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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 741641" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Trying I was just reading about PAWS syndrome which means post-addiction withdrawal syndrome which can be protracted. </p><p></p><p>The idea behind this is that stopping addictive behaviors means there are all kinds of unpleasant rebound type changes that occur to the body-mind, that feel terrible. I am wondering if he is not trying to respond to these icky, horrible feelings, and is ascribing them to guilt. I do the same thing (not cut, but give names or make stories to explain to myself to what is really a body-mind kind of horrible feeling. Beneath the stories may be a real neuro-chemical-biological process that is a result of quitting a compulsive behavior that itself has altered body processes and stunted or suppressed normal processes. Part of recovery is recovering these normal capacities.</p><p></p><p>I was encouraged to read about this because I am feeling bad now too, for different reasons.</p><p></p><p>I know that have to tread gingerly with him, but I wanted you to understand that however much it is not good he is cutting, he may be doing so because he is provoked by something in himself that will pass, and that he cannot control. </p><p></p><p>I will try to get some links to describe PAWS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 741641, member: 18958"] Trying I was just reading about PAWS syndrome which means post-addiction withdrawal syndrome which can be protracted. The idea behind this is that stopping addictive behaviors means there are all kinds of unpleasant rebound type changes that occur to the body-mind, that feel terrible. I am wondering if he is not trying to respond to these icky, horrible feelings, and is ascribing them to guilt. I do the same thing (not cut, but give names or make stories to explain to myself to what is really a body-mind kind of horrible feeling. Beneath the stories may be a real neuro-chemical-biological process that is a result of quitting a compulsive behavior that itself has altered body processes and stunted or suppressed normal processes. Part of recovery is recovering these normal capacities. I was encouraged to read about this because I am feeling bad now too, for different reasons. I know that have to tread gingerly with him, but I wanted you to understand that however much it is not good he is cutting, he may be doing so because he is provoked by something in himself that will pass, and that he cannot control. I will try to get some links to describe PAWS. [/QUOTE]
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