Sex addiction now a mental illness

[madoka]

Time to demand SSI and an airline seat for my emotional support prostitute.

https://nypost.com/2018/07/09/sex-addiction-is-officially-a-mental-illness/

Compulsive sex behavior has been classified as a mental illness for the first time.

Its inclusion on the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases list comes a few weeks after gaming addiction was added.

Dr. Valerie Voon, from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said between 2 and 4 percent of the UK population suffer from compulsive sex behavior. In the US, it’s estimated to affect between 3 and 6 percent of adults.

She added: “It is a behavior that tends to be hidden as it’s shameful and often sex addicts don’t come forward.

“Adding this to the WHO list is an excellent step for patients as it allows them to recognize that they are suffering with a problem — it takes it out of the shadows and they are able to seek help for it.”

WHO’s list describes compulsive sexual behavior disorder as a “persistent pattern of failure to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses or urges resulting in a repetitive sexual behavior.”

Symptoms include sex becoming the “central focus” of the person’s life at the neglect of health, personal care or interests and responsibilities.

The behavior should be clear for six months or more and cause distress in personal lives.

Voon said it may be treated alongside conditions such as depression and anxiety.

Ammanda Major, of the relationship charity Relate, also welcomed the move.

She said: “We hear from many people unable to control their sexual behavior.

“This often negatively impacts on their lives and the wellbeing of partners and families.”

 

[JEDIYoda]

Time to demand SSI and an airline seat for my emotional support prostitute.

https://nypost.com/2018/07/09/sex-addiction-is-officially-a-mental-illness/

Quit talking about your mom that way...…

 

[JB24]

How do I get one of these emotional support prostitutes?

 

[Exterous]

“persistent pattern of failure to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses or urges resulting in a repetitive sexual behavior.”

So....any guy who has gone through puberty?

 

[Muse]

Oh, OK. “As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on,
so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.” - William Blake

Well, you know, there's sex and there's sex. I have never read Kinsey, well not much of it, but like they say, there's all kinds. Narrow mindedness comes in many many flavors.

 

[RLGL]

Somebody needs their head examined, no not THAT one!

 

[tynopik]

so now rapists can get off with an insanity plea?

 

[Scarpozzi]

I don't understand society anymore... It's bad enough that they would have tried to label me as ADHD because I have more going on than most people. Claiming someone has an addiction is often an excuse to sell them drugs or treatments. Label a condition, the FDA can approve a drug to fight the addiction... Everyone battles some form of addiction....be it one more cookie, one more set at the gym, one more hour of sleep....

 

[nakedfrog]

Good luck keeping your McLaren when you're on SSI.

 

[zinfamous]

Good luck keeping your McLaren when you're on SSI.

I wonder if the DSM has yet identified the compulsion to store crates of LEGO heads in many closets within many houses?

 

[madoka]

I wonder if the DSM has yet identified the compulsion to store crates of LEGO heads in many closets within many houses?

In which case, I would demand that airlines reserve the seat next to me for my emotional support Lego heads.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

This really makes my head want to explode.

 

[madoka]

So....any guy who has gone through puberty?

Given that video gaming addiction is now also a mental illness, 100% of ATOT males are mentally ill.

 

[nakedfrog]

I suppose, if you want to make the dumbest possible interpretation of the terms.

 

[shortylickens]

OH HELLO!

 

[pete6032]

Anything that becomes the central focus of one’s life at the neglect of one's health, personal care, or interests and responsibilities, is an addiction. It doesn't matter if that is sex, alcohol, video games, or binge watching Netflix. Anytime you do one thing so much that you can no longer take care of yourself, you have a problem.

 

[destrekor]

I could have sworn it was in either the DSM-4 or DSM-5, but I just looked it up and it was never officially included in those either. I was prepared to say America was ahead of the game compared to the ICD. Guess not.

But the DSM has always been contentious too (and to a degree likewise for the mental health coverage of the ICD, which is technically only Chapter 5 of the ICD-10, the current 10th edition of the ICD). Mental health conditions have always been contentious, and probably will forever be so.

I've been in the camp that Sex Addiction is fully covered by the general concepts of other behavioral addictions already well covered by both the DSM and ICD. Compulsive addiction-type behaviors are all very similar in a root structure sort of way.

 

[destrekor]

I don't understand society anymore... It's bad enough that they would have tried to label me as ADHD because I have more going on than most people. Claiming someone has an addiction is often an excuse to sell them drugs or treatments. Label a condition, the FDA can approve a drug to fight the addiction... Everyone battles some form of addiction....be it one more cookie, one more set at the gym, one more hour of sleep....

"One more..." is hardly addiction. A little weakness in self control is not addiction.

You trivialize actual mental disease by trying to sweep it all under the same rug.

Now, perhaps over-diagnosis of many diseases is a very real thing, especially for ADHD (I will forever despise and loathe the medical communities for grouping ADD into ADHD. Oh, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder - Primarily Inattentive, that's the new ADD. ADHD-PI, with no hyperactivity, is still in the ADHD family. Beyond stupid).
But bad doctors notwithstanding, it isn't always about getting people on additional drugs. Some actively pursue every possible classification OTHER than ADD/ADHD, and if determined to be potentially treated by some prescription, they first try the non-stimulant class of drugs, if they even prescribe something actually marketed for ADHD. They may try antidepressants/antipsychotics first, or kind of multi-functional drugs like bupropion/Wellbutrin.
I have sworn I have had ADD for awhile, it just escaped detection as a kid because I was generally well behaved and did well in school (without any effort, mind you). I have found some ways to try and cope/self-manage, but ultimately I tried to get diagnosed. All the counselors were like "oh yup, definitely" - the doctors in charge of actually prescribing? Nope. Definitely not. That's just combo Anxiety/Depression. Oh. That... maybe I guess? Zoloft/Wellbutrin combo in the end - it mostly does the trick, I feel good (better) most of the time, but I feel like it doesn't do that much for the symptoms I've been trying to control most of my life. I and different counselors have been firmly convinced the anxiety/depression are symptoms of the ADD, not the other way around. But whatever, I probably just need a different doctor but I have no interest in messing around with other doctors and other prescriptions right now. Maybe down the road with better insurance.

So....any guy who has gone through puberty?

I know you probably are joking, but let's not trivialize this. Yes some impulse control during/after puberty is well within the normal range of behavior, but addiction goes far beyond that. If the vast majority of men were throwing much of their life down the drain due to puberty, this would be a different story. But that's not the case.

 

[bradly1101]

Once the brain gets used to whatever addiction, it loses the ability to get satisfaction (sex, violence...)/calming (alcohol, pot, heroin...)/wakefulness (coffee, speed...) on its own and logic goes out the window. I pray everyday for the addicts I've known/know.

 

[13Gigatons]

Everyone battles some form of addiction....be it one more cookie, one more set at the gym, one more hour of sleep....

I need one more cookie so I can do one more set at the gym and then I need one more hour of sleep. Repeat.

 

[Mai72]

Cool.

So, does this mean that when I become one I can then get that sweet sweet government money?

 

[whm1974]

Cool.

So, does this mean that when I become one I can then get that sweet sweet government money?

You don't get that much with SSI.

 

[PlanetJosh]

After this how can we joke about it anymore?

 

[thebestMAX]

Everything is a disease today. Second most misused word in the english language just behind professional.

Lets just call these things what they are, a lack of discipline due to weak mindedness.

 

[destrekor]

Everything is a disease today. Second most misused word in the english language just behind professional.

Lets just call these things what they are, a lack of discipline due to weak mindedness.

Negative.

That attitude is what has caused a significant lack of care for those who should be getting some, or otherwise need it. It creates a stigma against mental health care. Stop it.