Sex Addiction

Someone you love has a sex addiction, and the discovery makes you feel vulnerable and scared. You’re worried about how sex addiction affects relationships and what it means for yours. Sex addiction can impact any relationship. It can change relationships with intimate partners, friends, and even colleagues. Educating yourself can […]

Sex addiction is a mental illness because, like other addictions, it alters your brain chemistry. To start sexual addiction recovery, you must determine the root cause of your sex addiction, treat that issue, then work through the addiction and associated behaviors. Recovering from sexual addiction is challenging, but it’s also […]

No one wants to form an addiction. What starts as a way to cope with adverse feelings becomes a habit you can’t quit. Can you completely recover from sex addiction? Unfortunately, once you have an addiction, it’s part of your life forever. You must work to manage the symptoms, just […]

Sex addiction can wreak havoc on your career, relationships, and responsibilities. These side effects may not be evident to everyone, but during sexual addiction therapy, you will begin to understand your addiction’s far-reaching impacts. Seeking sexual addiction therapy is a sign of strength, self-awareness, and progress. To understand if you […]

People with sex addiction lie for many reasons. Maybe they want to downplay their addiction or its severity. Or maybe they’re ashamed and want to keep their addiction secret. But to start the healing journey, a person with sex addiction needs to understand the importance of honesty in addiction recovery. […]

Hypersexuality disorder is when a person can’t control their sexual thoughts and behaviors. One way to attempt to gain control is to identify and avoid triggers, or things that make you want to enact those behaviors.  To understand how to identify a hypersexuality trigger, first, you need to understand what […]