Sexual dependence, or satirose, is considered a personality disorder that describes addiction as a pathology. All addictions are harmful, but some are more delicate than others.
While we understand that Ludomans or alcoholics should give up gambling or alcohol, we can also understand that sex addicts or food addicts cannot completely abandon this addiction, as food and sex are needed in reasonable proportions.
- The DSM-V (Manual of Mental Disorders) defines sex addiction as a “hypersexuality” disorder.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder in which those affected are absolutely unable to voluntarily control their thoughts.
- It should be added that.
- According to psychiatrists.
- All obsessive acts that hinder our ability to develop a normal life.
- Interfering in the social or professional sphere.
- Can be considered pathological disorders.
Known statistical data (sexologist studies) do not seem to speak of such a low addiction. Three million people in Spain, 19 million in the United States and 3 million in Argentina are addicted to sex.
We need to understand that a person can have a very active sex life, and that’s not why we’ll consider them addicted.
The addict is dissatisfied with himself and has no control over his actions, although his behavior causes him a negative mood. Like all addictions, the sex addict will, over time, need more and better stimuli to calm his impulse, even if this pleasure is only momentary and soon returns to a self-destructive cycle in search of new goals to satiate his agitation. .
The compulsive use of sex may indicate the need to fill our loneliness or existential emptiness with external agents that nurture our self-esteem.
Sex addiction often involves intensive use of pornography, multiple sexual encounters in a single night (with knowledge or through prostitution) and compulsive use of masturbation, if this way of interpreting sex nullifies or interferes with our daily lives, we can consider ourselves addicted to sex.
As with all addictions, the fundamental step in getting out of it is to accept the problem as a real thing, which manipulates and harms our daily activity, seeking professional support and contacting specialized centers adapted to this sexual conflict are the best ways to find a solution. .