What is Hypersexuality

***So, what is Hypersexuality?***
The definition of Hypersexuality in it's simplest terms:

Hypersexuality is characterized by the need, not want, for sex and sexual contact, and the lack thereof results in dysfunctional behavior that is disruptive to one's life and is damaging to a Hypersexual person's emotional wellbeing.

The lack of sex and sexual contact(sex deprivation) is emotionally disruptive to the stability of a hypersexual person's life, and can result in them engaging in irrational behaviors that they would otherwise never do, such as cheat(infidelity), harm themselves, or put themselves in a vulnerable position that can get them harmed or sexually assaulted by others.

It also leads to severe depression, overbearing feelings of emptiness and feeling incomplete, physical manifestations of pain, excessive masturbation and porn consumption, suicidal behavior and ideations, lack of appetite(Weight loss), and lack of self care.
Hypersexuality can, for many, even drive someone to seek sexual comfort outside of their sexual orientation just to fulfill the need for sex.

Hypersexuality is hypothetically considered to be a Sexual Orientation instead of simply just a disorder. Many people who are Hypersexual consider it to be their Sexual Orientation and identify as Hypersexual, similar to how one can consider themselves Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay Man, Asexual, or Transgender person.
This perception and self identification, as well as known behavioral changes and quirks, suggests that Hypersexuality(Hypersexual people) is a Gender and Sexual Minority, and thus also likely belongs under the LGTBTQ+ umbrella; as Hypersexual behaviors are often outside of heterosexual behaviors.

***What is not Hypersexuality?***
There is a lot of confusion as to what hypersexuality is, but many inappropriate assertations as to what it is are made.

*Hypersexuality is not*:

High Libido. A defining characteristic of hypersexuality is the incredibly high Libido. However simply having a high libido doesn't make someone a Hypersexual, more of this will be able to be read about in the Features of Hypersexuality page.
Sex and or Porn addiction, these are different things entirely from Hypersexuality.
A Delusion or faked Illness for attention.
Sexual disturbance, and inappropriate compulsive sexual behavior.
Predatory, or a cause of predatory sexual behaviors. In-fact Hypersexual people are more likely to be sexually assaulted or coerced into unwanted sexual acts compared to their non-hypersexual peers.
Being excessively Kinky or having a lot of fetishes. Kinky-ness and Hypersexuality are different.

> ***Who can be Hypersexual?***
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A Hypersexual person can be any sex, gender, age, ethnic background, or body type. Most HS people identify they are HS in adulthood, some when they are teenagers, like many other orientations, and certain conditions. HS primarily but not exclusively found in Adults. Hypersexuality is found in all kinds of people, cultures, and walks of life. Because HS is not a choice, and is often a condition or orientation, it is occurs through out the human condition.

> ***What Causes Hypersexuality?*** Hypersexuality is known to have some causes or catalyzing associations.
> You can read about this the following page: Causes of Hypersexuality
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