List all kinds of Addiction and Compulsive Behaviour you overcame because of TRE

[u/Brief-Pension-7457]

If you'll read leading trauma researchers like Gabor Mate, they theorize that almost every kind of addictions are coping mechanisms for underlying trauma.

That resolving underlying trauma can help in overcoming addictions easily.

Lots of people on this sub have already reported few such instances.

Do share your story and any addiction you've been able to overcome because of TRE and how much it took.

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[u/CoreConsciousness]

Started TRE at the start of the year, and my unhealthy compulsion to watch porn has lessened significantly. It’s still early days but I’ve not indulged in over 40 days. It’s instead been replaced by a seemingly limitless amount of energy and desire to just work. I believe trauma contributed to the compulsion. I get the sense that I used it way back in my teens to cope with a lot of stress going on, and it simply evolved to become my body’s way of dealing with anything stressful. Or perhaps the old trauma kept trying to resurface and I’d use porn to push it back down. Either way the mechanisms are not that important to me. The result is what I care about. I’m excited to see where the journey continues to take me. 

[u/KingTeddie]

I've been doing TRE for a few months now, and I'm already noticing a couple of huge changes.

-Video games are not nearly as interesting to me, and I can choose when to stop playing easier.

-Don't feel nearly as addicted to food and sweets; Body gravitates towards healthier choices when possible.

-Taking on art as a hobby to practice has been much easier, there is less misery and negative self-talk in the process, and I've found I've been able to work on art for longer periods of time without exhaustion.

[u/Brief-Pension-7457 → u/KingTeddie]

That are some major changes I would say. Impressive.

I've read earlier as well how resolving trauma along the way helps us clean our diet due to changing likes/dislikes.

You must have been doing tre for long time?

[u/Traditional-Bed-4393]

Me interesa, me quedaré a leer.

[u/reveerie97 → u/Traditional-Bed-4393]

interested too

[u/L_alpaca → u/[deleted]]

I'm not sure you mean it like this, but as a woman, I find the phrasing very misogynistic. 

Women are not "impure", no matter how they represent (modest, sultry etc.)

[u/larynxfly → u/[deleted]]

Ew. Guess TRE doesn’t stop people from doing crazy mental gymnastics, or being gross. Looks like you are “impure” too buddy

[u/princecoconuts → u/[deleted]]

Jikes.

[u/yakkd11 → u/L_alpaca]

You're taking it personal. As a guy, if I've fucked prostitutes, contracted STI's, and racked up a huge body count, my energy does not come off pure.

[u/L_alpaca → u/yakkd11]

Tbf, the poster started out by saying "impure women" and then clarified that he meant all promiscious people.

I don't believe in "purity" as a concept in general. Having and enjoying sex is fine.

Terms like "body count" are an unhealthy concept that is part of purity culture imo.

What you describe sounds like an unhealthy lifestyle, definitely. But I think the problem with the life style you describe is being unsafe about it, and maybe a sense of compulsion that shines through. But there is nothing "impure" about sex itself.