Sex Addiction or Bullshit

[deaded666]

Ok guys and girls, here is my question. Is sex addiction real or bullshit. I don't mean the type of addiction where you would become a pedophile to fulfilll your needs. I mean the type of addiction to have as much sex as possible with as many different women as possible, even if in a relationship or married.

Or because we are capable of deciding because of better developed brain function (versus our fellow mammals) that we can say no and stay faithful to one person.

Are we still just mammals with the primal instinct to mate with as many females. Kinda like lions I guess.

Anyway I'd like to hear your responses guys. :2 cents:

 

[gilor]

the biochemistry differs from individuals in a complex way and as brain affects biochemistry, no asnwer is possible as generalization

society counts much: different survival rates in different environments match with different social agreements (1 man - 1 woman; 1 man - more womken; more men - 1 woman; tribal orgy

 

[Boobinator]

I don't think it's a physical addition in the term that if you don't have sex you get withdrawal symtoms. Few things are addictive with that definition. Even heroin is far from what people describe it is. Quitting cold turkey will give you nausea etc. but none of that is dangerous nor chronic and most addicts just don't have the discipline to go through it. So in other words their body is addicted, but it's not a dependency like breathing oxygen or drinking water.

But it's a habit no doubt. If you develop that habit, you're gonna become restless if you can't fulfill it. Just as with alcohol, weed, gaming or eating candy you want it, but your body is not dependent on it.

People who become sex 'addicts' are probably people with a stronger sexual drive than most people. They easily become horny, and don't care very much for the consequences of maybe being unfaithful or hurting someone. Hence, they take what they get and hump.
Hell, if I was some kind of playboy who could screw any girl I wanted, I'd become a vague sex addict too. I'd see no reason not to. But I still have a mental barrier preventing me from being unfaithful if I devote myself to a partner. So I probably haven't developed any serious habit yet

That's my 2 cents.
It's definitely not bullshit. If it was, people wouldn't go to group therapy to talk about it and it wouldn't make people feel bad. But it's not an addiction per se. That word just tends to be overused.

 

[skechers]

If it interferes with your day to day life, to the point that you can't keep jobs or stay in relationships, you're an addict.

This goes for more than just sex.

 

[BlueBalls]

I'm sure you could be addicted to sex, it is an activity that gives the body pleasure so yeah I can see how someone would want that all the time. I dont think it would be a physical dependancy like heroin for example where the body needs it as often as possible to help fight the negative effects caused by the withdrawl. It's probably more of a mental addiction, a wanting and a yearning for the pleasure it brings.

So yes I think people can become addicted to sex, but just not in the way people can become addicted to physically addictive substances.

 

[skechers]

Some people think that sex addiction can also be a sort of compensation for some other problem you have, whether or not you are conciously aware of that problem.

Or as misdirection, or a kind of safe shell you create, since you are uncomfortable in situations where your physical attributes aren't taken into account.


Hey man, look at me rockin out! I'm on the freeones board.

Like Sigmund effing Freud!

 

[deaded666]

Thanks for all the input so far guys. I look forward to hearing more of your opinions. :thumbsup:

 

[Rick2000]

It's only natural to want to fuck a lot, and with as many females as possible (or other men if you're gay). However, due to our higher thinking abilities, most guys are able to function normally in this society by not randomly grabbing tits and asses or jacking off every time they seeing a decent-looking chick. But if you do, or your sex drive interferes with your life in other ways, then you could probably be classified as a sex addict.

It would be nice if we could just turn it on and off like a switch. But until science allows us to do that, we'll just have to keep using our will power.

 

[Elwood70]

It's bullshit.

Put it this way:Have you ever known anybody that has sex once,and then goes "Ah fuck it,it wasn't all that,I'm never going to do it again..."?

Didn't think so.

There's exceptions to the rule sure,but for the most part people are claiming addiction to something to compensate for a lack of willpower.

It's the latest buzzword to lose its' meaning from overuse,which is a true tragedy for all those who are true addicts.

People need to stop substituting "addicted" for "compulsive"

 

[skechers]

Endorphines are endorphines, no matter how you look at it^

A meth head can get sober if he has the willpower. Addictions are funny things, man. Not always so cut and dry. And endorphine, which is introduced into your bloodstream when you take drugs, have sex, excorcise. The rush can be addictive. Maybe no physically, like one poster already said, but mental addictions can be just as hellish. Not everyone can be like Mr. T.

 

[Jane Burgess]

It is real. Just like eating disorders are real. There are a lot of addictions that people question.

 

[Elwood70]

Addictions are funny things, man. Not always so cut and dry.

Yeah believe me,I know,that's why I put the part about exceptions.

I guess my point was the fact that the majority of people who claim addiction to something,aren't truly addicted to anything at all.

 

[Jane Burgess]

Yeah believe me,I know,that's why I put the part about exceptions.

I guess my point was the fact that the majority of people who claim addiction to something,aren't truly addicted to anything at all.

That is your opinion. There is plenty of medical facts to support sex addiction and may other type of addiction. Having an addiction is not lack of willpower. It is easy to say that if you do not have an addiction. :2 cents:

 

[Elwood70]

That is your opinion. There is plenty of medical facts to support sex addiction and may other type of addiction. Having an addiction is not lack of willpower. It is easy to say that if you do not have an addiction. :2 cents:

*Puts out Marlboro*

I'm not addicted to anything.

A lot of people claim addiction,and they really aren't.

I think addictions do exist,just not nearly as many as has been implied.

 

[ChefChiTown]

Most addictions are BS, in my opinion. Most of them are all an issue of mind over matter. A lot of people who have so-called addictions just don't have the will power to break themselves of their habit.

Sex addiction is no different.

 

[Skyraider22]

Yeah I think it is an addiction,bu like Chef it is a mind over matter thing .Don't get me wrong I love it and all,but no one can have sex that much without your body giving out.:2 cents:

 

[himperv203]

I think it could be for real. It can be addictive the more you get the more you want.

 

[Hypergalaxy]

Sure it is Real.. Anyone who has had sex a few times can tell you its like a drug and what can almost all drugs become??.. An addiction

 

[ChefChiTown]

That is your opinion. There is plenty of medical facts to support sex addiction and may other type of addiction. Having an addiction is not lack of willpower. It is easy to say that if you do not have an addiction. :2 cents:

Just to play Devil's Advocate here, it's just as easy to say that addictions aren't a matter of will power (or lack there of) if you don't have any will power.

Is there medical evidence that addictions exist? Yes. But, there are just as many cases, if not more, that disprove that evidence as well. I had to attend AA meetings for a few years, due to my punishment for my DUI, and I saw people beating addiction with nothing but will power. No drugs, no medication, nothing scientific...pure desire and will power.

 

[gunslingingbird]

It's real. When a person has sex there are endorphins and other chemicals released in the brain and the body that make the act a pleasurable experience. If a person gets used to having a certain amount of those chemicals present he or she will experience something similar to withdrawal when the chemicals aren't present. In that case, a person's body will do anything possible to get the dosage of chemicals that it is used to. That's just what happens to drug-addicts.