Zoophilia

• Sexual addiction
• Absence of ejaculation
• Sexual anhedonia
• Anorgasmia
• Erectile dysfunction
• Dyspareunia
• Paraphilias
• Premature ejaculation
• Sexual trauma
• Hypoactive sexual desire disorder
• Vaginismus
• Treatments
• Professional help for sexual problems
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• Clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst
• Psychological assessment

What is zoophilia?

Zoophilia is a paraphilia. The DSM 5 considers zoophilia as a paraphilic disorder. In zoophilia, sexual excitement comes from fantasies, urges and sexual activities which include animals.

Forms of zoophilia

According to Anil Aggrawal, there are 9 forms of zoophilia:

1. Human-animal role-players
2. Romantic zoophiles
3. Zoophilic fantasizers
4. Tactile zoophiles
5. Fetishistic zoophiles
6. Sadistic bestials
7. Opportunistic zoophiles
8. Regular zoophiles
9. Exclusive zoophiles

Which forms are the most common?

The most common forms of zoophilia are the 2nd, 3rd and 8th. The least common are the 6th and the 7th.

Is there a treatment for zoophilic disorder?

Yes, but people with zoophilic disorder rarely seek psychological help. Most often, a desire to change comes from a depressive mood. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy helps not acting out on zoophilic fantaisies.

List of paraphilic disorders

Here is a non-exhaustive list of paraphilic disorders: fetishism, transvestism, sadism, masochism, voyeurism, exhibitionism, zoophilia, pedophilia, necrophilia, urophilia.