![]() Addiction also causes a switch in the brain that causes the sex addict to be overly sensitive to anything sexual. The addiction then escalates due to tolerance (the need for more to feel the same affect). Now the need to act is necessary just to feel normal. Only sexual acting out gives a normal sense of pleasure. Typical activities no longer give pleasure and reward the brain the way they used to. ![]() In an attempt to balance, the brain reduces natural dopamine production. This rewires the brain and causes abnormal functioning. With each choice to act out the brain’s reward system sends pleasure signals (dopamine) across the prefrontal cortex and overloads the brain. The limbic system is in control and common sense is “out the window.” Over time, though, the concept of “use it or lose it” is at play and because the addict has spent a significant amount of time allowing the limbic system to take over the prefrontal cortex and the connections in the prefrontal cortex have atrophied and they will have a significant struggle in making choices to avoid relapse, and in reality, the individual does not have a choice. Their challenge is to engage the prefrontal cortex where self-control and critical thinking occur. When an addicted person has a pattern of medicating their pain through sexual acting out, a whole variety of feelings and circumstances may trigger the limbic system to believe it needs sexual acting out to cope. Sexual desires are stored in the amygdala, the survival part of the brain (the limbic system-fight, flight or freeze). Because an addicted person has used acting out as a way of coping he/she has rewired the brain much like cocaine rewires the brain. Ralph H.While sexual addiction starts as sin and continues to be sinful, it also becomes a problem of the brain. I shall recommend Sexy Christians to our therapists and clients."-Dr. Their honest sharing of their lives integrates Christian principles and down-to-earth advice. "Ted and Diane Roberts provide practical tools for healthy emotional and physical intercourse. "I love this book! It can help any couple see one another better and become more intimate, connected, and happy."-Douglas Weiss, PhD, president, American Association for Sex Addiction Therapy author, Intimacy: A 100 Day Guide to Lasting Relationships Hayford, chancellor, The King's College and Seminary founding pastor, The Church On The Way ![]() "Ted and Diane Roberts are demolishing myths and cultivating emotional and marital health everywhere! They take the cobwebs out of outdated ideas and debunk contemporary confusion that intrudes upon God's wonderful gift of our sexuality." -Jack W. John Townsend, speaker bestselling author, Boundaries "A wonderful and literate book on what this great mystery of sex and the Christian faith have to do with each other. Loaded with additional content, this workbook is designed to challenge couples to explore the rewarding work of intimacy. Readers and groups can go a step further with the Sexy Christians Workbook. End-of-chapter questions encourage couples to apply the book's principles at home. The authors also explore what men's and women's sexual needs are and why they are so different, what sex is all about from God's perspective, and what the differences are between male and female sexual response cycles. Readers will learn why men and women see sex differently, what the greatest aphrodisiac is, and how to avoid the most lethal killer to a great sex life. Ted and Diane Roberts want to turn this thinking on its head. Yet many Christians seem to think the more spiritual they are, the less sexual they will be, and the more sexual they are, the less spiritual they will be. Sexual fulfillment is, in fact, God's idea. "Sexy Christians." The phrase sounds like an oxymoron, but God never intended it to be.
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