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Sexual
Compulsion
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What
is sexual compulsion? We
also use the term sexual addiction. It can be best described by
obsessive sexual thoughts that lead to a constant preoccupation in the
life of the individual. The sexual behaviors will allow the individual to
get rid of his sexual thoughts, and the tension related to them, but only
temporarily. Often, the individual’s life is affected; his marital life,
family life and even his professional life. Let’s take the example of
someone who is addicted to pornography. He might stay up late in a locked
room to watch pornography on his computer instead of being in bed with his
wife. Others will look at pornography at their office, which will
compromise their work. There is also the one who is addicted to female
strippers and spend his salary there. The sexual compulsive individual has
a hard time controlling his sexual pulsions. Eventually, he will come to
therapy because he suffers and make his relatives suffer. I have realized
through my practice that most of them have a pain deep inside which
expresses itself through sexual addiction. This is what is addressed in
therapy.
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