{"id":4265,"date":"2019-12-27T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pornhub.com\/sex\/?p=4265"},"modified":"2020-04-12T16:59:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T20:59:31","slug":"understanding-sex-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pornhub.com\/sex\/understanding-sex-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Sex Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This video challenges the use of the words \u201csex addict\u201d and explains why sex addiction, at least as a mental health definition, does not exist as well as how it stigmatizes any sex that is deemed \u201cwrong\u201d by our culture. Instead, I talk about sexual behavior that feels out of control, what to do about it, and how to get support from a professional who will not shame diverse sexual practices.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Or56k8SUkBk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Here are some additional resources on this topic that are mentioned in the video:<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Book by Dr. David Ley<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Myth-Sex-Addiction-David-Ph-D\/dp\/1442213051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Myth-Sex-Addiction-David-Ph-D\/dp\/1442213051&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1576803789998000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFd30THc_TcK5XYepQfZf_WDfueFw\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Myth-<wbr \/>Sex-Addiction-David-Ph-D\/dp\/<wbr \/>1442213051<\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Mental health help around out of control sexual behavior including groups and books<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theharveyinstitute.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.theharveyinstitute.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1576803789998000&amp;usg=AFQjCNExlRPvT83OnXLNvD-EzZA3eX1UvA\">https:\/\/www.<wbr \/>theharveyinstitute.com\/<\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>*Note: This video is not intended to be therapy or a replacement for therapeutic services.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This video was made by <a href=\"http:\/\/nicolettavheidegger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicoletta von Heidegger<\/a>, a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in Los Angeles.\u00a0It was produced as part of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pineapplesummit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"2019 Pineapple Summit (opens in a new tab)\">2019 Pineapple Summit<\/a>, the adult industry\u2019s only online mental health summit. The Pineapple Summit features top therapists and experts from around the globe, discussing different aspects of mental &amp; physical health, therapy, and coping skills for adult industry performers. The 2019 Pineapple Summit was sponsored by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pornhub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pornhub (opens in a new tab)\">Pornhub<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelhub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Modelhub (opens in a new tab)\">Modelhub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pornhub.com\/sex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cv4pCsgq.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"174\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video challenges the use of the words \u201csex addict\u201d and explains why sex addiction, at least as a mental health definition, does not exist as well as how it stigmatizes any sex that is deemed \u201cwrong\u201d by our culture. Instead, I talk about sexual behavior that feels out of control, what to do about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":4267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1223],"tags":[1279,639,411,205],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pornhub.com\/sex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4265"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pornhub.com\/sex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pornhub.com\/sex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pornhub.com\/sex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pornhub.com\/sex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4265"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pornhub.com\/sex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4661,"href":"https:\/\/www.pornhub.com\/sex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4265\/revisions\/4661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pornhub.com\/sex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pornhub.com\/sex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pornhub.com\/sex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pornhub.com\/sex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}