198. Thought Suppression

Overcome Pornography for Good

Sara Brewer

Christianity, Sexuality, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

5 • 679 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

I dive into the research behind thought suppression and explore why trying to fight off or ignore sexual thoughts can actually make them more intense and lead to out-of-control behavior. If you've struggled with thought suppression around sexuality, this episode will give you a new perspective.

Learn the research behind thought suppression, and why learning the skill of allowing versus suppression is vital for you to navigate unwanted sexual thoughts and feelings. I explain why acceptance, mindfulness and non-judgment are more effective tools and provide some practical tips you can start using today to

Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://centerforovercoming.com/post/thought-suppression

If you’re ready to do this work and start practicing unconditional commitment towards quitting your porn habit, sign up to work with me: https://www.sarabrewer.com/workwithme

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Overcome Pornography for Good Podcast, episode 198, thought suppression.
0:07.2	Welcome to the Overcome Pornography for Good podcast where we take a research-based, trauma-informed, and results-focused approach to quitting porn.
0:17.9	This approach has been revolutionary and changed thousands and thousands of lives. I'm your host,
0:24.4	Sarah Brewer. Hey, everyone, welcome to today's podcast episode. So, so glad you're here. I am excited to
0:32.3	talk about our topic today, which is thought suppression. I think it's going to be really helpful.
0:38.3	Really quickly,
0:43.2	I want to just send a shout out to those of you who have left me a podcast review in the last little bit. Thank you. It really does. It helps me get, you know, my podcast out there. It helps get
0:48.2	the word out there. It really helps the show. And I just love reading them too and appreciate it.
0:53.8	So thank you. This one, it says,
0:55.9	your podcast has drastically changed my mental state in just the last few weeks. It has made me
1:00.2	so much more hopeful and excited in several emotional aspects of my life. The range of topics is
1:05.6	also very helpful and it keeps me coming back for more each day. So awesome. Thank you so much.
1:10.1	I love to hear that.
1:11.3	Specifically, you know, this is helpful in several emotional aspects of my life, right? I get that
1:16.5	message all the time, but this is about, this helps so much more than just porn. And just
1:21.2	congrats for showing up for yourself and listening in and tuning in and working on the things
1:25.4	that we talk about. That's a huge win for you. So congrats. And then this other one, I love this. It says, as choosy as this sounds, Sarah has become
1:32.9	a mama bear figure for me. Ha ha. It truly feels like she has my back and is breaking the
1:37.4	cultural ties of shame and pornography. I have never felt a woman stand up for me, especially in this topic like Sarah has. It's been very healing. And yeah, just thank you. Like that one, it's really sweet. It means a lot to me.
1:49.9	Because as a woman talking about this, I get a lot of weird and gross things sent to me.
1:58.1	If I'm just going to be completely candid. I have to, you know, really
2:04.4	hype myself up before I hit publish on an ad recently because just, like, I just, I cringe
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