Sexual addiction

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

Symptoms of addiction to sex

These are the signs of sexual addiction:

• The need to increase the frequency of sexual activities,
• Restlessness, irritability, hostility or anxiety if unable to engage in the behavior,
• The majority of the time is spent engaging in a sexual behavior or arranging to engage in the behavior,
• Being preoccupied with or persistently craving sex,
• Thinking of sex to the detriment of other activities or continually engaging in excessive sexual practices despite a desire to stop,
• Neglecting obligations such as work, school or family in pursuit of sex,
• Uncontrollable sexual desire.

Different sex addictions

It might seem irrelevant to speak of "sexual addiction", since it takes many different forms. Each of the following forms could be considered as a specific addiction:

• The addiction to pornography,
• The addiction to erotic fantasies (fantasies invading the life of the addict),
• The addiction to prostitution,
• The addiction to sexual conquest,
• The addiction to paraphilic behavior (exhibitionism, voyeurism, sexual sadism, masochism, fetishism),
• Addiction to sex with a stranger,
• Addiction to a person.

Treating sex addiction

The most appropriate treatment of sexual addiction is psychoanalytic psychotherapy or psychoanalysis. The participation in a support group can help too.