According to Wikipedia.org sexual addiction refers to the phenomenon in which individuals report being unable to manage their sexual behaviour. It has also been called "sexual dependency," and "sexual compulsivity. However according to treatmentsolutionsnetwork.com sex addiction occurs when a person cannot stop having sex despite negative consequences (negative consequence can be on health, finance, prestige, emotions, relationships, et cetera). In layman??s language sex addiction can be considered as a disease in which the very essence of pleasure turns into a painful nightmare.
According to the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health conservatively estimates 3% - 5% of the U.S. population suffers from sexual compulsion disorders, and there are many more unregistered cases. The ease of availability of porn related stuff has further ignited the problem. According to datamonitor.com statistics in the year 2003 approximately 50% of those accessing the Internet visit pornographic portals, with 30 million people logging on at pornographic Web sites daily. Also Washington Times have reported that around 25 million Americans visit cyber-sex sites between 1-10 hours per week and another 4.7 million in excess of 11 hours per week. All over the internet porn and erotic materials are very easily available. Just type in the word porn on Google and about 193,000,000 results will instantly pop up.
Though sexual addiction can be very easily guessed if a person seems to be ??turned on?? all the time still there are noticeable observations which should be watched out for. Generally symptoms like obsessive masturbation, frequent porn usage, unsafe sex, cybersex, rape, molestation, voyeurism, use of prostitutes and sexual harassment have been often linked with sexual addiction. Doctors often view sexual addiction as a compulsive disorder but there are experts who view this disease as a myth and believe that the concept of sexual addiction originated from some strange superstitious belief. According to Jennifer P. Schneider, M.D., Ph., and a physician certified in Internal Medicine, Addiction Medicine and Pain Management, there are only three broad three indicators of sexual addiction: compulsivity, continuation despite consequence awareness, and obsession.
1.Compulsivity: An individual looses the ability to control their actions.2.Continuation despite consequence awareness: When addicts take their addiction too far, it can cause negative effects in their lives. Despite all of the negative impacts, they continue indulging in excessive sexual activity.3.Obsession: This is when people cannot help themselves from thinking a particular thought. Sex addicts spend whole days consumed by sexual thoughts. They develop elaborate sexual fantasies and because their minds are so preoccupied by these thoughts, other areas of their lives that they could be thinking about are neglected.
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