Sex and Porn Compulsions and 
Addiction

Sex Compulsions and Addiction

Sexual Compulsion or Hypersexual Disorder involves compulsively engaging in sexual activities be it masterbation, internet porn addiction, visiting sex workers in a compulsive life-destroying pattern that is potentially harmful to your self and your security, surrounding family members, friends and work colleagues. If you have attempted to control the behaviour or behaviours and failed or attempted to completely stop and failed then it is likely that you are addicted.

Whether you are in danger of becoming an addict, you are already an addict or a partner of an addict there is hope in recovery.

Am I Addicted to Sex?

ICD-10 criteria
By way of a definition, “sex addiction” is described as a compulsive need to perform sexual acts in order to achieve the kind of “fix” that a person with alcohol use disorder gets from a drink or someone with opiate use disorder gets from using opiates.

Am I addicted to porn?

Porn compulsion is the active use of internet pornography and masturbation-either self or with-self and others- in a compulsive life-destroying pattern.

This is a real issue affecting men and women and impacting not only individuals old and young, but marriages, relationships, families, and work organizations around the globe. Maybe you have been found out or maybe you are already concerned about the impact it’s having on you and the people around you. You are not alone and there is help.

Internet Porn compulsion

With easy access to internet porn, millions of people are becoming porn addicts, spending excessive amounts of money or money thay cannot afford – on pornography.The compulsion can jeopardise relationships, harm careers and endanger one’s security.
A growing body of research has found that the root cause may be more often attributable to brain changes which further complcated the condtion. Thus porn addiction can be viewed as a behavioural compulsion, similar to shopping, gambling and eating disorders.
However, most people trying to get help do not know what type of porn addict they are or what to do about it. This is becoming more evident with the easy access to internet porn.