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 SEXUAL
AROUSAL DISORDER
It is an aberration
during any stage of the sexual response cycle (desire, arousal,
orgasm, and resolution) that prevents the experience of
satisfaction through sexual activity. A person with this
disorder may be interested in sexual intercourse but has
difficulty becoming stimulated enough to go through with
it. Sexual arousal disorders were previously known as frigidity
in women and impotence in men, though these have now been
replaced with less judgmental terms. Impotence is now known as
erectile dysfunction, and frigidity is now described as any of
several specific problems with desire, arousal, or anxiety.
Symptoms
Men
 Inability
to achieve an erection
Inability
to maintain an adequate erection for intercourse
Delay
or absence of ejaculation despite adequate stimulation
Inability
to control timing of ejaculation
Women
Inability
to relax vaginal muscles enough to allow intercourse
Inadequate
vaginal lubrication before and during intercourse
Inability
to attain female orgasm
Persistent sexual
dysfunction may cause depression. Sexual dysfunction that is not
addressed adequately may lead to conflicts or potential breakups for
couples.
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for help, now.
SEX AND LOVE ADDICTION
Love addicts go through life
with desperate hopes and constant fears. Fearing rejection, pain,
unfamiliar experiences, and having little faith in their ability or
right to inspire love, they wait and wish for love, perhaps their
least familiar real experience. Addictive sexuality is like most
other compulsive behaviors: a destructive twist on a normal
life-enhancing activity. Defining sex addiction depends less on the
behavior itself than on the person's motivation. Sex addicts lack
the ability to control or postpone sexual feelings and actions, with
the need for arousal often replacing the need for intimacy.
Eventually, thrill seeking
becomes more important than family, career, even personal health and
safety. The sex addict follows a routine or ritual leading to acting
out on desires, and is then fraught by feelings of denial then
shame, despair, and confusion.
Symptoms
For love addicts, love:
Is
all consuming and obsessive
Is
inhibited
Avoids
risk or change
Lacks
true intimacy
Is
manipulative, strikes deals
Demands
the loved one's devotion
Sexual addictions
usually are revealed in stages :
Preoccupation:
continual fantasies about sexual prospects or situations,
which can trigger episodes of sexual "acting-out"
Ritualization:
a preferred sexual activity or situation is often
stereotyped and repetitive
Compulsion:
continual engagement in sexual activity despite negative
consequences and desire to stop
Despair:
guilt or shame over inability to control behavior or feel
remorse
Other
behavioral problems, particularly chemical dependency and
eating disorders
Overcoming sexual compulsion
and addiction starts with recognizing that you are out of control in
this area.
Ask
for help, now.
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