False Intimacy Chapter Summary

False Intimacy: Understanding the Struggle of Sexual Addiction The premises of this book by Dr. Harry W. Schaumburg is that sexual addiction is the result of a long for true intimacy. The desire to receive relief, acceptance, and fulfillment for which everyone longs for. The author starts the first chapter by explaining what is sexual addiction, according to this author, sexual behavior is a continuum, both spouses usually experiences times when they are interested while the other is temporarily uninterested. (Schaumburg, 1997, p.15) And there are a number of factors that influence a spouse 's level of sexual interest, some of these factors includes physical appearance, emotional mood, fatigue, or resentment. A person can move in this continuum, they can be anything from sexual repelled, or sexual disinterested, sexually interested, or sexually engrossed. The book goes on to explain each of these different types of people, but the books goes further as to explain what causes people to go beyond these limits, when they passed beyond sexually engrossed, when they become sexually addicted, and according to this author, we are all capable of reaching that point, it is up to us to identify

And for example, a person who is addicted to pornography is usually a person who is physically and emotionally detached from other. With the increase on cybersex, pornography have become more available and easier to access than ever before, increasing the problem of pornography addiction. With increased availability, reduced costs, and greater anonymity, this problem is spreading wider than ever before, some have suggested that this false sense intimacy offered by the internet is more destructive than anything our society have