Pornography, cybersexual, cyber-relationship and telephone chatline addictions.
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Just as alcohol intake or food consumption can ‘get out of hand’, so the Internet has become an unhappy addiction for many thousands of people.
Engaging in cybersexual and cyber-relational activities seems exciting when you first become a user, as do telephone chatlines. These forms of communication and entertainment allow you to develop whole new personalities depending on your mood and desire. You can be taller, smaller, thinner, more muscular, blonder, darker … Your online/phone hours seem like an escape from your real life – which might feel lonely, depressing and full of anxieties, or marked by marital discord, work-related stress or financial problems. However, rather than being a genuine escape from these difficulties, chatrooms, porn and chatlines tend to mask your real-life problems.
You might already have noticed for yourself, or had it pointed out to you by someone else, that you seem preoccupied with the Internet. Perhaps you have noticed that if you try to cut down your use of the Internet or chatlines you feel:
moody
depressed
irritable, or
weak-willed.
The very thing you were using to escape the realities of life might now have become one of your biggest problems. Perhaps you have found that if a loved one challenges you about the time you spend on the Internet you become:
defensive
angry, or
begin to hide your usage.
If you recognise that your use of Internet or telephone chatlines is a problem in your life, then support is available. Talking Therapies such as the one I use in my own practice can help you to unravel the underlying difficulty that is being covered up by the use of such media.
If you would like confidential help, then refer to the contact details below or click here
Telephone sessions are now available. please email or phone me to arrange a session time.
phone: Cambridge (01223) 360829
email: duncan@therapy-space.co.uk
All calls and messages are confidential.
I also take referrals from businesses, GPs and other therapists.
Duncan E. Stafford MBACP (Accred), UKRC Reg. Ind. Counsellor.
www.counselling-cambridge.co.uk
COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY IN CAMBRIDGE FOR WOMEN AND MEN OF ALL AGES
The information on the Counselling in Cambridge website is written in order to help you understand the counselling and psychotherapy process and some other related topics. This information is for general information only.
Just as alcohol intake or food consumption can ‘get out of hand’, so the Internet has become an unhappy addiction for many thousands of people.
Engaging in cybersexual and cyber-relational activities seems exciting when you first become a user, as do telephone chatlines. These forms of communication and entertainment allow you to develop whole new personalities depending on your mood and desire. You can be taller, smaller, thinner, more muscular, blonder, darker … Your online/phone hours seem like an escape from your real life – which might feel lonely, depressing and full of anxieties, or marked by marital discord, work-related stress or financial problems. However, rather than being a genuine escape from these difficulties, chatrooms, porn and chatlines tend to mask your real-life problems.
You might already have noticed for yourself, or had it pointed out to you by someone else, that you seem preoccupied with the Internet. Perhaps you have noticed that if you try to cut down your use of the Internet or chatlines you feel:
The very thing you were using to escape the realities of life might now have become one of your biggest problems. Perhaps you have found that if a loved one challenges you about the time you spend on the Internet you become:
If you recognise that your use of Internet or telephone chatlines is a problem in your life, then support is available. Talking Therapies such as the one I use in my own practice can help you to unravel the underlying difficulty that is being covered up by the use of such media.
If you would like confidential help, then refer to the contact details below or click here
Telephone sessions are now available. please email or phone me to arrange a session time.
phone: Cambridge (01223) 360829
email: duncan@therapy-space.co.uk
All calls and messages are confidential.
I also take referrals from businesses, GPs and other therapists.
Duncan E. Stafford MBACP (Accred), UKRC Reg. Ind. Counsellor.
www.counselling-cambridge.co.uk
COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY IN CAMBRIDGE FOR WOMEN AND MEN OF ALL AGES
The information on the Counselling in Cambridge website is written in order to help you understand the counselling and psychotherapy process and some other related topics. This information is for general information only.
