It's awfulIf it is real, It's one of the best addictions to have.
It's awful
I have a buddy that's a diagnosed sex addict.
It's basically a fancy word for a dude that can't keep his dick in his pants.
He was spending his mortgage on prostitutes at one point. Like he'll go crazy if he doesn't regularly get laid, but he's an ugly dude that can't get laid at will. When he was in college he used to pay this 60 year old Vietnamese lady at a massage parlor to give him blowies all the time........Fucking gross
Not quite. You used 2 types of addictions that fit your narrative, but excluded many other actual addictions.
I'd label any addiction as a mental health issue at its core before I immediately dismiss it.
If the concept behind an addiction is that it's filling a void, a need, a desire and you chase that feeling like a drug addict chases their first high, then it absolutely can be an addiction.
So here's where I will agree with you. A lot of people use the term "sex addict" when what they really have is a commitment issue.
But by definition "the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity," yes sex addiction is a very real addiction that takes some people down some really dark roads in life.
Nope. Here is why.
If I'm al alcoholic or addicted to drugs, I can't have alcohol or the drug that I'm addicted to. It's a chemical issue and an alcoholics brain just cannot process that 1 drink like a normal person.
If you are a sex addict you can still have sex.
Sex addiction is some bullshit excuse people want to use when they get busted for cheating on their partners all the time.
What if we are missing something , like these actors have had so much sex with new fresh poon everyday the rewards chemicals in thier brain do trigger the same withdrawal responses that say an opiate addict does.Not exactly.
To begin with there's physical addiction and psychological addiction.
Alcohol and opiates have physically addictive properties, a person can become literally physically sick by going cold turkey after long term high dose usage.
But the idea that you can never have that substance isn't really scientifically proven well at all, that's a myth perpetuated by the recovery industry / AA / NA and most of their practices are based on religion not peer reviewed science.
In Europe, Medical Doctors have begun treating not only opiate addicts but alcoholics with opiate antagonists like naltrexone. There's been limited studies on it in the US as well, but in the EU doctors have been having good results with naltrexone therapy. You take the naltrexone and then you can still drink, but because the alcohol isn't triggering the blocked receptors it's just not fun and gets boring. Patients usually reduce their drinking on their own in the first few weeks due to lack of chemical rewards and quit drinking entirely over one or more months.
But on the topic of psychological addiction, people can and do get psychologically addicted to a variety of activities that can be abused to overload the brain's reward systems. Sex, gambling, and eating would be the main ones but there are also more obscure varieties.
The psychological addiction can be just as real, but the patient is not going to get physically sick with delirium tremens or opiate withdrawal symptoms when they quit gambling cold turkey.
Not exactly.
To begin with there's physical addiction and psychological addiction.
Alcohol and opiates have physically addictive properties, a person can become literally physically sick by going cold turkey after long term high dose usage.
But the idea that you can never have that substance isn't really scientifically proven well at all, that's a myth perpetuated by the recovery industry / AA / NA and most of their practices are based on religion not peer reviewed science.
In Europe, Medical Doctors have begun treating not only opiate addicts but alcoholics with opiate antagonists like naltrexone. There's been limited studies on it in the US as well, but in the EU doctors have been having good results with naltrexone therapy. You take the naltrexone and then you can still drink, but because the alcohol isn't triggering the blocked receptors it's just not fun and gets boring. Patients usually reduce their drinking on their own in the first few weeks due to lack of chemical rewards and quit drinking entirely over one or more months.
But on the topic of psychological addiction, people can and do get psychologically addicted to a variety of activities that can be abused to overload the brain's reward systems. Sex, gambling, and eating would be the main ones but there are also more obscure varieties.
The psychological addiction can be just as real, but the patient is not going to get physically sick with delirium tremens or opiate withdrawal symptoms when they quit gambling cold turkey.