What is Sex Addiction?
Sex addiction can be characterised by any sexual behaviour that has become out of
control for the individual and now they feel powerless to stop it. Sex addiction can just
remain with obsessive thoughts only. However this eventually leads to behaviours, such as
spending long hours watching pornography and masturbation when other very important
things need to be attended to. These thoughts and behaviours can affect the person’s
own responsibilities in life and their relationships around them sometimes with serious
consequences. Other behaviours can progress to visiting internet cafes, massage parlours,
escort services, prostitutes, etc. These lifestyles behaviours become habit forming, leading
to compulsions and eventually to an addiction. Some sufferers can find themselves thinking
about sex everyday even when they feel they don’t want to.
Sex addiction can also be characterised by an inability to be intimate with other people and
so leading to unhealthy sexual relationships and behaviours with others. This may have
started in early life or even adolescence, allowing the deviant behaviour to continue to grow
and now becoming part of that person’s everyday life.
Sex addicts while on sex websites may run the risk of dabbling into illegal porn sites and can
at times find themselves in criminal circumstances. For more help on this, please email our
own website.
