Aimee, my attitude is very similar to yours. Maybe I don't understand the difference between therapy and rehab (rehab=more intense therapy) but I feel like the word rehab makes it seem more like drugs or alcohol and I don't see it that way. But I may well also be an asshole.
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Nope, I'm pretty sure it's Tiger who is the asshole.
Assholes of the Board, UNITE!!
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Thanks, Hil, I'll see if they make me feel less dumb.
My impression was that rehab is for things that have actual physical withdrawal consequences (like drugs and alcohol). I mean, residential therapy could be great for any number of things, but there seems to be a difference between being addicted to cocaine and being addicted to sex, physiologically speaking, even if some of the mental addiction issues were the same.
If there are "sex withdrawal symptoms" I don;t want to know about them.
Does any of that make sense or am I just justfying my large with the asshole attitude?
I think it's reasonable to be skeptical in the case of celebrity sleeping around.
I think I equate sex addiction to gambling addiction. there are no physical symptoms, but it can be damaging. The thing is that with gambling, there are other implications (like losing all of your money), whereas a sex addiction doesn't seem to be harmful if you're not in a relationship.
eta: that's not quite right. it's still harmful because it's an addiction, which means that you don't have control over it. Hmm, let me think on that a little more.
whereas a sex addiction doesn't seem to be harmful if you're not in a relationship.
Unless it leads you into having unsafe sex. I dunno - is that considered an issue for sex addiction?
Probably, tommyrot.
I think sex addiction has less tangible downsides than a gambling addiction, but they do exist. And I don't see any reason psychological addictions don't deserve serious consideration and treatment.
Almost anything can be overindulged in to the point where it jeopardises the rest of your life one way or another.
Is it because sex is fun and everyone's supposed to like it that being addicted to it isn't considered serious?