through Step Three and its principles in moving forward.
With Step Three, it’s about making a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God as we understand Him. Be gracious to yourself and give yourself the time to do so because it's a process. Making decisions as an intimacy anorexic, makes a big difference in your life. It changes not only the way you think and make decisions, but who you are. It is the culmination of what you have been doing thus far.
The ability to make decisions is your will, the most powerful thing you possess in the world. It determines what happens in our life, since we are free to decide. Self-will though can be addictive and destructive. The human will run wild can lead to bad decision making and withholding of love, as you do whatever you want to do with no regards to anyone else, especially your significant other.
However, it can also be used for good, to create instead of destroy, to give love and not withhold. Acknowledge that you have been making bad decisions and that you have not been doing what's best for you and your spouse in your life. There is a God who loves you and wants the best for you. By turning your will (ability to make decision) and life over to the care of this God (considering Him in whatever decisions you make), you can heal and make better choices that positively affect those around you.
Some of you may know God or know about Him. It could also be that God is a foreign concept that’s vast and unknown. However, you can choose to be in a relationship with Him, to be all in with Him, to trust His voice and agree with Him. Knowing God is a process that you will be in for the rest of your life, but is it worth it as He gives you love, freedom and support in spite your past or current troubles.
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If you're the partner of an Intimacy Anorexic®, we call that Married and Alone. We have plenty of materials, as well as support groups.
To buy the Intimacy Anorexia book: [ Ссылка ]
To buy the Intimacy Anorexia DVD:
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To buy the Intimacy Anorexia® Workbook: [ Ссылка ]
Intimacy Anorexia phone groups for men and women: [ Ссылка ]
For the support group for intimacy anorexic women: [ Ссылка ]
For information on marriage counseling and intensives, go to [ Ссылка ]
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Doug Weiss, Ph.D., is a nationally known author, speaker and licensed psychologist. He is the executive director of Heart to Heart Counseling Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the author of several books including, Partner Betrayal Trauma ™.
You may contact Dr. Weiss via his website, [ Ссылка ] or on his Facebook [ Ссылка ]
by phone at 719-278-3708 or through email at heart2heart@xc.org
