I have met many people who act out and immediately sense the abyss. That's all they see: this dark abyss. Of course, it was there before acting out - and that's why they acted out...
A "bardichever chassid" sees the abyss and doesn't believe it is really there and says, "That distance between Hashem and me is just more BS, just like the lust was!" He gets up and walks with Hashem - through the tears.
BTW. I don't need to act out to learn lots of good stuff and yearn more for Hashem - I stick around and let some of the poor folks at the meetings act out for me! That may sound cruel, but old age does that to a guy.