Could You Have a Sex Addiction?

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Could You Have a Sex Addiction?

The World Health Organization stepped into the fray by recognizing compulsive sexual behavior disorder.
By Michael O. Schroeder, Staff Writer Aug. 21, 2018, at 12:11 p.m.


Sex addiction is not about who you sleep with, who you’re attracted to sexually or what kind of sex you have. “It’s about how my sexual behavior is affecting my ability to function.”(Getty Images)

For decades mental health professionals have been debating the question: Can a person be addicted to sex? Then the World Health Organization stepped into the fray last month – and didn’t totally answer the question.

WHO announced that compulsive sexual behavior disorder had been added to its updated listing, the International Classification of Diseases. In the ICD-11, it’s described as being “characterized by a persistent pattern of failure to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses or urges resulting in repetitive sexual behaviour.”

https://health.usnews.com/wellness/mind/articles/2018-08-21/could-you-have-a-sex-addiction