Genetic Disposition No Excuse for Cheating on Your Partner Articles>Addiction Research, Articles>Sex AddictionBy The Ranch TNAugust 24, 2015The science of infidelity is still in its infancy, but recent studies have suggested that genetic factors may partly explain why some people are more likely than others to cheat on their romantic partners. However, genetic factors are never the only factors when it comes to human behavior, and these recent research results by no…
How Much to Tell Your Children When Your Spouse Commits Adultery Articles>Sex AddictionBy The Ranch TNAugust 20, 2015Any person who finds herself the victim of adultery has a number of painful decisions to make. Those decisions become even more numerous, painful and difficult when children are involved. In this situation, the question of whether to stay with the partner who cheated on you is not just about your well-being, but also about…
Inability to Multitask Seen in Cybersex Addiction Articles>Sex AddictionBy The Ranch TNJuly 7, 2015Ineffective use of a higher-level mental skill called executive control may help explain why some people who access pornography over the Internet develop symptoms of cybersex addiction, according to new findings from a team of German researchers.
Substitute Addictions Can Arise During Sex Addiction Recovery Articles>Sex AddictionBy The Ranch TNJuly 3, 2015Recovery from sex addiction can take a long time. Although every person is different, for some people it can take up to years to recover completely. Not only do people with sex addiction need to go through a period of abstinence until they can reliably stay away from addictive sexual behaviors, they also need to…
Changes in Brain Thickness, Size Help Explain Sex Addiction in Parkinson’s Patients Articles>Sex AddictionBy The Ranch TNJuly 1, 2015Physical changes in normal brain thickness and normal brain volume may help explain why some people with Parkinson’s disease develop symptoms of sex addiction, according to new findings from a team of Italian and American researchers.
Sex Addiction: The Power of the Bargain Articles>Sex AddictionBy The Ranch TNJune 25, 2015A young woman who appears to have it all, prestige, money and beauty, seeks out sex to cope with feelings of powerlessness.
Setting Bottom Lines Vital Step in Sex Addiction Recovery Process Articles>Sex AddictionBy The Ranch TNJune 13, 2015In my journey of recovery from sexual addiction, setting and identifying clear bottom behaviors—i.e. bottom lines—was the first proactive step in the process, which came immediately after I went to my first recovery meeting. During my 20 years of sobriety from alcohol and substances, I had never encountered such a clear, practical and immediately helpful…
Cheaters Often Have Wrong Idea About Prevalence of Infidelity Articles>Sex AddictionBy The Ranch TNJune 2, 2015Experts believe that our personalities, our childhoods and our adolescent experiences and even evolution influence how likely we are to commit infidelity. In addition to these influences, some research suggests that our beliefs about infidelity attitudes and practices among our friends and society at large play an important role in our own decisions about whether…
Pornography Overuse, Addiction Impair Sexual Activity in Men Articles>Sex AddictionBy The Ranch TNMay 29, 2015Overexposure to pornography and addiction to pornography can have a number of serious consequences. More and more men are finding that among those consequences is a loss of interest in sexual activity with real-life partners and often a lack of ability to perform during sexual encounters.
Internet Sex Screening Test Helps Identify Cybersex Addicts Articles>Sex AddictionBy The Ranch TNMay 14, 2015A questionnaire called the Internet Sex Screening Test (ISST) can help doctors identify people affected by cybersex addiction, recent findings from an Italian research team indicate. Cybersex addiction is a behavioral disorder that combines features of sex addiction and Internet addiction. Currently, the condition has no consistently applied definition in the U.S. In a study…
