Am I a Sex Addict?
The first step in determining if you would benefit from sex addiction counseling is to be honest with yourself: Is your sexual behavior damaging any areas of your life? Is your relationship or career suffering from your sexual behavior? Are your emotional, physical and spiritual well-being in an unhealthy state?
The two main signs of a sex addiction are loss of control and negative consequences as a result of your behavior. Simply put, if you are incapable to controlling your sexual behavior and you’re experiencing destructive consequences due to your behavior you likely have a problem and should seek professional help.
Working to clear up sexual problem areas will provide great benefits; in fact, gaining control of problematic sexual behaviors can be a life changing experience.
Here are some of the behaviors that someone who needs sex addiction counseling may exhibit:
- Compulsive and excessive masturbation (self-pleasuring)
- Multiple affairs (adulterous affairs)
- Numerous or anonymous sexual partners
- Repeated one-night stands
- Regular use of pornography (Cyberporn)
- Unsafe sex
- Cyber sexual Affairs, sexting(sending sexually explicit messages)
- Prostitution or use of prostitutes
- Exhibitionism
- Obsessive dating through personal ads for sex
- Voyeurism (watching others) and/or stalking
- Sexual harassment
Here is a link to the Sex Addiction Screening Test (SAST); if you feel you need sex addiction counseling please call me or contact me via the form below.
