Thanks, Hil, I'll see if they make me feel less dumb.
Spike: You pissed in the Big Man's Chair? That's fantastic! Gunn: Spike, can you please turn off that warm fuzzy? Spike: What, the Lorne thing? Worn off. I just think that's bloody fabulous.
'Life of the Party'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Feb 19, 2010 6:12:41 am PST #9355 of 30001
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flea - Feb 19, 2010 6:17:58 am PST #9356 of 30001
information libertarian
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.
Gudanov - Feb 19, 2010 6:18:52 am PST #9357 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
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.
Vortex - Feb 19, 2010 6:24:16 am PST #9358 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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.
tommyrot - Feb 19, 2010 6:25:09 am PST #9359 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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?
Vortex - Feb 19, 2010 6:26:07 am PST #9360 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Probably, tommyrot.
§ ita § - Feb 19, 2010 6:28:40 am PST #9361 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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?
erikaj - Feb 19, 2010 6:29:18 am PST #9362 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
If you have, like, twenty "mistresses", I think the case could be made that you are sexually compulsive, but no, don't know what treatment is like. I also wonder what the hell Duchovny was doing that was so weird that they felt okay putting "sex addiction" in a press release, but since I like him, maybe it's better I don't know.
javachik - Feb 19, 2010 6:34:20 am PST #9363 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
The thing that impressed me about his speech was he admitted he had felt entitled. That's an important thing to be aware of.
Dana - Feb 19, 2010 6:36:54 am PST #9364 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I am incredibly irked by the fact that a technical reviewer felt free to romp through my document and make punctuation changes. Which are wrong.
I am taking some comfort in rejecting his changes. But not enough to stop being irked.