Sex is a normal part of life. But too much of anything is not good and the same is for sex.

Compulsive sexual behavior is when the desire for sex is overwhelming and you are so intensely preoccupied with this need that it interferes with your job and your relationships. Compulsive sexual behavior interferes with relationships, work, friendships, and lifestyle. It is having sex with multiple partners or prostitutes, and treating them as objects to be used for sex

When a person spend inordinate amounts of time in sexually related activities and neglects important aspects of daily it creates problem as sexual obsessions and compulsions are recurrent, distressing and interfere with daily functioning. There are a number of people who suffer from such problems but finding harmony about them among sexual scientists or treatment professionals is not easy. This creates difficulty for those suffering from compulsive sexual behavior to get the appropriate help they need.

Compulsive sexual behavior is also known as hyper sexuality, nymphomania or erotomania. It is also called “sex addiction”. Whatever the name attached to the behavior, compulsive sexual behavior is a very real trouble that interferes with everyday living. Compulsive sexual behavior is most common among men according to Current research.

There are two basic types of compulsive sexual behavior prophetic and nonparaphilic.

Paraphilic CSB

Paraphilic behaviors involves unconventional sexual behaviors that is compulsive and, consequently devoid of love and intimacy.

Nonparaphilic CSB

Nonparaphilic CSB involves conventional and normative sexual behavior taken that has been taken to a compulsive extreme

Some of such behaviors are short-lived but sexual obsessions and compulsions may also interfere with daily functioning or be accompanied by a variety of medical problems.

When such people have sexual activity it provides temporary relief, but it is followed by further distress. There is risk for STDs, illnesses and injuries to persons engaging in CSB. They also experiences moral, social, and legal sanctions, and endure great emotional suffering

A person, who often engages in risky sex, has a lot of sexual partners and often mixes sex with drugs or alcohol is into sex addiction. Like all addictions, it has negative impact on the addict and the family members.

Compulsive sexual behavior leads to compulsive masturbation or the extensive use of pornography or phone or computer sex services. But at times this addiction can involve illegal activities such as exhibitionism, voyeurism, obscene phone calls, child molestation or rape. Sex addicts do not necessarily become sex offenders and it is also true that not all sex offenders are sex addicts

Sexually obsessive behavior at times is chronic, intense and beyond your control. This may be caused due to some emotional problems including mood and personality disorders. It could also be due to other psychological disorders. Experts believe that if a person grow up in a dysfunctional family or was sexually, emotionally or physically abused as a child, he or she may developed an unhealthy attitude toward sex. On feeling lonely and depressed, people perceive sexual compulsions as a way of filling the voids in their life. In some cases, compulsive sexual behavior can be caused by a neurologic disorder, just like an epilepsy or Alzheimer's disease.

Individuals on their own or through simple information, education, or brief counseling can resolve the problematic sexual behavior. They can also be treated by group therapy and medications.

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