One woman’s constant pursuit of pleasure has yielded nothing but pain.
A young nymphomaniac says sex addiction has destroyed her relationships and thwarted her career prospects due to her compulsion to masturbate on the job.
The anonymous addict, aged 25, took to Reddit earlier this week to reveal that she had been diagnosed as a nymphomaniac late last year and is seeking treatment.
“It’s been a few days past the six-month mark of staying between the boundaries I’ve set up for myself (with great help from my therapist),” the woman wrote, before announcing that she would be answering questions from curious commenters.
“Is your condition related to a past trauma or [is it] just the way you’re wired?” one person asked on the Reddit thread.
“I wasn’t sexually assaulted or had any trauma of this nature but I was exposed to sex at a very young age in a very unhealthy way,” the nymphomaniac noted. “My mom was a drug addict (and possibly sex addict) and growing up our house was a revolving door of men who she ‘dated’.”
She added that her biological father had previously been in prison and she did not have any relationship with him.
The woman said she started having sex at a young age but admitted her addiction intensified following the death of her mother several years ago.
She revealed that she started going to extremes to feed her insatiable urge for sex, visiting fetish clubs and even masturbating while driving.
“I’d only stop due to physical pain from the amount of friction down there, just like I only stop masturbating when my hand hurts too much,” she wrote. “If there is a limit, I haven’t discovered it.”
The Redditor said the sex addiction has left her feeling helpless, destroying relationships with family and friends.
“I’ve cheated on every relationship I’ve had, even when I really loved the guy and didn’t want to be with anyone else,” she candidly claimed of her kinky compulsion.
“I’ve ruined friendships because I’ve slept with my friends’ boyfriends, my sister doesn’t talk to me because I’ve been with her husband,” the addict added.
Her education and career has also suffered.
“I’ve slacked in school, college, work, because I was either masturbating when I was supposed to be working/studying or just watching porn/flirting/sexting with people,” she continued. “I’ve been late to work on a daily basis because I’ve started masturbating instead of leaving the house only to panic when I’m done and rush to work, usually forgetting stuff.”
Now, after six months in therapy, the anonymous addict is learning to differentiate between “good urges” and “bad urges,” saying she does not aim to be celibate, but simply in control of her desires.
“This isn’t an addiction where I’m supposed to stay “sober” forever,” she explained.
“A lot of times I have these urges because of other things I’m going through, like stress, anxiety, depression, insecurities, etc, which lead me to cope via sex,” the Redditor wrote.
“First of all [when feeling overwhelmed] I distant myself from my phone and any distractions, I do breathing exercises and reflect on what’s the deeper issue is and I occupy myself with something else I like doing,” she said, hoping for a future with healthy and loving sex.
