- A quick quiz to see if you may be sexually addicted

A Useful Tool for Self-Assessment

Answer these twelve questions to assess whether you may have a problem with sexual addiction.

Do you keep secrets about your sexual or romantic activities from those important to you? Do you lead a double life?

Have your needs driven you to have sex in places or situations or with people you would not normally choose?

Do you find yourself looking for sexually arousing articles or scenes in newspapers, magazines, or other media?

Do you find that romantic or sexual fantasies interfere with your relationships or are preventing you from facing problems?

Do you frequently want to get away from a sex partner after having sex? Do you frequently feel remorse, shame, or guilt after a sexual encounter?

Do you feel shame about your body or your sexuality, such that you avoid touching your body or engaging in sexual relationships? Do you fear that you have no sexual feelings, that you are asexual?

Does each new relationship continue to have the same destructive patterns which prompted you to leave the last relationship?

Is it taking more variety and frequency of sexual and romantic activities than previously to bring the same levels of excitement and relief?

Have you ever been arrested or are you in danger of being arrested because of your practices of voyeurism, exhibitionism, prostitution, sex with minors, indecent phone calls, etc.?

Does your pursuit of sex or romantic relationships interfere with your spiritual beliefs or development?

Do your sexual activities include the risk, threat, or reality of disease, pregnancy, coercion, or violence?

Has your sexual or romantic behavior ever left you feeling hopeless, alienated from others, or suicidal?

If you answered yes to more than one of these questions, we would encourage you to seek out additional literature as a resource or to attend a Sex Addicts Anonymous meeting to further assess your needs.

WTF? Half of these sound like someone who hates sex.

I am so thankful to be free of shame and negative feelings associated with my body and my sexuality, even though I've been through shit that often results in that.

I'm lucky, I guess. And oversharing. I have to go now.

Mach said:

http://www.sexaa.org/

Mach said:

Uh oh.

Nope.

Nah

Stymie said:

Stymie said:

in my former life...I would say that...uh...yeah...i WAS an addict....

Do you keep secrets about your sexual or romantic activities from those important to you? No Do you lead a double life? No

Have your needs driven you to have sex in places or situations or with people you would not normally choose? No

Do you find yourself looking for sexually arousing articles or scenes in newspapers, magazines, or other media? No

Do you find that romantic or sexual fantasies interfere with your relationships or are preventing you from facing problems? No

Do you frequently want to get away from a sex partner after having sex? Do you frequently feel remorse, shame, or guilt after a sexual encounter? No

Do you feel shame about your body or your sexuality, such that you avoid touching your body or engaging in sexual relationships? No Do you fear that you have no sexual feelings, that you are asexual? No

Does each new relationship continue to have the same destructive patterns which prompted you to leave the last relationship? No

Is it taking more variety and frequency of sexual and romantic activities than previously to bring the same levels of excitement and relief? No

Have you ever been arrested or are you in danger of being arrested because of your practices of voyeurism, exhibitionism, prostitution, sex with minors, indecent phone calls, etc.? No

Does your pursuit of sex or romantic relationships interfere with your spiritual beliefs or development? No

Do your sexual activities include the risk, threat, or reality of disease, pregnancy, coercion, or violence? No

Has your sexual or romantic behavior ever left you feeling hopeless, alienated from others, or suicidal? No

Thank GAWD

I'm not answering those questions in public. But suffice it to say I said yes to more than one.

Stymie said:

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If I included pre marriage sex into that a few of the questions leaned towards big MAYBEs

I don't need no questions to know I am ...

One4All4Ever said:

am jackin' off reading this thread! Is that a problem ? ? :

IrrisistableRich said:

Do you keep secrets about your sexual or romantic activities from those important to you?
Yes, but at the same time, I post daily updates on my blog. So, y'know.... it all evens out.
Do you lead a double life?
Yes. But that's only cuz I'm also a masked crimefighter.

Have your needs driven you to have sex in places or situations or with people you would not normally choose?
I never choose who I get to have sex with. Instead, I just settle.
...for what I can afford.

Do you find yourself looking for sexually arousing articles or scenes in newspapers, magazines, or other media?
No. I never read the articles.

Do you find that romantic or sexual fantasies interfere with your relationships or are preventing you from facing problems?
When it comes to facing, I don't have a problem with it. Sure, sometimes it costs me extra, but whattayagonna do?

Do you frequently want to get away from a sex partner after having sex?
No. I usually just tell her that she ain't gotta to go home, but she's gotta get the hell outta here.
Do you frequently feel remorse, shame, or guilt after a sexual encounter?
Nope. Cuz lemme tell ya, if you've sunk as many times as I have to the levels of debauchery with which have I have become accustomed to, eventually you become desensitized to the point where you just don't feel anything (a'tall).

Do you feel shame about your body or your sexuality, such that you avoid touching your body or engaging in sexual relationships?
In my case, touching usually costs extra, so, no. My answer is no.
Do you fear that you have no sexual feelings, that you are asexual? ...uhmm...that I am asexual what?

Does each new relationship continue to have the same destructive patterns which prompted you to leave the last relationship?
Yes. The destruction on my wallet is usually pretty devastating afterwards.
So, my answer would be yes.
A definite yes.

Is it taking more variety and frequency of sexual and romantic activities than previously to bring the same levels of excitement and relief?
Experiencing excitement and relief? Is such a thing possible? Where do I sign up?

No, seriously.
Where?

Have you ever been arrested or are you in danger of being arrested because of your practices of voyeurism, exhibitionism, prostitution, sex with minors, indecent phone calls, etc.?
Arrested, no.
Handcuffed, yes.

Does your pursuit of sex or romantic relationships interfere with your spiritual beliefs or development?
No.
Yo,
can I get some church all up in here?
Holla.

Do your sexual activities include the risk, threat, or reality of disease, pregnancy, coercion, or violence?
Naw man. Though, I never really asked, I'm sure all that stuff would cost me extra.
Alot extra.

Has your sexual or romantic behavior ever left you feeling hopeless, alienated from others, or suicidal?
No.
Those kinds of feelings are usually more the result of the extreme lack of orgnotes that I've recieved in my orgnote box since joining this site almost 4 goddamn years ago.

If you answered yes to more than one of these questions, we would encourage you to seek out additional literature as a resource or to attend a Sex Addicts Anonymous meeting to further assess your needs.
Bah. I heard that those places are just a bunch of meat-markets where people just go to score.




Where do I sign up?

No, seriously.
Where?



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One4All4Ever said:

Mach said:

Don't encourage him.

Mach said:

Then you're doing it wrong!




That's called love right?

Is this list serious, or do they need new members?

they shoulda added:

Are you currently in the midst of having sex and are ass-deep in penis/vagina while you're filling out this survey?

BSK3478 said:

I'm a "no" on Q's 2 & 3 so I'mma consider myself not

I don't need to read the quiz to know the answer.

Yes

What's the opposite of sex addict?

CarrieMpls said:

a sexual.

I LOVE IT...AIN'T GIVING IT UP FOR NOTHING OR NOONE AND WILL ENJOY IT UNTIL THE DAY I FUCKING DIE!!

carry on.....

yes.

however SAA is not homofriendly

if you are a gay sex addict you need

Sexual Compulsives Anon.