Test Yourself
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Have you ever thought you needed help for your sexual thinking or behavior?
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That you’d be better off if you didn’t keep “giving in”?
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That sex or stimuli are controlling you?
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Have you ever tried to stop or limit doing what you felt was wrong in your sexual behavior?
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Do you resort to sex to escape, relieve anxiety, or because you can’t cope?
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Do you feel guilt, remorse or depression afterward?
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Has your pursuit of sex become more compulsive?
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Does it interfere with relations with your spouse?
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Do you have to resort to images or memories during sex?
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Does an irresistible impulse arise when the other party makes the overtures or sex is offered?
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Do you keep going from one “relationship” or lover to another?
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Do you feel the “right relationship” would help you stop lusting, masturbating, or being so promiscuous?
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Do you have a destructive need—a desperate sexual or emotional need for someone?
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Does pursuit of sex make you careless for yourself or the welfare of your family or others?
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Has your effectiveness or concentration decreased as sex has become more compulsive?
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Do you lose time from work for it?
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Do you turn to a lower environment when pursuing sex?
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Do you want to get away from the sex partner as soon as possible after the act?
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Although your spouse is sexually compatible, do you still masturbate or have sex with others?
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Have you ever been arrested for a sex-related offense?
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