to get addicted to sex?
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Is it possible
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Yes it's a true illness, those who are truly addicted and dependent on sex are called Nymphomaniacs.It’s a true illness just like alcoholism. Nymphomania has ruined peoples lives, relationships, work etc etc.
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Strictly speaking, it's nymphomania when women have it, and satyriasis when men have it. It seems a bit sexist to have separate words, though.True nymphomania is an unhappy disease, because the woman constantly seeks sex, but the sex is never satisfying for her.There are many people who don't have clinical nymphomania or satyriasis who are nevertheless sex addicts in the sense that it runs their lives to the exclusion of other things.
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It's like a hand washing compulsion?
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Good question, Steve - I don't know.
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[Reminds me of a scene from Annie Hall.] I wonder if antidepressants like SSRI's would be effective, as they sometimes are for obsessive-compulsive disorders. SSRI's do sometimes put a damper on sex, but a nymphomaniac/satyriac might not be having sex for the pleasure of sex anyway.
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Strictly speaking, it's nymphomania when women have it, and satyriasis when men have it.
Well, I learned something new today! :grin: