What is Sexual Sobriety?
Most people entering sexual addiction recovery have no real idea what “sexual sobriety” means. Oftentimes people think that, as is the case with alcohol and drug addiction treatment, sobriety entails total abstinence. Happily, this is not the case. Unlike sobriety for alcoholism and drug addiction, sexual sobriety is not defined by ongoing abstinence (though a short period away from sex is often recommended in early recovery as part of the healing process). Instead, in sexual addiction treatment we work with clients to help them carefully determine which of their sexual behaviors are problematic and which of their sexual behaviors do not compromise or destroy their personal values (fidelity, not hurting others, etc.), life circumstances (keeping their job, not getting arrested, etc.), and relationships.
Volunteering as a Sexual Assault Counselor
If you have been sexually assaulted, there is no doubt this trauma has profoundly changed your life. As you heal, grieve, and rebuild your life after a devastating occurrence like sexual assault, you may wonder about ways to reach out, give back, and advocate for other victims going through the same experience. No need to march on Washington or go to the police academy-you can volunteer as a sexual assault counselor and advocate.
Does Porn Abuse Cause Sexual Dysfunction?
The tech-connect boom of the last several years has created a tidal wave of intensely graphic sexual images and videos. This material is accessed not only via home computers and laptops, but pads, smartphones, and a variety of other mobile devices. It has long been known that spending a lot of time searching for and viewing pornography can lead to emotional, relationship, and financial problems. Recently we are also seeing a porn-related rise in sexual dysfunction – both erectile dysfunction (ED) and its lesser known cousin, delayed ejaculation (DE). In a way, this confirms what sex addiction treatment specialists have suspected for quite some time – that among the many symptoms and consequences of porn abuse is reduced or even nonexistent interest in sexual, physical, and emotional connections with spouses and/or longer-term partners.
Sex Addiction and STDs: Is There a Connection?
Also known as “hypersexuality” or “hypersexual disorder,” sexual addiction is a dysfunctional preoccupation with sexual fantasy and behavior, often involving the obsessive pursuit of casual sex, anonymous sex, pornography, compulsive masturbation, romantic intensity, and objectified partner sex. Most sex addicts organize their lives around sexual acting out, spending inordinate amounts of time fantasizing about, planning, pursuing, and engaging in sexual acts, at the same time neglecting important people, interests, and responsibilities. Often, sex addicts try to quit or limit their sexual acting out – without success. As time passes, they act out more frequently, or for longer periods or time, or in progressively more intense and/or bizarre ways.
Study Says 40 Million Workers Viewing Porn Daily While on the Job
Employees are looking at much more than expense reports and strategic plans in the office, warn a recent article. Instead, it’s online porn that’s capturing a great deal of screen space during work hours, despite the risks.
Pornography Addiction and Memory Loss: Is There A Connection?
Problems making choices as well as trouble remembering things and concentrating to finish tasks could be linked to pornography addiction, suggests recent research.
Online Protection for Sex Addicts
Sex and love addicts are their own worst enemy. And most of the time their primary accomplice is digital technology. These days, thanks to the Internet, avenues toward the development, maintenance, and escalation of sex addiction are increasing by the minute. Every new technological advance, it seems, can be utilized for its intended purpose… and also for sex. The simple, undeniable fact is the tech-connect boom has greatly increased the average person’s ability to anonymously and affordably access intensely stimulating sexual imagery (pornography), to engage in an almost unfathomable array of virtual sexual experiences (webcams, teledildonics, alternate reality sex games, etc.), and to instantly geo-locate, contact, and hook-up with casual, anonymous, and paid-for sexual partners. While this is not problematic for the majority, some people are truly lost in this sexual quagmire.
Facebook to Create New App That Could Encourage Sexting
Sexting among teens and adults may increase in 2013, especially if users respond that way to Facebookâs proposed app that will allow an image or a segment of video to be viewed or shared for a time period of up to ten seconds – and supposedly, disappear from online use.
A Look at Transvestic Fetishism and Cross-Dressing Behaviors
Both within and outside of the mental health community there is a tremendous amount of debate about whether fetishistic cross-dressing can be classed as a mental disorder or considered a form of sexual deviance. The debate is fierce in part because of an alarming gender double standard: women wear stereotypically masculine garments every day with little consequence, and sometimes do so for sexual reasons, though this is not widely understood.
