Sex & Porn Addiction
What is sexual addiction?
Engaging in persistent and escalating patterns of sexual behavior acted out despite increasing negative consequences to self and others. This includes compulsive sex and masturbation as well as the compulsive use of porn, hiring of prostituted people and frequenting strip clubs, massage parlors, dungeons, legal brothels and other establishments where sexual services are sold. Often, these behaviors begin as a way to sooth, escape from or cope with emotional and relational pain.