Find Out if You or Your Partner Are Sex Addicted

Sex addiction or sexual addiction, called in some contexts and nymphomania, is on the border between play, pleasure, madness, and disease.

However, many experts consider it more of a disease, which tends to manifest itself in moments of maximum tension or excitement of the person suffering from addiction. The line between sex addiction and the pleasure of having sex regularly is quite small.

The sex-addicted person is obsessed with the thought of sexual activity, but not every time he gets real pleasure from that sexual act.

What exactly does sexual addiction mean?

Sexual addiction involves impulsive, crazy behavior, with the same reactions and impulses as in the case of addiction to shopping, gambling, food, surfing the Internet.

The sex addict, whether it is a woman or a man, can not stop thinking about sex and even neglect their socio-professional duties, being involved in illusions, dreams, or sexual activities.

Behavior differs since another manifestation of sex addiction is involved in risky sexual behaviors: sexual orgies, group sex, casual sex, sex with a stranger, sex in public, organizing sex parties.

Most sex addicts are involved in a stable relationship, but continue to engage in risky sexual behavior, ignoring the consequences of a stable relationship.

Most of the time, sex addicts do not feel real pleasure and a strong emotional experience during sexual intercourse, as happens inside most couples with a normal sexual desire.

Sex addicts feel more pleasure because they know they are having sex, not as a result of physical intimacy.

What causes sexual addiction or nymphomania?

The causes of sexual addiction are many. The main cause seems to be biochemical, more precisely, the sex addict suffers from a disorder of the body that pushes him to be dependent on the release of certain hormones and chemical receptors specific to sexual intercourse and climax.

The cause of sexual addiction can also be of an emotional nature, the person in question constantly feeling the need for affection, involvement in a relationship, even a temporary one, and physical closeness.

The result is the transition from one sexual partner to another, in a desperate attempt by the person to feel appreciated, touched, caressed, loved even for a few minutes.

Far from the preconceived notions of modern society, this is one of the main reasons why many girls who are depressed, abused, abandoned by their parents, or with an unhappy childhood end up being prostitutes, ladies, or women with a very libertine sex life.

How do you know if you or your partner are addicted to sex?

Sex addiction is not uncommon. Moreover, even you can suffer from sexual addiction, almost unconsciously masking your exaggerated sexual desire under the desire for appreciation, affection, and physical closeness.

Here are the signs that highlight sexual addiction in women or men:

• the desire to have sex or to masturbate every day, several times;
• using sexual activities to mask negative feelings or to support personal pride;
• hiding sexual activities from a partner;
• the feeling of losing control over sexual life;
• inability to impose limits on sexual behavior;
• disorder of daily activities, at home and work, due to the desire to have sex or to provoke your pleasure;
• the realization that no matter how much harm is done to the existing relationship, you can not give up risky sexual behaviors.

Often, sex addicts are also fond of MS (sadomasochistic) practices.

3 types of behavior specific to sexual addiction

The behavior of sex addicts can be classified into 3 types:

1. Concern with thoughts and ideas related exclusively to sex, these causing a high level of arousal that often ends with a sex game, scheduled or not;

2. Different sexual behaviors, most risky, become habits. These behaviors are not aimed directly at causing orgasm or having normal sex (by penetration), rather they can only be used to maintain a constant level of arousal or can only consist of oral sex;

3. Existence of an acute sense of guilt and shame about deviant sexual behavior, associated with lack of self-control and regret for causing trouble to other loved ones.

 Control and treatment of sexual addiction

The control and treatment of sexual addiction follow the same techniques and tactics used in overcoming the addiction of shopping, gambling, the Internet, etc.

Addiction control and treatment steps include:

• Therapy - Doctors are convinced of the effectiveness of combining individual therapy with couple therapy to help the person in question understand the effects of addiction on loved ones and how to deal with their problem. The goal is to restore a healthy couple's sex life, based on real intimacy and affection, joys and emotions shared sincerely and yet just as intense.
• A step-by-step program - It can be very helpful for a sex addict to follow a program with concrete, real, and carefully selected steps. Following and following each stage of the program provides emotional and moral support, as well as a level of appreciation and respect from community members.
• Medications - Certain pills can control the sexual desire of nymphomaniacs. These pills include tricyclic antidepressants, anxiety pills, hormone-regulating pills, and serotonin (happiness hormone) pills.

However, doctors have found that the administration of these drugs has the desired effect only if combined with complementary therapies.

Sexual addiction is a behavioral disorder that requires serious and conscious involvement, especially from the person concerned, but also from his partner and family.

Receiving specialized help is in 90% of cases the only solution to rebuild a normal social and married life.