Affair Fog Theory: Sex Addiction

Infidelity & Affair Help: The Myth of Sex Addiction

Part 3: Affair Fog Theory: Sex Addiction This third part of the affair fog series looks at the issue of sex addiction and whether it has validity as part of affair fog theory. It’s a lengthy article in order to adequately explore such a popular claim. Part 1: Affair Fog …

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Affairs: Choice or Mental Disorder?

Dr George Simon

Related posts: It’s Not Infidelity - It’s Sex Addiction Choice Not Addiction The IHG position on the sex addiction model and mental health in infidelity is further discussed in: Part 3: Affair Fog Theory: Sex Addiction and Part 2: Affair Fog Theory: Mental Health ~ Wayfarer [hr] Mental Disorders and Accountability: …

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The Pornography Excuse

Infidelity & Affair Help: Psychology

The IHG position on the sex addiction model is discussed in: Part 3: Affair Fog Theory: Sex Addiction ~ Wayfarer [hr] Pornography Is Not the Problem—You Are by David J. Ley Ph.D. Complaining about the dangers of porn distracts from personal responsibility. Porn is not addictive. Sex is not addictive. …

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Affairs and Addiction: Part 3

Infidelity & Affair Help: Dr Haltzman

The IHG position on the sex addiction model is discussed in: Part 3: Affair Fog Theory: Sex Addiction ~ Wayfarer [hr] Affairs: Beating Flame Addiction By Dr Scott Haltzman Part 3: In the third and final installment, Dr. Haltzman offers tips on how to overcome and break free of flame …

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Affairs and Addiction: Part 2

Moth to a Flame

The IHG position on the sex addiction model is discussed in: Part 3: Affair Fog Theory: Sex Addiction ~ Wayfarer [hr] Affairs: The Flame Addiction By Dr Scott Haltzman Part 2: In the second installment of a 3-part series, Dr. Haltzman explains—like a moth to a flame—why those who cheat …

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Affairs and Addiction: Part 1

Infidelity & Affair Help: Dr Haltzman

Other Affair/Infidelity and Sex Addiction Posts: Affairs & Infidelity: Choice Not Addiction Challenging the Myth of Sex Addiction The IHG position on the sex addiction model: Part 3: Affair Fog Theory: Sex Addiction ~ Wayfarer [hr] Affairs: The Relationship Between Infidelity & Addiction by Dr Scott Haltzman (edited) Most of …

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Affairs & Infidelity: Choice not Addiction

Infidelity & Affair Help: Psychology

As we explored in It’s Not Infidelity - It’s Sex Addiction, despite popular culture labels, the idea of sex addiction is not based on any diagnostic criteria and was again recently excluded from the DSM (American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). Claiming ‘sex addiction’ as cause …

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It’s Not Infidelity - It’s Sex Addiction

Claiming a sex addiction can seem to some like a legitimate and compelling excuse for infidelity. It allows that the infidelity and betrayal wasn’t personal, but was a ‘physiological response’ to an addiction; “I would never deliberately cheat on you - my addiction made me do it”  or , “I …

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