But it was all a lie. All 3 times he breaks down and is sorry and he says he loves me and everything else he does or spends time with is meaningless. He knows this is it! In , Steffens performed a study of women whose partners were sexual addicts and found that nearly 70 percent of these women showed symptoms that were akin to those for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Is There a Cure for Sexual Addiction?

Researchers also now believe that lesions located on a specific area of the brain could result in compulsive sexual behavior. A person may develop an addiction to this pleasure, requiring more sex to get the same feeling. Once I made the discovery he told me that he was molestated at an early age by a family member which led him down this cycle of dysfunction. Lies lies and more lies.