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Old Jul 07, 2005, 07:56 AM
adastra adastra is offline
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Is this the place to post about sex addiction?

I have just finished reading some of the stuff that is contained on psychcentral.com about sex addiction. It is ME. A perfect description.

I never understood the causes. But psychcentral has given me some big clues. I did have an emotionally distant and unempathic mother - God bless her - she tried but she did not know how to nurture a child. She also had twins when I was just two. I guess I lost my mother that day. She had no time for me with twins to care for. I understand that rationally ... but my unconscious self must still be screwed up badly.

As an adult I have a lot of interpersonal anxiety - shyness it is also called - I hide it with bravado and false confidence. But inside I am scared of most people most of the time. I am scared of women, scared of rejection, scared of competition, scared of intimacy, scared of ridicule and failure, scared of confrontation, scared or being exposed, scared of appearing effeminate or weak. I hide most of this pretty well from people around me. And I have developed compulsive sex addictions that fill me with shame and remorse.

Like to hear from others and what they are doing to overcome sex addiction.