As someone who recently was forced to break up with the love of their life because of sex addiction, I am genuinely getting something valuable out of the Last Resort. I realize it’s trash, it’s completely wild they encourage the cast to drink on a ‘therapy retreat’, the therapists themselves are hacks, and a ton of it is scripted.
However, watching Asuelu’s behavior, which might typically be excused away as normal shitty masculinity, be described as the result of a serious addiction, and seeing someone as beautiful as Yara ask herself the same exact questions I’ve asked myself for 4+ years over & over again, has been both triggering and very helpful for me personally. I’m sending my best hopes that both Yara and Kalani realize their inherent worth and make the best decisions for THEMSELVES at this point. I’m also hoping other people out there watching the show in similar situations realize 1) sex addiction is as real as any other addiction and 2) they deserve happiness and to be in control of their lives.
Guess that’s why they call it the learning channel 🤷🏼♀️
Thanks for this post! Even if the other couples aren’t helped out, and I hope they’re all doing okay, even the ones I don’t like, a lot of the red flags definitely resonated with me too. With someone I had been with for years and the sex addiction thing. I’m a gay man but relate a lot to Kalani and Yara with the online cheating and voyeurism. My ex boyfriend was very secretive about his phone and even told me if I ever touched it, he would never speak to me again (I never threatened or asked to see his phone btw - he volunteered that info on his own). Come to find accidentally being next to him that he was constantly chatting with other dudes on dating apps and this one time I used his hard drive to load up a fun movie to watch with my friend and Ho was visiting and he had TERABYTES of graphic pornographic images and videos on that drive. I felt so insecure and disgusting and small. Like I wasn’t enough and everything clicked into place. Like why he was so private. Idk. Read your red flags.