Such persons cannot experience true love, but rather use others to gratify their own narcissistic needs, i.e. to prove to themselves that they are capable of being loved. Often such hypersexual persons have great power to make others fall in love with them, but then betray their lovers afterwards. It is interesting to study the psychodynamics of sexual addiction because many of the same dynamics associated with this disorder lead to a preoccupation with power and admiration as a way of denying shame and humiliation. There is a lot more that can be applied to the Sex Addict from a psychodynamic perspective. My main interest however, is attempting to get some dialogue going and stimulate questions.
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