(July 29, 2015 at 9:58 am)Redbeard The Pink Wrote:(July 28, 2015 at 2:57 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thet...darrel-ray
So I heard terms like "sex addict", "porn addict", "hypersexual", and "nymphomania"; but when is line between a high sex drive and a bad relationship with sex?
In general, a behavior becomes a disorder when it adversely affects the exhibitor's quality of life to such an extent that he or she voluntarily seeks help to change it. The only disorders that don't require this voluntary, help-seeking step are ones where the disorder is such that it presents great danger to others and/or precludes the person from seeking help or even realizing they need it (antisocial disorder, aka sociopathy, is the first example that springs to mind).
For sex, a person might seek help if their need for activity has damaged one or more relationships or if they feel compelled to have sex so often that it becomes injurious to them and/or their partners.
Basically, if you like having lots of sex and are mostly happy to do so, you have a high sex drive. If you have sex so much that you hate it and hate yourself but you still can't stop, you're addicted.
That sounds about right!
