I don't want to go. But if I don't, I'll remain addicted to sex, to men, to dangerous men . Ask an Expert. Learning to be emotionally intimate.
Sex addicts tend to come from pretty damaged backgrounds, and they have to deal with that pain.
They've bought into this fantasy world where women are objects without feelings, where women want sex all the time, where women never have an opinion. Often, sex addicts avoid spiritual, emotional and sexual intimacy at home, and instead pursue sex outside of the relationship. Partners of sex addicts sense that their mate is disconnected during the sex act. I've had women say they were crying and their husband didn't even know it. Time or missing money that hasn't been accounted for, hidden stashes of pornographic magazines, an Internet trail leading to pornographic Web sites.