I doubt it: There's no withdrawal syndrome, and exposure seldom results in compulsive seeking as with heroin, cocaine, or tobacco. 12step programs for sexual addiction" are still prescientific. If you find yourself unable to think about anything else, or running from one meaningless contact to another, you'll end up miserable. A ssri can help, or (best) finding more meaningful ways to love others.
Answered 1/19/2012
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Yes: Yes people have been diagnosed with sex addiction need support group and therapy.
Answered 11/26/2013
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Doctors disagree: The american psychiatric association has been debating whether to include "sexual addiction" (as opposed to hypersexuality, sometimes from real brain disease) as an entity that physicians can diagnose. Right now it's not. The politics of criminal defense, making excuses, and medicalizing all behavioral problems guarantees there will be no consensus.
Answered 3/25/2013
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Yes: It is possible. You should consult a psychiatrist to discuss this issue
Answered 4/5/2015
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Yes: There is some debate about "natural" human behaviors being addictive or addictions, but therapists look at the degree of disorder in ones life brought about by the behavior. Sex addicts spend more time seeking, pursuing, acting on, and thinking about sex than the average person. It often interferes with their life and relationships.
Answered 5/11/2017
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Sex addicition.: Talk to a counselor who specializes in treatment of sex addiction. There is good help available. No one has to live with shame or fear about such issues.
Answered 4/1/2014
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