Compulsive Sex Flashcards
Sexual Dysfunction
focus on
inhibition of sexual response and
inhibition of sexual desire
Nymphomania
insatiable impulse of a
woman to engage in an abnormal number of sexual contacts with an abnormal number of partners with no deep emotional involvement
Satyriasis
excessive uncontrolled
sexual activity by a man with little or no emotional involvement
Sexual Compulsivity
- Focus has been sexist - largely on women
- “Promiscuity”
- Characterological complex
- Frequency of normal sexual behavior on a continuum
Paraphilia
recurrent intense sexual urges and sexually arousing fantasies generally involving either:
- Non-human objects
- Suffering or humiliation of oneself or one’s partner (non-simulated)
- Children or other non-consenting persons
Voyeuristic Disorder
- peeping tom
- sexual arousal from observing an unsuspecting person who is naked
Exhibitionism
- sexual arousal from the exposure of one’s genitals to an unsuspecting person
- either prepubertal or adults
Fetishism
sexual arousal from the use of nonliving objects or a high focus on nongenital body parts
Frotteurism
sexual arousal from touching and rubbing against a nonconsenting person
Pedophilia
Sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children
Sexual Sadism
Sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving acts in which psychological or physical suffering of the victim
Sexual Masochism
Sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving acts of being humiliated, beaten, bound, or otherwise made to suffer
Transvestite Fetishism
intense sexual arousal from crossdressing, as manifested by fantasies, urges, or behaviors
Nonparaphilic Sexual Addictions
culturally accepted sexual interests & behaviors that
increase in frequency or intensity so as to significantly
interfere with the desired capacity for a sustained
intimate sexual relationship
- Includes
1. Compulsive Masturbation
2. Dependence on anonymous sexual outlets like pornography or phone sex
3. Repetitive promiscuity using people as sex objects
Alternative Labeling
- Failure to resist an impulse, drive, or temptation to perform some act that is harmful
- Increasing sense of tension or arousal before committing the act
- Experience pleasure, gratification, or release at time of committing the act
Normal Sexual Behavior
- 2 orgasms/week
* 3 orgasms/week
Hypersexual Desire
7 or more orgasms/week for minimum 12 weeks, after age 15
Non Paraphilic Sexual Addiction
8.4 orgasms/week
Toxic Effects
A. AIDS-HIV
B. Disruption of social & occupational functioning
C. Progression to paraphilia - gateway hypothesis
D. Progression to violent sexual behavior
Addiction Cycle
A. Preoccupation – Separate Cycle B. Ritualization – “Line” or “Spot” C. Compulsive Sexual Behavior – “Intoxication” D. Despair – “Withdrawal”
Underregulation- Strength
a. Chronic Weakness (lack of willpower)
b. Temporary Weakness-negative
affective states
c. Externally-Mediated Weaknessunlimited
access
Underregulation-Reduction in Monitoring
a. Attention directed to immediate cues
i. Preoccupation stage- chase
ii. Ritualization stage - trance
b. Transcendence failure
c. Disinhibition- compulsive sexual
behavior accompanied by alcohol use
Underregulation- Psychological Inertia
a. “A body undressing stays undressing”
b. Development of automatic behaviors
Misregulation-Irrational or Faulty Beliefs
a. Mislabeling of relationships
b. Sexually obsessive filter
Misregulation- Distortion in Self-Knowledge
a. Misplaced self-confidence
b. Investment of self-value into short-term conquests
10 Signs of Sexual Addiction
- A pattern of out of control sexual behavior
- Severe consequences
- Inability to stop despite consequences
- Persistent pursuit of self-destructive or high-risk behavior
- On-going desire or effort to limit sexual behavior
- Sexual obsession & fantasy as a primary coping strategy
- Increasing amounts of sexual experiences
- Severe mood changes around sexual activity
- Inordinate amounts of time spent in obtaining sex, being
sexual, or recovering from sexual experience - Neglect of important social, occupational, or recreational
activities
Tolerance
Increasing amouts of sexual experiences
Withdrawal
-Sexual obsession and fantasy as a
primary coping strategy
-Severe mood changes around sexual activity
Larger amounts
Ongoing effort to limit sexual behavior
Impaired control
Inability to stop despite
adverse consequences
Time spent
Inordinate amounts of time spent in obtaining sex
Neglect of activities
Neglect of important social, occupational, or recreational activities
Continued use despite problems
- Severe consequences due to sexual behavior
- Inability to stop despite adverse consequences
- Persistent pursuit of self-destructive behavior
