Many live in extreme anxiety while controlling their sexual feelings – The New Indian Express

By ANI

WASHINGTON DC: According to a recent study, adults report distress associated with difficulty controlling their sexual feelings.

About 10% of men and 7% of women report significant levels of distress and social unrest related to difficulty controlling their sexual feelings, impulses and behaviors, suggests the study.

The problem of sexual compulsive behavior is a pattern of persistent failure in the control of intense sexual urges that can cause distress and social disability. Evaluating the frequency of this distress and social disability can help provide the closest estimate of DBCS in the population given the lack of previous studies and debates around the presentation of specific symptoms and definitions. relating to hypersexuality.

As part of the study, 2,325 adults aged 18 to 50 were randomly sampled in November 2016. The study was published in the JAMA Network Open Journal.

The results showed that distress and impairment were associated with the difficulty of controlling sexual urges and behavior as measured by a screening tool.