Sexual Addictions Treatment & Counselling
The term
"sexual addiction" is used to describe the behaviour of a person who
has an unusually strong sexual urge or an obsession with sex. Thoughts about
sex always dominate the person's thinking, making it difficult for him to
concentrate on work, and engage in healthy personal relationships.
Sex
addicts also love to take serious risks. Neglecting the negative consequences,
the person engages in different forms of sexual activities. In addition to
damaging the addict's relationships, a sex addict also puts the person at risk
for emotional and physical injury.
For some
people, the sex addiction progresses to involve illegal activities, such as
exhibitionism (exposing oneself in public), making obscene phone calls, or
molestation. However, it should be noted that sex addicts do not necessarily
become sex offenders.
There
are some peculiar traits that a sex addicts show in general. These behaviours
are very important to diagnose a person with sexual addiction.
The main symptoms and behaviors of a sex addict include:
Compulsive masturbation - Addiction to masturbation:
- The
person finds it very hard to miss masturbation a single day. Sometimes the
person even masturbates several times in a single day.
Having multiple affairs (Extra Marital affairs):
- A
sexual addict has a very strong urge for sex. Along with such a strong sex
drive, the person also tries to have multiple partners for sex. He finds
it difficult to be satisfied with single partners.
Multiple or anonymous sexual partners or one-night stands:- A
person with sexual addiction seldom develops any emotional bond with his
sex partner. He is always looking for a new sex partner which leads him to
be a victim of several one night stands and multiple partners.
Consistent use of pornography:
- This
is also one of the important traits of sexual addicts. They tend to be
very fond of exploring pornographic material.
Unsafe sex:
- As
mentioned earlier sexual addicts love to play it unsafe and neglect the
negative consequences that they may face later.
Phone or computer sex - cyber sex:
- Apart
from pornography, sexual addicts often engage themselves in cyber and
phone sex.
Prostitution or use of prostitutes:
- In
the search for a new sex partner and due to a never satisfying sexual
drive, sexual addicts often have multiple sexual relations with
prostitutes and call girls.
Exhibitionism:
- This
means that such people find it very interesting to "show off" in
public.
Obsessive dating through personal ads:
- This
is also a common trait in sexual addicts.
Voyeurism - watching others or stalking:
- Sexual
addicts tend to be very keen watchers. They keep staring at the opposite
sex which becomes very uncomfortable for the other person.
Sexual harassment:
- Cases
of sexual harassment at home or in office are most often caused by sexual
addicts.
Molestation - rape:
- Sexual
addicts sometimes cross all the limits of society and they indulge in rape
and molestation without thinking about the consequences.
Generally,
a person with a sex addiction gains little satisfaction from the sexual
activity and forms no emotional bond with his or her sex partners. In addition,
the problem of sex addiction often leads to feelings of guilt and shame.
A sex
addict also feels a lack of control over the behaviour, despite negative
consequences
Sexual addiction treatment
Most sex
addicts live in denial of their addiction, and treating an addiction is
dependent on the person accepting and admitting that he or she has a problem.
In many cases, it takes a significant event such as the loss of a job, the
break-up of a marriage, an arrest, or health crisis to force the addict to
admit to his or her problem.
Treatment
of sexual addiction focuses on controlling the addictive behaviour and helping
the person develop a healthy sexuality. Treatment includes education about
healthy sexuality, individual psychological counselling and marital or family
therapy helps for addicts. In some cases, Homeopathy medications used to treat
obsessive compulsive disorder may be used to the compulsive nature of the sex
addiction.
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97869 01830
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