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?

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.

The thing that impressed me about his speech was he admitted he had felt entitled. That's an important thing to be aware of.

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.

So I woke up this morning, got out of bed and immediately had to hug the door jamb to keep myself from falling over, I was so dizzy. Then came the nausea. Blargh.

I also think that it's because people don't see the harm in it. I mean, people get the downside of gambling, but what's the harm in having lots of sex?