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b'On today\\u2019s episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane talks Georgia-based counselor Eddie Capparucci about his personal experience with addiction and how to fight off sex and porn addiction. He also talks about the impact of fears of abandonment and how that drives sexually destructive behavior.\\nCalming The Addicted Mind - 6 Day Mindfulness Email Series\\ntheaddictedmind.com/mindfulness\\nJumping into the idea of the inner child, Eddie explains that children make up for not being seen by creating new realities in their mind. Playing out fantasies in their heads is part of how they cope with abandonment. He never realized that because of that pain, he was using women.\\nJoin The Addicted Mind Podcast Facebook Group>>>\\nAfter you get through the period of regret, Eddie says, you experience a kind of euphoria in understanding what the problem is. Eddie walked away from two marriages because he felt that his infidelity couldn\\u2019t be fixed. Soon after, he sought therapy and began to understand his abandonment issues.\\nEddie also discusses his idea of the \\u201cinner child.\\u201d It provides insight into why people engage in addictive behaviors. By identifying the core emotional triggers, you can take control.\\nHe names nine different kinds in his Inner Child model:\\n\\nThe Bored Child\\n\\nThe Unaffirmed Child\\n\\nThe Unnoticed Child\\n\\nThe Emotionally Void Child\\n\\nThe Lack-of-Control Child\\n\\nThe Entitled Child\\n\\nThe Inferior-Weak Child\\n\\nThe Stressed Child\\n\\nThe Sexually Early/Stimulated/Abused Child\\n\\nMost people identify with three of four of these kids. Some people identify with all nine of them. The goal here is to identify the triggers associated with your inner child.\\nMoving onto treatment, Eddie talks about how you need to produce mindfulness. Once you\\u2019ve identified your triggers, you can start to apply them to situations moving forward that activate your inner child.\\nPeople with sex and porn addictions are trying to comfort the inner child. It\\u2019s easier to feel sexual arousal, Duane says, than to feel depression or isolation.\\nEpisode Link\\ntheaddictedmind.com/103\\nEddie is concerned about how the ease of access to porn will affect the next generation. He believes that young boys are going to be taught that objectification is normalized and even encouraged.\\nWhen you understand your own trauma, you can move forward. You\\u2019re no longer stuck as a \\u201cbad person.\\u201d But people have to hit the point where they do want change in their lives. And someone actually interested in the sex industry only gets there because their self worth has already been eroded. It\\u2019s tough because most people don\\u2019t really want to look back and look their pain in the face. They don\\u2019t want to spend time thinking about how they were hurt in their childhood. But ultimately \\u2014 there\\u2019s a benefit to doing this work. You can change your life. There are a ton of resources you can tap into and you can finish strong.\\n\\n\\nSupport this podcast at \\u2014 https://redcircle.com/the-addicted-mind-podcast/donations\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'