addiction - Eli Irving https://eliirving.blog Films|Books|Music+Therapy Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:29:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Non-Player Characters: One of the Four Horsemen of Nihilism https://eliirving.blog/2023/08/28/non-player-characters-one-of-the-four-horsemen-of-nihilism/ https://eliirving.blog/2023/08/28/non-player-characters-one-of-the-four-horsemen-of-nihilism/#respond Tue, 29 Aug 2023 03:31:32 +0000 https://eliirving.blog/?p=380 There is a new addiction emerging. Something akin to OnlyFans. However, this is not explicitly sexualized. Meet the Non-Player Characters (NPCs).

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]]> https://eliirving.blog/2023/08/28/non-player-characters-one-of-the-four-horsemen-of-nihilism/feed/ 0 Shame: A Poignant Look at Sex Addiction https://eliirving.blog/2022/03/07/shame-2011/ https://eliirving.blog/2022/03/07/shame-2011/#respond Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:18:00 +0000 https://mitigationaide.com/therapyinlitfilms/?p=185 Shame is an accurate and poignant portrayal of the life of a sex addict. Brandon, Michael Fassbender, is a single man struggling with sex and porn addiction.

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]]> https://eliirving.blog/2022/03/07/shame-2011/feed/ 0 Carry On My Wayward Son: Themes of Addiction https://eliirving.blog/2022/01/19/carry-on-my-wayward-son-themes-of-addiction/ https://eliirving.blog/2022/01/19/carry-on-my-wayward-son-themes-of-addiction/#respond Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:33:00 +0000 https://mitigationaide.com/therapyinlitfilms/?p=24 I initially heard Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas from the intro of the show Supernatural. The themes made sense for the show and also my clients.

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]]> https://eliirving.blog/2022/01/19/carry-on-my-wayward-son-themes-of-addiction/feed/ 0 Don’t Look Up (2021): Hiding Truth in Plain Sight https://eliirving.blog/2022/01/19/dont-look-up-2021-hiding-truth-in-plain-sight/ https://eliirving.blog/2022/01/19/dont-look-up-2021-hiding-truth-in-plain-sight/#respond Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:56:00 +0000 https://mitigationaide.com/therapyinlitfilms/?p=183 Reviews were coming in hot and heavy about Don't Look Up. I look at the themes of unresolved issues and maladaptive coping skills in this review.

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]]> https://eliirving.blog/2022/01/19/dont-look-up-2021-hiding-truth-in-plain-sight/feed/ 0 Love, Sex & Eating the Bones (2003) https://eliirving.blog/2021/12/06/love-sex-eating-the-bones-2003/ https://eliirving.blog/2021/12/06/love-sex-eating-the-bones-2003/#respond Mon, 06 Dec 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://mitigationaide.com/therapyinlitfilms/?p=16 I remember, vaguely, the first time I saw Love, Sex & Eating the Bones. I may have been twelve or fourteen years old at the time.

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]]> https://eliirving.blog/2021/12/06/love-sex-eating-the-bones-2003/feed/ 0 Grief, Trauma, Addiction, and Greed: Antlers (2021) a Review https://eliirving.blog/2021/11/23/grief-trauma-addiction-and-greed-antlers-2021-a-review/ https://eliirving.blog/2021/11/23/grief-trauma-addiction-and-greed-antlers-2021-a-review/#respond Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:53:00 +0000 https://mitigationaide.com/therapyinlitfilms/?p=8 I had been waiting impatiently for Antlers prior to COVID; the pandemic-induced delay really heightened my anticipation of it.

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