“I didn’t care who, when or where – I couldn’t say no”: the secret lives of women battling sex addiction

The reality of living with sex addiction

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“I didn’t care who, when or where – I couldn’t say no”: the secret lives of women battling sex addiction

By Amy Beecham

10 months ago

8 min read

When we talk about sex addiction, we tend to think of a certain type of guy, but women’s experience of the affliction is not quite as simple as that. From masturbating to “increasingly dark and niche” porn as a child, 41-year-old Erica Garza went on to believe that sex was the only thing she could offer the world. And that mindset took her to increasingly dark places


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