Is sex addiction real?
Date: 2023-08-11 Author: Karina Ziganova Categories: BLOG 18+
Ted Willis traveled to Arizona to speak with counselors and those recovering from compulsive sexual behavior.
“Sex addiction is more like hanging out with prostitutes, constant porn, multiple affairs, consensual behavior that is problematic in everyday life but doesn’t rise to the level of illegal or physical abuse of anyone,” said Robert Weiss, author and sexual augmentation expert.
However, it is sometimes used as an excuse by celebrities who are accused of cheating on their partners, Weiss notes.
He says that about 30% of the people he treats are women.
"It's definitely more common than people think or care to realize," said Greg Higgins, who is recovering from sex addiction.
The condition often follows the pattern of other addictions, starting with pain or shame, pushing the brain into a state of concern. This then leads to a behavioral ritual that leads to the enactment of the state, bringing the person back into a different shame situation, according to therapist Floyd Godfrey.
The addicts told Willis that it was the discovery of the damage that their behavior was doing to their personal relationships that led them to address the issue.
