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Submitted by Mark Ritzenhein (not verified) on Thu, 2011-02-17 17:21.
Thanks for your detailed reply. By your accounting, sexual compulsion is much more severe than my own personal experience of it. I find a great deal of social/consumer pressure to constantly indulge in sexual thought and activity even though I try to insulate myself from it. I liken this to the allure of the casino--another "vice" I avoid by simply not allowing myself to gamble, because I know where it leads with myself--i.e. I have little self-control after a certain point. I don't consider myself a problem gambler because I can be in a casino and not feel some uncontrollable urge. "Gambling addiction" is spoken of as well, and I can see that the compulsivity of that habit could be utterly self destructive, too. I am not a psychologist or social worker, and I don't (dys)function on denial. My appraisal of someone calling themselves a "sex addict" is that it excuses them from taking responsibility with it, but having said that I'm also not a hard-core religious rightwinger. I also don't want you to think that my critique of your paper is intended as anything but constructive.
Thanks for your detailed reply. By your accounting, sexual compulsion is much more severe than my own personal experience of it. I find a great deal of social/consumer pressure to constantly indulge in sexual thought and activity even though I try to insulate myself from it. I liken this to the allure of the casino--another "vice" I avoid by simply not allowing myself to gamble, because I know where it leads with myself--i.e. I have little self-control after a certain point. I don't consider myself a problem gambler because I can be in a casino and not feel some uncontrollable urge. "Gambling addiction" is spoken of as well, and I can see that the compulsivity of that habit could be utterly self destructive, too. I am not a psychologist or social worker, and I don't (dys)function on denial. My appraisal of someone calling themselves a "sex addict" is that it excuses them from taking responsibility with it, but having said that I'm also not a hard-core religious rightwinger. I also don't want you to think that my critique of your paper is intended as anything but constructive.