Sexual Integrity & Your Emotions

Sexual integrity is about you becoming whole. 

You are made up of many parts – mind, body and soul. And in your journey to becoming whole, it is key to address all the parts that make you, YOU. In the last episode, we examined the role of the body. 

This week, we’ll learn more about the role of emotions. There is a direct link between your unwanted sexual behavior and your emotional life. And, if you’re willing to pay attention to your feelings, they can serve as clues into something inside you that needs your attention. 

This is not easy work. It takes courage and vulnerability. Facing your feelings connects you to who you are at a deeper level. Don’t be afraid. 

Let’s move beyond regulating an unwanted sexual behavior boundaries and protocols into living a life of freedom and wholeness.

Highlights:

If you want to be a person of sexual integrity, there is no way to do that without becoming an emotionally healthy person.

A lot of us run to unwanted sexual behaviors as an attempt to regulate our emotions.

Our emotions are not always correct barometers of what is real or true but they’re an important part of who we are.

Homework:

In Luke 18, Jesus asks the blind man:  “What do you want me to do for you?”

Why did Jesus ask the blind man that? Jesus desires us to be in touch with our desires. He wants to engage with us on that level. Emotions are a gateway to what we really desire and Jesus knows that.

He’s inviting you into a place where you examine and explore with Him all the hopes in your heart.

Resources:

Dr Patrick Carnes says unwanted sexual behaviors are a way to medicate pain.

Dr Harry W. Schaumburg talked about acting out as a way to gain a false sense of intimacy.

Russell Willingham explains, we run to unwanted sexual behaviors when we don’t know how to deal with certain types of emotions.

Dr Mark Laaser

Make sure you check out Becoming a Woman of Sexual Integrity and Becoming a Man of Sexual Integrity. These quick video series are an introduction to becoming more whole in the area of Sexual Integrity!

If you want to learn more, check out Josh’s latest musing on this topic at, Sexual Integrity and Emotional Health

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