Comments on: The Centerfold Syndrome http://strengtheningmarriage.com/blog/marriage/the-centerfold-syndrome/ Official Blog of Author and Intimacy Expert Laura M. Brotherson Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:55:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Simply Sweet Marriage http://strengtheningmarriage.com/blog/marriage/the-centerfold-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-1158 Simply Sweet Marriage Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:00:14 +0000 http://strengtheningmarriage.com/blog/intimacy/the-centerfold-syndrome/#comment-1158 Thanks for sharing this article. I read one similar to this last year, but I liked how this one identified 5 problematic characteristics. I think its good for us all to remember to have HOPE... "Fortunately as men [and women] become aware of this conditioning, and are able to identify it’s influence in their own lives, they can then begin to counteract the distortions with corrected and empathic understanding of women and an understanding of the divine designs of sexuality as a relational experience." The journey can be so worth it for many...to finally experience the wholeness that God intended with sexual intimacy, INSTEAD of the feelings of guilt, dissatisfied, and empty path...or the momentary addictive pleasure, without the Godly dimensions of intimacy. I coresponded with a person last year who had struggled with this addiction, yet finally got help. The individual expressed to me of the amazing *peace* that came into their life, marriage, and home through abandoning such practices. http://www.lds.org/combatingpornography Thanks for sharing this article. I read one similar to this last year, but I liked how this one identified 5 problematic characteristics.

I think its good for us all to remember to have HOPE…

“Fortunately as men [and women] become aware of this conditioning, and are able to identify it’s influence in their own lives, they can then begin to counteract the distortions with corrected and empathic understanding of women and an understanding of the divine designs of sexuality as a relational experience.”

The journey can be so worth it for many…to finally experience the wholeness that God intended with sexual intimacy, INSTEAD of the feelings of guilt, dissatisfied, and empty path…or the momentary addictive pleasure, without the Godly dimensions of intimacy.

I coresponded with a person last year who had struggled with this addiction, yet finally got help. The individual expressed to me of the amazing *peace* that came into their life, marriage, and home through abandoning such practices.

http://www.lds.org/combatingpornography

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