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Think of a certain type of behavior as an anesthetic ... that behavior is meant to push unwanted thoughts, feelings, even memories, temporarily out of your conscious awareness.

Think of obsessive thoughts, turning into compulsive behaviors. Those behaviors are meant to help control that maladaptive thought process. Now, you're thinking OCD, as a diagnosis, but it can be p**n addiction, gambling addiction, s*x addiction, food addiction, obsessive scrolling on social media, chemical or substance addiction .... anything which begins with triggers, continues with uncontrolled thoughts, and culminates in behavior which is not what you really want to do.

Remember Romans 7:15? Romans 7:15 is the Apostle Paul's expression of his internal conflict and frustration with his own inability to do what is right, even when he wants to, and instead doing what he hates. The verse highlights a universal human struggle between the desire to follow God's law and the power of the sinful nature, which leads to actions contrary to one's intentions.

Here is the verse in several popular translations:

New International Version (NIV): "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do."

English Standard Version (ESV): "For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I hate I keep doing."

King James Version (KJV): "For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I."

Let's take this a step further. It's super easy to be offended. We can even become addicted to the drama of offense. Martyr syndrome can be an addiction too. Yet you cannot stop a behavior you're not aware that you're doing. You feel justified in your thoughts and feelings. When in reality, every feeling should be analyzed, because "feelings" can lie.

Let's start here:
*What do you do to cope when you feel anxious or uncomfortable? When you feel slighted or hurt?

*If you gave up your coping behavior(s), what might you experience in each of the following areas? (Thoughts, Feelings, Memories)

*For example, if I give up anger, I would have to: a.) Think that I might be the problem; b.) Feel the vulnerability of not pushing others away and the fear under my anger; c.) Remember and thus have to resolve the issues and wounds from my past.

*Which area do you struggle with most? (Offense, over-sensitivity, addictions, fears, anxiousness, etc.)

*What do you think are the origins of this problem for you? Where (who) did you learn it from? Is it inherited?

*How does this problem really effect you? Your life? Your career? Your family?

*What are you willing to do to change (risk/take action) this week towards what you learned in this process?

*Who can keep you accountable for what you have committed to?

James 4:17 -- "Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do, and does it not, to him it is sin."

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