Sexuality is a natural aspect of human existence. It can be a beautiful and fulfilling experience. However, just like any other aspect of life, it can become out of control and lead to addiction. Sexual addiction is a compulsive and unhealthy pattern of behavior that results in harmful consequences. In this blog post, we will […]
Back in early 2001 when I had been a lawyer for about two years, L.C. assigned me to work for a husband and father in his early 30s. His wife had abruptly left their home in another state with their child and moved in with her parents who lived in a small Mississippi town. The […]
Cybersex is a form of sex in which two or more people connected through internet send sexually explicit messages, pictures or videos that describe a sexual experience. They also pretend to be having sexual relations as they describe their actions and respond to the messages of other participants in order to stimulate their sexual desires […]
Counselors define sex addiction as a continuous and repetitive pattern of activity in which an individual uses sex as a way to deal with loneliness, anxiety, sadness, anger, depression and boredom. Sexual addiction is a disease that encompasses all types of compulsive sexual activity. The sex addict is often unhappy about his addiction and could […]
Love Addiction can be loosely defined as a dysfunctional relationship between two people in which one person strives, almost compulsively, to ‘fix’ the other person. A characteristic behavior in Love Addiction is enabling, in which the love addict ignores problem behavior in the other person or makes excuses for them in order to continuously feel […]
The Love Addict Love addicts tend to “love” others in maladaptive, compulsive, and self defeating ways that result in a diminished capacity of healthy or loving relationships with another person and the “self”. Love addicts can become obsessed and dependent to any type of person. Most commonly– love addicts become dependent to romantic love relationships. […]
The Storm of Sex Addiction: Rescue and Recovery The Storm of Sex Addiction is an informative and useful resource–a must-have for people who want to understand the illness, its treatment, and prevention. Lofgreen understands the challenge, answers the crucial questions, and offers constructive solutions. Each of the four parts of Lofgreen’s book has something to […]
My husband has had several affairs with several women, sometimes both at once. We have been married for 8 years now. When he started cheating, I can’t be 100% sure, but from what I know it started in our second year of marriage into our eighth year off and on. I couldn’t understand why. Was […]
Researchers published findings from the largest nationally representative study of sexual and sexual-health behaviors ever conducted. Called the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB), it is one of the most comprehensive studies on sexuality in almost two decades. The researchers said they were struck by the variety of ways in which the subjects […]