In the last few years, the term Sexual addiction is often mentioned in the lay press. What is hard to define is what constitutes Sexual addiction? The term sexual addiction is generally used to describe behavior of an individual who has an extraordinary sex drive or is fixated on sex.
The individual’s entire thinking is surrounded by thoughts of sex, thus making it very difficult for him/her to engage in any type of healthy interpersonal relations. While most people believe that sexual addicts are male this is not entirely true. The exact numbers of individuals with this type of behavior are lacking but there are also a number of women with such disturbed thinking.
Most of these individuals live a secrete life but often friends and family notice the obsession with sex. Besides distorted thinking, these individuals also have a habit of making excuses and generally tend to blame everyone else, except them.
It has been observed that sexual addicts are also risk takers or have impulsive behaviors. The individual for example may have sex with stranger(s) without first thinking of the consequences- which are generally negative and dangerous. Most of these individuals have such a strong preoccupation with sex, that it affects their jobs, lifestyle and social life.
In the beginning, the sexual addict may simply be watching pornographic videos on the internet, but more often than not, this progresses to reckless and illegal behavior such as exhibitionism, molestation, peeping, voyerism, or making obscene phone calls. While the majority of these sexual addicts do not become sex offenders, a few do have violent thoughts and go on to become sexual predators.
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