Self assessment for compulsive sexual behaviour

The following questions have been designed to help you assess whether your behaviour around sexuality compulsive.
 
As you read each of the following, click the button beside each question you answer YES to.
 
Remeber to be honest with yourself when considering each question
 
Have you ever tried to control how much sex to have or how often you would see someone?
Do you find yourself unable to stop seeing a specific person even though you know that seeing this person is destructive to you?
Do you feel that you don’t want anyone to know about your sexual activities?/td>
Do you get ‘high’ from sex? Do you crash?
Have you ever had sex at inappropriate times, in inappropriate places, and/or with inappropriate people?
Do you make promises to yourself or rules for yourself concerning your sexual behaviour that you find you cannot follow?
Have you had or do you have sex with someone you don’t (didn’t) want to have sex with?
Do you believe that sex will make your life bearable?
Have you ever felt that you had to have sex?
Do you believe that being sexual with someone can ‘fix’ you?
Do you keep a list, written or otherwise, of the number of partners you’ve had?
Do you feel desperation or uneasiness when you are away from your sexual partner?
Have you lost count of the number of sexual partners you’ve had?
Do you feel desperate about your need for a sexual fix?
Have you or do you have sex regardless of the consequences (e.g. the threat of being caught, the risk of contracting herpes, gonorrhea, AIDS etc)?
Do you find that you have a pattern of repeating bad sexual relationships?
Do you feel that your only (or major) value in a relationship is your ability to perform sexually?
Do you feel like a lifeless puppet unless there is someone around with whom you can flirt? Do you feel that you’re not ‘really alive’ unless you are with your sexual partner?
Do you feel entitled to sex?
Do you find yourself in a sexual relationship that you cannot leave?
Have you ever threatened your financial stability or standing in the community by pursuing a sexual partner?
Do you believe that the problems in your ‘love life’ result from not having enough of, or the right kind of sex.
Have you ever had a serious relationship threatened or destroyed because of outside sexual activity?/td>
Do you feel that life would have no meaning without sex? Do you feel that you would have no identity if you were not someone’s partner?
Do you find yourself flirting or sexualising with someone even if you do not mean to?
Does your sexual behaviour affect your reputation?
Do you have sex to try to deal with or escape from life’s problems?
Do you feel uncomfortable about your masturbation because of the frequency with which you masturbate, the fantasies you engage in, the props you use, and/or the places in which you do it?
Do you engage in the practices of voyeurism, exhibitionism, etc, in ways that bring discomfort and pain?
Do you find yourself needing greater and greater variety and energy in your sexual activities just to achieve an ‘acceptable’ level of physical and emotional relief?
Do you need to have sex, in order to feel like a ‘real man’ or a ‘real woman’?
Do you feel that your sexual behaviour is about as rewarding as hijacking a revolving door? Are you jaded?
Are you unable to concentrate on other areas of you life because of thoughts or feelings you are having about sex?
Do you find yourself obsessing about a specific sexual act even though these thoughts bring pain, craving or discomfort?
Have you ever wished you could stop or control your sexual activities for a given period of time? Have you ever wished you could be less emotionally dependent?
Do you find the pain in your life increasing no matter what you do? Are you afraid that deep down you are acceptable?
Do you feel that you lack dignity and wholeness?
Do you feel that your sexual life effects your spiritual life in a negative way?
Do you feel that your life is unmanageable because of your sexual behaviour or your excessive dependency needs?
Have you ever thought that there might be more you could do with your life if you were not so driven by sexual pursuits?
Have you denied yourself a sexual relationship?
Do you feel fearful of sexual relationships?

 


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