Life on Florida’s West Coast

Duchovny’s Sex Addiction Not So Simple

OK, we get it. David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation facility for the treatment of sex addiction. I’ve found it humorous to read the comments and opinions on lots of other blogs. Most of them naively believe that Duchovny’s addiction simply means he is addicted to having sexual intercourse, and some have even commented that his wife, Tea Leoni, must feel lucky.

Unfortunately, sex addiction has a lot less to do with a pure physical need for sex and more to do with an emotional disconnect. Sex addicts often have trouble with honest emotional relationships and compulsively seek to connect with other people via impersonal intimate acts like masturbation, affairs, prostitutes, voyeurism, and other intimately unfulfilling behaviors that are many times abusive, secretive, and lead to depression.

Sex addicts often find that their compulsive needs come before family, work and personal health.

His entire family is in my thoughts, and I wish everyone the best. Difficult times are certainly at hand for them.

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