What constitutes a sex addict. What is your definition of a sex addict. Obviously it differs between men and women but is there an overall thought of the difference between a healthy sexual appetite to actual sex addiction.
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"What constitutes a sex addict. What is your definition of a sex addict. Obviously it differs between men and women but is there an overall thought of the difference between a healthy sexual appetite to actual sex addiction.
Your thoughts?"
When it takes over your life or a major portion of it. Eg work, family and friends. When you associate simple interaction with people with pornography. That's my thought on it.
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Why does it differ between male and female?
I would have thought an addiction is when any activity completely takes over your life. If you get to the point where it is all you can think about and your actions are simply about getting the next fix, irrespective of consequences, then you have a serious problem. That is way beyond healthy. |
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By *8on33Man 7 weeks ago
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"What constitutes a sex addict. What is your definition of a sex addict. Obviously it differs between men and women but is there an overall thought of the difference between a healthy sexual appetite to actual sex addiction.
Your thoughts?"
Somebody who thinks about sex all the time and on here somebody who messages people sexually all the time . |
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"Something becomes an addiction when it impacts on every aspect of your life and you put it before your family, friends, job and self.
One of the first signs is lying."
Or boredom with other aspects of life |
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"Something becomes an addiction when it impacts on every aspect of your life and you put it before your family, friends, job and self.
One of the first signs is lying.
Or boredom with other aspects of life "
With boredom if something more interesting comes along you get involved with it. With addiction nothing is more interesting than the addiction. |
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"Something becomes an addiction when it impacts on every aspect of your life and you put it before your family, friends, job and self.
One of the first signs is lying.
Or boredom with other aspects of life
With boredom if something more interesting comes along you get involved with it. With addiction nothing is more interesting than the addiction. "
Yes but it’s been noted boredom of usual life has been attributed to feeding addictions / developing addictions |
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I’m not sure there’s any difference between men and women. I would say it’s an addiction when it’s damaging you, impacting your relationships, causing you to lie and cheat, your finances, impacting your work etc and you find no it hard to stop.
You can love having sex regularly with lots of people and not be a problem at all ! |
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"I’m not sure there’s any difference between men and women. I would say it’s an addiction when it’s damaging you, impacting your relationships, causing you to lie and cheat, your finances, impacting your work etc and you find no it hard to stop.
You can love having sex regularly with lots of people and not be a problem at all ! "
The decline of faith has contributed to huge Growth in addictions in the western world. According to some think tanks |
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"I’m not sure there’s any difference between men and women. I would say it’s an addiction when it’s damaging you, impacting your relationships, causing you to lie and cheat, your finances, impacting your work etc and you find no it hard to stop.
You can love having sex regularly with lots of people and not be a problem at all !
The decline of faith has contributed to huge Growth in addictions in the western world. According to some think tanks "
Might they just be religious/conservative minded think tanks ? |
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"I’m not sure there’s any difference between men and women. I would say it’s an addiction when it’s damaging you, impacting your relationships, causing you to lie and cheat, your finances, impacting your work etc and you find no it hard to stop.
You can love having sex regularly with lots of people and not be a problem at all !
The decline of faith has contributed to huge Growth in addictions in the western world. According to some think tanks
Might they just be religious/conservative minded think tanks ?"
Possibly.
Life just got so much easier and for many people without a real thirst / curiosity for learning or having impact, boredom creeps in then addictions follow
The majority of people in the world spend most of the time worrying about staying safe secure and getting food, can you imagine having a conversation with them about boredom and addictions |
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"I’m not sure there’s any difference between men and women. I would say it’s an addiction when it’s damaging you, impacting your relationships, causing you to lie and cheat, your finances, impacting your work etc and you find no it hard to stop.
You can love having sex regularly with lots of people and not be a problem at all !
The decline of faith has contributed to huge Growth in addictions in the western world. According to some think tanks
Might they just be religious/conservative minded think tanks ?
Possibly.
Life just got so much easier and for many people without a real thirst / curiosity for learning or having impact, boredom creeps in then addictions follow
The majority of people in the world spend most of the time worrying about staying safe secure and getting food, can you imagine having a conversation with them about boredom and addictions"
The latter is very apt.. |
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"Something becomes an addiction when it impacts on every aspect of your life and you put it before your family, friends, job and self.
One of the first signs is lying.
Or boredom with other aspects of life
With boredom if something more interesting comes along you get involved with it. With addiction nothing is more interesting than the addiction.
Yes but it’s been noted boredom of usual life has been attributed to feeding addictions / developing addictions "
Has it, that's interesting. I can see how you might turn to certain things through boredom now i think about it |
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"Do you think its boredom that is the start of sex addiction then?"
Personally? No.
I can see as I said, how boredom might lead to you trying certain things to alleviate that. However for most people that's temporary. Addiction is far more complicated. |
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When it's an issue for yourself and you don't feel in control, affecting your enjoyment and relationships in real life. It's been raised in other forum posts, so you might find older discussions helpful |
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By *andSxxCouple 7 weeks ago
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Sex addiction.
When sex takes over your life. All your thoughts and actions depend on it. When you wake up in the morning and your first thought is sex and women (or men). Even while drinking coffee, the first websites , you look at are related to sex. You build your entire daily program around , the next sex. You plan the dates in your head. You become selfish. If you have a partner, you wake her up so you can have sex, because you feel you have to have her right away. Physical symptoms hands, feet trembling, panting because you can't get enough air. Which only goes away if you've had sex and enjoyed it. You don't care about your partner's feelings because the only important thing is that you get the sex. When you get it, you calm down for a while. You can continue your daily activities. Physical symptoms reappear during the day at your workplace. You have to go to the bathroom to masturbate because the desire for sex and satisfaction comes back to you. When you get home from work in the evening, you are not concerned with your family or your partner, but with planning the next sexual act. It is no longer important who you have sex with, but that you can have it. You become selfish because you feel you have to get it again. Before going to sleep at night, you have sex with your partner again, even if he doesn't want to, because you can't fall asleep without it. This sex addiction often ruins relationships. |
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