Addiction covers lots of variations: “Counseling addiction”, “therapy addiction”, women and ”men addiction”. Religion, “christian addiction”, Some people can develop ”support groups addiction” and, I can guess we all know some that have, “chat addiction”, but do you know What Sex Addiction is?
Celebrities, actors and pop stars gain some-kind of ‘kudos’ from a label like “sex addict” but when it comes to a 64 yr old married conservative member and even a ‘Lord’, it conj-ours up the wrong kind of impression.
Recently, a newspaper in England UK revealed that ‘Lord Irvine Laidlaw’ (or shall we say ‘Lord Irvine getmelaid Law’) regularly splashes out on kinky, drug-fuelled orgies with £3,000 a night prostitutes behind his wife’s back.
Lord Laidlaw, who quickly admitted the story was true and said he was seeking therapy for sex addiction, thus joined the ranks of celebrities such as Russell Brand, Michael Douglas and Ulrika Johnson who have admitted to the condition.
Just exactly what is a sex addiction?
Well contrary to popular belief, it is not, always about an insatiable appetite, or compulsive sexual thoughts and acts, but rather, about the addicts relentless chase of the object of desire and once this desire has been ‘had’, the addict is no longer interested. It can also relate to the falling in love erratically with a desired one, then falling out of love, just as quickly.
Below are some questions that you may wish to ask of your self:
1. Do you keep secrets about your sexual or romantic activities?
2. Do you lead a double life?
3. Do you need or desire to have sex in places or with people you would not normally choose to?
4. Do you find yourself searching for sexually arousing articles or scenes in newspapers, magazines or other media and not feeling satisfied with your sex life?
5. Do you find romantic or sexual fantasies affect relationships or prevent you from facing problems within them?
6. Do you frequently want to get away from a sex partner after having sex? Do you frequently feel remorse, shame or guilt after an encounter?
Some would say that this is just an excuse, or even a license to be promiscuous or unfaithful, whereas some say, it is a genuine addiction, whereby sufferers, need to develop new strategies in order to deal with sexual urges, explore their pleasure principles and alter their perception of love.
Let me know what you think? I’m interested
