Test yourself, if you answer yes to these questions you may have a sex addiction:
- Have you ever thought you needed help for your sexual thinking or behavior?
- Have you thought you'd be better off if you didn't keep giving in to your sexual behaviors?
- Have you ever thought that sex or sexual stimuli controlled you?
- Have you ever tried to stop or limit dong what you felt was wrong in your sexual behavior?
- Have you ever resorted to sex or sexual thoughts to escape, relieve anxiety, or because you couldn't cope with something?
- Do you have feelings of guilt, remorse or depression after your sexual behaviors?
- Has your pursuit of sex become more compulsive?
- Does your sexual behavior interfere with relations with your spouse?
- Do you have to resort to images or memories during sex?
- Does an irresistible impulse arise when the other party makes the overtures or sex is offered?
- Do you keep going from one relationship or lover to another?
- Do you feel the right relationship would help you stop lusting, masturbating, or being so promiscuous?
- Do you have a destructive need—a desperate sexual or emotional need for someone?
- Does pursuit of sex make you careless for yourself or the welfare of your family or others?
- Has your effectiveness or concentration decreased as sex has become more compulsive?
- Do you lose time from work for it?
- Do you turn to a lower environment when pursuing sex?
- Do you want to get away from the sex partner as soon as possible after the act?
- Although your spouse is sexually compatible, do you still masturbate or have sex with others?
- Have you ever been arrested for a sex related offense?
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