On the surface, sex addicts are ashamed of their excessive libido, but in fact, going deeper, why are they ashamed of their excessive libido?
Brandon in the movie, his libido and sexuality can only be satisfied in prostitutes, strangers, masturbation and watching porn, normal romance can not let him lift.
After the sister came, the iceberg hidden under the water slowly floated up. It turned out that Brandon and his sister had had an incestuous relationship and had sex. This unethical behavior made Brandon feel ashamed. He suppressed his love and sexual desire for his sister, and subconsciously felt that a normal relationship, like his love for his sister, was not allowed. This caused him to be unable to establish intimate relationships with others, and the longest relationship did not exceed four months.
In addition, Brandon subconsciously felt that once he established an intimate relationship with others, it was a kind of betrayal to his sister, and the subconscious mind did not allow such betrayal to happen, so when Brandon tried to start a relationship with the black secretary, it ended in failure.
Brandon is ashamed of his immoral love and sexuality, and what led to their infidelity? The film did not continue to dig deeper, but my sister's phone message gave us a little hint: "We are not bad people, we are just from a bad background."
From this, I speculate that the complex feelings and relationships between them are related to them. The past is the family has a lot to do. If you keep digging, you may find more things that shame Brandon and find the most source of sex addiction.
Shame makes Brandon depressed, and he can only find vent through other channels, and this channel is often against public morality. This kind of violation of morality will make Brandon even more ashamed, and shame will make him look for more. Much catharsis. Shame, then, feeds Brandon's sex addiction continuously and causally.
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