Jenner Bishop

Marriage & Family Therapist MFC 43846

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Home Partners of Sex Addicts Signs Your Partner Might Be a Sex Addict

JBAdmin August 7, 2012

Signs Your Partner Might Be a Sex Addict

Are you struggling to make sense of behaviors of your husband, wife, partner? Partners of sex- and love-addicts often report they sensed something was “off” before the addiction was exposed.

Possible indicators of sexually compulsivity include:

    • Staying up late to surf the web or watch television
    • Frequently isolating from spouses or partners, and not informing them of their whereabouts
    • Acts controlling during sexual activity, or has frequent mood swings before or after sex
    • Is demanding about sex, especially regarding time and place
    • Gets angry if someone shows concern about a problem with pornography

  • In public, seems preoccupied with everything around them
  • Fails to account for increasing calls to unusual phone numbers
  • Hides pornography at work or home
  • Increasing dishonesty and defensiveness
  • Lacks intimacy before, during and after sex, and offers little or no genuine intimacy in the relationship
  • Does not want to socialize with others, especially peers who might intimidate them
  • Has tried to switch to other forms of pornography to show a lack of dependency on one kind; concocts rules to cut down but doesn’t adhere to them
  • Feels depressed
  • Lacks close friends of the same sex
  • Frequently uses sexual humor
  • Always has a good reason for looking at pornography

Filed Under: Partners of Sex Addicts, Porn, Pornography, Sex Addicts

ABOUT JENNER BISHOP, MFT

Hello. I've relocated to the East Bay from Los Angeles, where I studied and practiced with some of the country's leading experts in sex addiction treatment. Here you can find out more →

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Jenner Bishop is Foundry's Clinical Director. We are sex addiction specialists treating sex, love, and relationship problems in Oakland and Los Angeles. Read more about Foundry →

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THE SIGNS OF SEX ADDICTION?

  • Do you engage in sexual behavior when you have other obligations (work, school, domestic, or social?)
  • Do you engage in sexual behaviors to a greater extent, or over a longer period of time, than you intended?  
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