'Sex addict' presentation slideshows

HAZARDS OF MAKING THE SEX ADDICT THE IDENTIFIED PATIENT by Brenda Garrett and Ken Wells

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Sex Addiction: Not Just a Man’s Issue

sexual addiction is, “engaging in persistent and escalating patterns of sexual behavior acted out despite increasing negative consequences to self and others.” Although, in some circles, the very idea of sexual addiction is debated, since it comes across as sex-negative or shaming, like any habitual or pattern- oriented behavior, if engaging in such behaviors makes one’s life unmanageable, it becomes problematic.

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How can I stop addiction to sex

Especially when you are trying to create a new identity for yourself and move from acting with a sex addiction brain to becoming a loving companion. So how you can understand sexual compulsion and help yourself get over sexual addiction? We explore here and invite your questions about sexual addiction at the end.

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Do sex addicts love?

“The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.” Margaret Atwood There seems to be a cliche in our culture that every sex addict is a cold-hearted sociopath devoid of caring. The truth is that sex addicts report a wide range of complex emotions, but typically haven’t learned a healthy relational model for appropriately expressing and regulating their emotions.

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What You Need to Know About the Sexual Addiction Cycle

By understanding your addictive system you can begin to get to know and then break the cycle of your own sex addiction. The addictive system is how you have organized your life to participate in an addiction.. It can also be found in the LifeWorks Recovery which was created to help mostly at the beginning of recovery, but can be used at any point in recovery because it is so introspective and reflective.

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