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Unchecked sex addiction can result in the same kind of devastation as drug and alcohol addiction.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Response to fried eggs (Original post)
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Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)Nothing like diagnosing someone who isn't your patient and on whom you have no info other than a few skimpy news stories, maybe a pic or video...
pipoman
(16,038 posts)DR. Doolittle might have something to say as well...
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malaise
(267,843 posts)LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)let's hear from Dr. Hook.
phil89
(1,043 posts)NT
REP
(21,691 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)I'd ask him before Dr.Drew.
mercuryblues
(14,491 posts)I have read about dr drew. He is a fucking idiot. Always trying to give an out/ excuse to the males for their crimes. But loves to blame a female victim for wearing too much make up and clothing choices.
liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)of made-up half-baked hog tripe that I'd expect a hack like Drew to espouse and promote. And I don't even believe in sex "addiction", it is absolute bullshit, completely made up both to shame those who actually have the gall and nerve to like sex and who go against what this culture's decided its "norms" should be regarding the type, amount and frequency of it, and to make money for Big Pharma and Big Psychiatry. Period.
fried eggs
(910 posts)And Justin Ross' behavior seems to indicate he had a severe case. When you can't restrain your sexting at work, that's a sign of a loss of control.
sendero
(28,552 posts).. sex addiction does not absolve him of his crimes. Tough shit for him and probably his wife also, they are going to prison.
liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)just have to agree to disagree, then.
Iggo
(47,489 posts)betterdemsonly
(1,967 posts)but this appears to be premeditated murder for insurance or sum such.
JHB
(37,133 posts)Having a show does not indicate superior expertise.
In fact, there's a fair case that it contra-indicates expertise, since the entire nature of the show pressures the host to sound more authoritative than they are outside their field. And that's the ones who make an honest effort, and are not just showboating from the get-go.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,781 posts)Little Star
(17,055 posts)fried eggs
(910 posts)LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)with a disorder that isn't officially recognized. I'm totally convinced!
catbyte
(34,174 posts)It appears to me that so-called sex addiction has more to do with selfishness, no self control, & immaturity than anything. I haven't seen the same genetic links with that as I have for chemical dependencies. Is Dr. Drew trying to drum up more business?
nolabear
(41,915 posts)Because I don't believe in diagnosing en absentia, you could make a case that he's addicted to sex the way a gambler is addicted, jonesing for the high from the sexual stimulation and the forbidden nature of it, and saw the baby as standing in his way. It's not an excuse at all. But it could hold water as a reason, like sociopathy is a reason.
Most godawful thing I've heard of in a long time, no matter why.
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)Sex addiction is not really about the sex act itself more than the sex act being a conduit for the addictive process and the deeply uncontrollable mechanization of immediate gratification.
Sex addicts will generally admit that as they fall deeper into the addictive process, sex becomes completely devoid of emotional, intellectual or social meaning. They will have sex with any willing person at any time under almost any condition. It becomes "getting off" in its purest form.
Once this process runs out of control, other ways of releasing chemicals like dopamine are pushed out. The addiction becomes the singular drive for existence.
There is nothing romantic about this addiction. The person is not acting immaturely. They are deep within the throws of true addiction.
catbyte
(34,174 posts)Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)Although quantitative analysis of sex addiction does exist, what I've learned about sex addiction has been through, essentially, case study.
Also, I want to be clear here, the popular conception of sex addiction as merely the overabundance of sexual desire or partners is incorrect. Which makes the actual number of true sex addicts much, much smaller than popularly imagined. You are not a sex addict because you're very sexually active or even sexually irresponsible.
I see no evidence that this murderous father is a sex addict (even if he was truly a sex addict, it would not explain in any way the crime he committed).
catbyte
(34,174 posts)sex, but power, anger & control. I also know that it is probably a very rare condition and folks use it to justify their bad behavior. This guy just sounds like a creep rather than someone suffering from something. Thanks for answering me.
Have a safe holiday!
GeorgeGist
(25,294 posts)is that you have no scientific peer-reviewed studies to back up your case studies.
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)I'm just not going to post them because I did not use them to justify my belief in the addiction (so it would be disingenuous for me to use them now) and there are also studies arguing that no such addiction exists. This could turn into yet another pointless pissing contest over which side has more abundant or recent case studies.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)IMO there are a number of mental disorders that have been left out. So, I'm not saying that something authentic might not be included...
But it does suggest a lack of ability of the APA to come together on specifications/criteria needed. I can imagine this makes sex addiction therapists unhappy.
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)The manual has a long history of being ideologically entrenched. Truthfully, the entire field of psychology suffers from such an ailment.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)I can just imagine Nancy Grace obsessively talking about the Hot Car Dad every day up until the verdict.
Orrex
(63,086 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)alp227
(31,962 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Iggo
(47,489 posts)TBF
(31,922 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)And that the life insurance policies are just chimp change.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)of people they have never even met. Nasty Doctors.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Last edited Fri Jul 4, 2014, 04:30 PM - Edit history (1)
If you don't know, Dr. Drew had a sex and comedy show with funny man Adam Carolla on rock and roll radio station KROQ in Los Angeles, listened to by a lot of young people. It was called Loveline and consisted largely of underage high school kids calling in with their often kinky stories of sexual activity, supposedly seeking sexual advice but often just trying to say outrageous things. Carolla provided the comedy and goofed on them while Dr. Drew played the straight man, pretending to be the serious parent who deplored the out of control sexuality like high school girls claiming they were making it with their younger sister, the very activity that made the show popular and that paid Dr. Drew's salary.
GeorgeGist
(25,294 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)When the Dr Oz dust up happened in Congress, I had in my mind an image that turned out not to be Dr Oz, but Dr Phil. Now I'm thinking it might actually have been Dr Drew.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Prepare to see that presented by Hot Car dad's defense, cause they got nothing else.