hypersexuality
Excessive erotic drive
Hypersexuality is an unusually intense or frequent preoccupation with sexual thoughts, urges, or behaviors—beyond what the person considers normal or controllable.
It may appear as a symptom of certain psychiatric conditions, brain injuries, or medication side effects.
The term is clinical rather than colloquial: The patient presented with hypersexuality following the manic episode.
Whether hypersexuality constitutes its own disorder or merely accompanies other conditions remains debated.
Compulsive female libido disorder
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- sex addictionCompulsive erotic behavior disorder
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- therapyCurative mental treatment
psychiatry · psychotherapy · counseling · pathology · dysfunction · dysregulation · impulsivity · maladaptive
Innate erotic drive
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- driveOperate a vehicle
- passionIntense emotional drive
eroticism · horniness · appetite · sensuality · yearning · longing · fervor · potency
Intense, consuming obsession
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- PTSDChronic reaction to horrific events
brain injury · dopamine · frontal lobe · dementia · substance use · hormonal · neurological · hypomania
Compulsive substance reliance
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- urgeStrong inner drive
- impulseSudden urge to act
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
preoccupation · obsession · uncontrollable · insatiability · compulsive · drive · gratification · indulgence
nymphomania
Compulsive female libido disorder
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- sex addictionCompulsive erotic behavior disorder
- treatmentCare for an ailment
therapy · psychiatry · psychotherapy · counseling · pathology · dysfunction · dysregulation · impulsivity · maladaptive · intervention
libido
Innate erotic drive
passion · eroticism · horniness · appetite · sensuality · yearning · longing · fervor · potency · virility
mania
Intense, consuming obsession
PTSD · brain injury · dopamine · frontal lobe · dementia · substance use · hormonal · neurological · hypomania · disinhibition
addiction
Compulsive substance reliance
fixation · preoccupation · obsession · uncontrollable · insatiability · compulsive · drive · gratification · indulgence · impulsiveness
- bipolar disordermania, hypomania, bipolar II, cyclothymia, manic episode
- sexual compulsivitysex addiction, porn addiction, nymphomania, relapse, twelve-step programs
- sexual disorderssexual dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, vaginismus, low libido
hypersexualityasexuality
Lack of sexual attraction
low libido · frigidity · decreased libido · sexual dysfunction · impotence
hypersexualitycelibacy
Abstaining from intimate relations
abstinence · chastity · sexual restraint · continence · self-denial