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"Sex addiction" is the phrase most people search for, but the World Health Organization uses another name: compulsive sexual behaviour disorder (CSBD). Knowing what it is, and what it isn't, is often the first relief.
These articles explain the diagnosis, the science behind the cycle and why willpower alone rarely works, in plain language and without judgement. If you want to check where you stand, the private Sex Addiction Assessment takes a few minutes.
3 articles · written by Dámaris Tenza, sex therapist
Yes, the distress is real: the WHO recognises compulsive sexual behaviour disorder in ICD-11. What the criteria are and how it differs from a high libido.
Read more →What Dr Silkworth's 'Doctor's Opinion' can teach us about why control becomes so hard in sex and love addiction.
Read more →How recovery retrains the brain's reward and impulse-control circuits, and why the same neuroplasticity that created the pattern can change it.
Read more →Your first step, at your pace
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