Comments on: Sex News: CES, Groupon Kink Offer, Porn for Women, Anderson Cooper http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2012/01/sex-news-ces-groupon-kink-offer-porn-for-women-anderson-cooper.html Journalist and author Violet Blue's site for sex and tech culture, accurate sex information, erotica and more. Tue, 26 May 2015 17:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Justin http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2012/01/sex-news-ces-groupon-kink-offer-porn-for-women-anderson-cooper.html/comment-page-1#comment-19262 Justin Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:46:48 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=13916#comment-19262 I wonder if sex addiction, like alcoholism and drug use (not for every person, but for many people) just another way to combat extreme and long-lasting depression, sadness and unhappiness. Even bad sex feels good for a while (mostly), and chasing that elusive good moment is one of the principles of intermittent reinforcement (the principle that casinos use to pull people in). Good sex helps you feel better, sex can be a coping mechanism for unhappiness, if you over-use it, you may get classified as addicted to sex. But is it sex itself that you're addicted to, or is something else (or, more commonly, a whole set of things) making you reach (on a very regular basis, and to a dangerous level) for something that makes you feel better than you normally do? I wonder if sex addiction, like alcoholism and drug use (not for every person, but for many people) just another way to combat extreme and long-lasting depression, sadness and unhappiness. Even bad sex feels good for a while (mostly), and chasing that elusive good moment is one of the principles of intermittent reinforcement (the principle that casinos use to pull people in).

Good sex helps you feel better, sex can be a coping mechanism for unhappiness, if you over-use it, you may get classified as addicted to sex. But is it sex itself that you’re addicted to, or is something else (or, more commonly, a whole set of things) making you reach (on a very regular basis, and to a dangerous level) for something that makes you feel better than you normally do?

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