More veterans may return home from military combat with a pornography addiction than experts previously believed. This has sparked national dialogue about how to provide compassionate treatment that can guide military personnel and their families out of the stronghold of this complex addiction.
Finding sexual partners on the Internet has taken a new avenue with the introduction and growth of Badoo, a social networking site that some are calling similar to Facebook – only geared toward sex. The site joins millions of other Internet sites that experts say are contributing to hundreds of thousands of cases of sexual addiction, also called an "epidemic" by major news outlets.
The reports are in: More people in America are addicted to sex than ever before, with estimates exceeding nine million. Recent posts and articles are spurring conversation about why the complex disorder is becoming so prevalent in the U.S., and what can be done to help the millions who are living under the shadow of sexual addiction.
In-depth conversations with 900 young adults have led Canadian researchers at the University of Ottawa to conclude that casual sex is becoming more typical in relationships, but even so, those relationships have some generalized "rules" of behavior.
Claiming a greater segment of recent conversations and articles in the ever-expanding subject of sexual compulsivity and sexual addiction is the element of self-sex – also referred to as an addiction to masturbation, or compulsive acts of masturbation.
Sex addiction is climbing in America at such a rapid pace that it was recently described at epidemic levels on the cover of a November 2011 Newsweek issue. Also on the attention-grabbing cover is a powerful quote about the loss of marriages, career and finances linked to sex addiction.
A desire to have sex all the time, accompanied by obsessive thoughts about sex, can indicate a sexual addiction – a serious condition that requires professional help to reach recovery. Recent posts and articles about the nature of sexual addiction are bringing the compulsive desire for sex into the light, and initiating more conversations about how sexual addiction or sexual compulsivity can be related to other co-occurring mental illnesses or conditions.
