As with both drug and alcohol abuse, porn can trigger a chemical response in the brain that causes the viewer to feel pleasurable. This is primarily due to the release of dopamine and other biochemicals, such as oxytocin, adrenaline, serotonin and endorphins. Over time, porn addicts...
It’s a question we have been asking for as long as marriage has existed: Why do people cheat? The answer isn’t as straight forward as you might think and the reason for infidelity differs from person to person. For some it may be that their sexual...
Chlamydia Chlamydia is a relatively minor bacterial infection that is most commonly transmitted during intercourse. For men, it can simply be a minor annoyance while for women, if left untreated, can cause pelvic inflammatory disease. With treatment, chlamydia is usually gone within a few weeks. Gonorrhea Commonly occurring...
Failure to Disclose You’ve heard it before: “the first step towards recovery is admitting you have a problem”. It’s important for sex addicts to- not just admit to themselves and their loved ones that they have a problem, but also to disclose to their therapist...
There seems to be a generalisation about sex addicts, that they are cold hearted, emotionless robots who only care about getting their next sexual gratification and that they’re completely incapable of experiencing genuine emotions. In reality, the truth is startlingly different. Sex addicts commonly report feeling...
Is your partner displaying the signs and symptoms of sex addiction? It’s entirely possible your partner isn’t even aware they’re suffering from a sexual disorder, in which case, it may be helpful for them to take this short sex addiction test. But what if your partner is...
There are lots of misconceptions surrounding sex addiction. One of the most common being that a sex addict is simply someone with a high sex drive, who thinks about sex all the time. In actual fact, sex addiction has nothing to do with a person’s...
Addiction to pornography is a disorder of the brain. Addiction occurs when the act viewing pornography becomes a focal point in a person’s life, rather than just an extension of their sex life, and when they are unable to stop the behavior, despite the negative...
Triggers are essentially the catalyst for your addiction. They are what prompts you to act on your urges and what keeps you in trapped in the cycle of addiction, so for those struggling with porn addiction, it’s important to make yourself aware of your triggers....