How Flirting Is Different For Sex Addicts

How does flirting affect those with sex addiction? Would you give a beer to an alcoholic, just to hold? Flirting should be a natural component of one's social life, as long as it comes from an innocent or fun place, but this is not the case for sex addicts,at least most of the time. The article below shows how to tell the difference in these behaviors...

The extreme focus on sex goes hand in hand with the sexual objectification of people. If the person has a sexual addiction they will very likely see people in terms of sex to the exclusion of other factors. People are then not really people in the fullest sense (are they happy? Sad? Studious? Kindly? Struggling? Instead they are seen as objects of sexual utility. If the sex addict attributes any inner life to the person they are looking at it will usually be some fantasy or projection about that person’s sexuality.

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