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It's a real condition, but I think like every other addiction, it's been mislabeled and misused by celebrities PR folks in order to appease sponsors and keep out of trouble.
An addiction by definition is unhealthy. Wanting or having a healthy sex life is a different matter. I think people use the term because they are not getting fulfillment out of sex that they would be if they were in a healthy, loving relationship.
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I've always thought that the label Sex Addict is used to regularly. It seems to be popular logic for people who've been caught with their pants down and need a good excuse that says "It's not me, I'm an addict and can't help myself" or like Tiger trying to restore an image.
I'm sure there are a few mentally unstable people who probably are compulsive and wacko in the pursuit of getting laid.
It's an actual psychological condition, but as was pointed out earlier by Coolhand, it gets tossed out there in order to try and justify simple misbehaviour.
Sex addiction has far, far less to do with sexual pleasure than it does coming to base one's identity on the act of sex itself, this playing out in myriad ways from an inability to remain satisfied with one partner (despite what would be dubbed by most anyone a GOOD, even GREAT sex life) to seeking greater and greater levels of stimulation. It IS a psychological addiction with certain "highs" (periods of satisfaction and seeming security) to incredible "lows" (periods of disillusionment and depression combined with insecurity and often self-loathing).
Just saying that because one really (no, I mean REALLY) likes sex is about like me saying I'm a lesbian because WHOOOOO-weee, I loves me them ladies! That's not at all what sexual addiction is about. If the people who toss it out there to justify their behaviour knew the insecurity that goes with it, a lot fewer of them would be so cavalier with the label.
It's a real condition, but I think like every other addiction, it's been mislabeled and misused by celebrities PR folks in order to appease sponsors and keep out of trouble.
Totally agree.
It does exist, but it, like many other psychological addictions/problems, has been overused and abused to explain away bad behavior.
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Originally Posted by Urban Sasquatch
It's an actual psychological condition, but as was pointed out earlier by Coolhand, it gets tossed out there in order to try and justify simple misbehaviour.
Sex addiction has far, far less to do with sexual pleasure than it does coming to base one's identity on the act of sex itself, this playing out in myriad ways from an inability to remain satisfied with one partner (despite what would be dubbed by most anyone a GOOD, even GREAT sex life) to seeking greater and greater levels of stimulation. It IS a psychological addiction with certain "highs" (periods of satisfaction and seeming security) to incredible "lows" (periods of disillusionment and depression combined with insecurity and often self-loathing).
Just saying that because one really (no, I mean REALLY) likes sex is about like me saying I'm a lesbian because WHOOOOO-weee, I loves me them ladies! That's not at all what sexual addiction is about. If the people who toss it out there to justify their behaviour knew the insecurity that goes with it, a lot fewer of them would be so cavalier with the label.
Yup, it's definitely not about the sex itself, but the high the sex provides. The difference between an addiction and bad behavior is that when an addict doesn't feed their addiction, they literally cannot function.
A lot of good posts. A real condition used by a bunch of guys to excuse the fact that they cheated. South Park had a lot of fun making fun of this...great satire.
No, you're normal. If you get caught cheating, then you can always whip out the "sex addict" excuse. Sex addict is another label to excuse people from personal responsibility. I'm sure there are a few real ones, but when there is a surge in "cases", I'm immediately suspicious that a new disorder has been invented so that someone can specialize in curing it.
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