Hypersexual Disorder: an analysis of the common behavioral, social and psychological traits among people affected by compulsive sexual behavior disorder

Abstract

Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder is categorized in the International Classification of Diseases and Health-Related Problems – ICD – 11 (2018) as an absence to contain sexual impulses, a fact that results in repetitive behaviors, which in turn cause various psychological damage to those who suffer from the so-called Hypersexual Disorder. The impacts caused by Hypersexual Disorder are many, mainly affecting the personal, family and affective lives of the subjects affected by it, and it is extremely important to identify the common traits among those who suffer from this psychopathology, in order to try to understand the cause of the psychic suffering of the individual, in order to refer him to the most appropriate treatment. Based on these assumptions, this research has the following guide question: what are the common behavioral, social and psychological characteristics among individuals who have Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder? And it has as general objective to weave a discussion about the disorder and analyze the behavioral, social and psychological characteristics among those who present it. For this, the methodology used was the literature review, covering the consultation of books, articles, manuals, among other sources. The work presents as a result the systematization of the discussion about this theme, highlighting that among the most common characteristics among those who have Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder are the feeling of guilt and anxiety, feeling of imprisonment for not being able to curb sexual impulses, traces of abstinence when there is, for some reason, absence of activities related to sex, distancing from family and friends, impairment of affective relationships, traces, in some cases, of paraphilic behaviors, in addition to the exchange of compulsions.