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Friday, 30 April 2010 05:00

Between Tiger Woods, Jesse James and David Duchovney, there's affluence of media advertising surrounding sex addiction and sex addiction clinics. How can you acquaint if your man is a sex addict? If he's lying about porn, bottomward banknote and spending copious amounts of time on the Internet, you just ability be accepting red flags that your accomplice is a sex addict. Here, Dr. Douglas Weiss, analyst and sex expert, gives us the signs and how to cope.

Here are 10 questions to ask yourself. If you acquisition that you acknowledgment "yes" to several of these questions, it may announce that he is disturbing with animal addiction.

Quiz yourself

Does your apron accept ambiguous moods?

Does your spouse's affection depend on whether he/she gets sex or not?

Does your apron accept a abridgement of animal action with you?

Does your apron accept a history of emotional, concrete or animal corruption or neglect?

Does your apron accept a accumulation of chicanery (especially the affectionate you get at developed bookstores)?

Are there abounding arguments over sex?

Is your apron clumsy to be emotionally intimate?

Does sex arise to not amuse him/her (wants added appropriate abroad or there never seems to be enough)?

Is there a lot of acrimony or aberrant behavior if he/she is said "no" to sexually?

Do you feel abandoned during your animal encounters?

What to do?

Sex addiction is real. The after-effects on the accomplice of a sex addict are often lower self-esteem, abasement and weight gain. In some cases, you ability arrangement one or added STDs.

Empower yourself. Ask him about how generally he is masturbating and examination porn, as this is actual constant with sex addicts. If he thinks he might be a sex addict, go to www.sexaddict.com and yield the 6 Types of Sex Aficionado Test. Once he knows what blazon he is, he can get absolute help.

If he doesn't wish help, band yourself in for the ride of your activity because addictions alone get worse over time. He will activate to acquisition it easier to cantankerous the curve into cheating and creating affliction for you.