The desire for sex and sexuality began before we can even document it. Sexuality is a natural part of the human nature. Humans as individuals crave infection and desire connections with others even beyond sex. The power of infection can be contagious. For some this contagiousness can be too much to control. The desire and need for intimacy and sex becomes the sole control of their lives. Taking over their personal life and destroying relationships in its path.
This tornado of desire is often diagnosed as “Hyper sexuality” or “Sex Addiction”. This is often described as a mental disorder, even though it is not recognized by the DSM5 as a mental disorder. Individuals who have diagnosed with hyper sexuality have strong sexual urges that are not easy to control and thus participate in unusually high amounts of sexual activity. This often results in traumatic stressful situations such as divorce or loss of relationships due to this uncontrolled urge.
Is it possible for someone to be addicted to sex? I believe so, I think that the “feel good” factors of sex or sexual activity can be addicting. That could take over one’s life. The constant want of these feel good factors could result in someone ruining their …show more content…
sexual desire. The study consisted of volunteers, 39 men and 13 women ranging in ages from 18-39 all of whom proposed they had problems with controlling their pornographic viewing. The first section of the study consisted of several questionnaires over various topics, including sexual behaviors, sexual desire, sexual compulsions, and the possible negative cognitive and behavioral outcomes of sexual behavior. The scores reflected similar responses of patients diagnosed with Hyper sexuality. The patients were then shown a series of images while being monitored using electroencephalography, a method used to measure electrical activity in the
This tornado of desire is often diagnosed as “Hyper sexuality” or “Sex Addiction”. This is often described as a mental disorder, even though it is not recognized by the DSM5 as a mental disorder. Individuals who have diagnosed with hyper sexuality have strong sexual urges that are not easy to control and thus participate in unusually high amounts of sexual activity. This often results in traumatic stressful situations such as divorce or loss of relationships due to this uncontrolled urge.
Is it possible for someone to be addicted to sex? I believe so, I think that the “feel good” factors of sex or sexual activity can be addicting. That could take over one’s life. The constant want of these feel good factors could result in someone ruining their …show more content…
sexual desire. The study consisted of volunteers, 39 men and 13 women ranging in ages from 18-39 all of whom proposed they had problems with controlling their pornographic viewing. The first section of the study consisted of several questionnaires over various topics, including sexual behaviors, sexual desire, sexual compulsions, and the possible negative cognitive and behavioral outcomes of sexual behavior. The scores reflected similar responses of patients diagnosed with Hyper sexuality. The patients were then shown a series of images while being monitored using electroencephalography, a method used to measure electrical activity in the