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Research Notes on Sex Addiction Symptoms
Sex addiction symptoms will vary for each individual and often develop in different stages over a period of time.1 Sex addicts tend to be controlling and lack any real intimacy in their relationships. A person who has a sexual addition has an unusually intense sex drive or an obsession with sex.2
Fast Facts:
- Sex addiction can lead to more severe actions from a sex addict such as rape and molestation, however there are drugs available that can curb these urges.3
- Approximately eight-two percent of sex addicts were victims of child sexual abuse.4
- Overcoming sexual addiction requires accepting and admitting there is a problem, counseling, support groups, and sometimes medication.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ MentalHealthChannel Sex Addiction Signs and Symptoms
- ↑ PsychologyToday: Symptoms Sex and Love Addiction Symptoms
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 MentalHealthChannel: Sex Addiction Treatment
- ↑ PsychCentral: What Causes Sexual Addiction?
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- Contributor: Judy Rafferty
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
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- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Judy Rafferty
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Sexual addiction symptoms, Symptoms of sex addiction, Symptoms of sexual addiction, What are the symptoms of a sex addict, What are the symptoms of sexual addiction, Symptoms of a sex addict
- Last update: Mar. 27, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
