Why do some people think that sex addiction isn’t real?

I went for treatment years ago in McKinney there was a doctor off of redbud south of the Sam's club. I had to stop Treatment when I switched jobs and insurance wouldn't pay. I am doing much better. At one point I was having sex up to 8 times in a day. Now I can go for extended periods with no sex. It no longer dominates every aspect of my life.

well... at least you know that you have a very high chance of getting laid at one of those places... Nothing like going to therapy, surrounded by a bunch of chicks that are addicted to sex.

It gotta be real because my ass stay horny af lol Originally Posted by Carmella_love69

Very real indeed, your ass is the cause and the cure.

Sex is a good thing, doesn't matter how many times you do it. It becomes an addiction if your day to day life is effected in some form due to sex.

This masturbation thing is out of control. I wish I could just like me for me.

Cheers

Sex addiction is real. Just like being addicted to our phone is real, or being a shop-a-holic is real or being addicted to food is real.
Originally Posted by Laura Lynn

Not a single one of the things you listed qualify as an addiction. Elementals still in compulsive behavior patterns for some people, perhaps. But not an addiction.

The use of the phrase “addiction” in a non-medical context, is common — I’m addicted to chocolate. I’m addicted to watching basketball. And perhaps inthat sense some use of the phrase is understandable in trying to convey a shorthand group of meanings to a casual listener.

In the medical context, use of the phrase “addiction” to a broad array of behavious is very controversial, and generally used either for marketing purposes, or to justify expanded treatment options fir things that have previously been cassifiedby the DSM’s as other conditions. But on balance, the great weight of medical authority is that it makes far, far more sense to look at that Kay people call “sex addiction” as either a very high libido, a high libido with uncontrolled social consequences (and hence a compulsive behavioral disorder), or just a plain old compulsive behavioral disorder.

I don't think I am a sex addict yet, but I am trying to be one as soon as I can.

My compulsive behavior is not an addiction. I can stop without any physical issues. Mental issues are then my problem.

I have kicked the titty bar habit. I have kicked the subAMP/AMP habit. My demons are now wrestling with the fact that this fat, old fart has bedded 7 single moms on SA within the past month. They were willing participants, spoke English and were sober during the events.

Now addicted to single moms.

I don’t consider myself a sex addict because I do not allow compulsive decisions with sex to affect my personal life unlike my earlier years. That said I do require more extreme sex sport fucking. I’m not interested in just having an “encounter” no matter how hot the woman is. I want exotic women and hot squirters and kinky three ways and then I want more hot squirters. Most of the women I meet in the real world are boring or damaged goods.

Its like eating , normal till your 700 lbs , most eat to live.

Not a single one of the things you listed qualify as an addiction. Elementals still in compulsive behavior patterns for some people, perhaps. But not an addiction.

The use of the phrase “addiction” in a non-medical context, is common — I’m addicted to chocolate. I’m addicted to watching basketball. And perhaps inthat sense some use of the phrase is understandable in trying to convey a shorthand group of meanings to a casual listener.

In the medical context, use of the phrase “addiction” to a broad array of behavious is very controversial, and generally used either for marketing purposes, or to justify expanded treatment options fir things that have previously been cassifiedby the DSM’s as other conditions. But on balance, the great weight of medical authority is that it makes far, far more sense to look at that Kay people call “sex addiction” as either a very high libido, a high libido with uncontrolled social consequences (and hence a compulsive behavioral disorder), or just a plain old compulsive behavioral disorder. Originally Posted by TexTushHog

While I’m sympathetic to people struggling with sexual issues, Tushy is spot on. Impulse control problems are not the same as addition.

Many things can cause compulsive sexual behavior, including but not limited to, high libido, low impulse control, or a recognized behavioral disorder.

In an addiction, it is important to treat the physical dependency first, then deal with comorbidities. With compulsive sexual behavior, you really need to try to identify and solve the underlying issue. Many times then, the compulsive sexual behavior wanes on its own. That’s one way to know the difference of a compulsion and an addition.

If I get addicted to prescription drugs because I’m in pain or depressed and I am no longer in pain or depressed, then I won’t just wake up and be rid of my addiction to the Rx pain meds. I’ll need help with the dependency.

It’s more obsessive compulsive than it is addiction.