Are you at risk of sex addiction?
deogol
Michigan
From http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/…
Paula Hall identifies six factors that make people more vulnerable to sex addiction:
* Early sexualisation: it's known that early alcohol use changes the chemistry of the brain in ways that make alcoholism more likely, and it's possible that something similar could happen to a brain that is exposed to sexual images and behaviour before it is ready to react to them.
* Adolescent isolation: experiencing trauma between the ages of nine and 13, or feeling isolated as a teenager for any reason, can increase the chances of becoming addicted to sex.
* Over-controlling parenting: people who have been too controlled as children are less able to handle risk-taking, and this could predispose them to sex addiction.
* Limited modelling of emotional regulation: growing up without good role-models for emotional regulation can leave people dependent on external factors to manage their emotions, because they can't handle them for themselves.
* Childhood shame: thinking of sex as shameful leads people to think of sex as secretive, and makes it harder to normalise it as a healthy part of ordinary life.
* Family secrets: a hidden issue in a family can set a person up for a situation where having two separate parts to life is normal, even attractive.
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A little less known factor is “not getting anyâ€.
I’ve noticed the less access I have to sex the more I want it and the more compulsive and “addicted†I seem to get :)
Sexual addiction is a "condition" invented out of whole cloth by people what want yet another vector of control over other people's lives. If they can get behavior classed as addictive, it loses any protection it has under our Constitution, and can be limited.
Fucking self-righteous prick bastards.
But in reality, I do love sex, but I'm not gonna go bonkers if I don't have it everyday or even every week. I think an addiction is one where everything in your life revolves around the addiction. Your normal life changes because of it. So am I addicted, no.
Porn certainly is not alive. People may be giving up important stuff just look at chick's va-jay-jays.
I knew a guy who would have bukkake pictures as screen backgrounds... on his work computer! Yea, that caught up to him. Even the guys were like "ah, there are three dicks spewing spunk on that chicks face... wtf is that all about?" Yea, he was the talk of the office.
when i was in college there was a girl in my dorm who had sex with a different guy every night. it was not the best for her in terms of them being skilled lovers; in fact, she said some of them were virgins and a lot of them were clueless and came in their shorts before they could even get undressed (fortunately at that age there's no down time).
i have also been thru times when i never wanted sex to end. i would dread it ending, and when it did, i wanted it to start up right away again. that's one of the reasons i have a hard time maintaining any serious relationships. a lot of guys think being with a sex addict would be great, but unless you're 18-21 don't count on it. you'll get used up, drained, and cast aside for a new, full tube of stud.