Excessive sexual thoughts, feelings, urges, or actions that are uncontrollable and impair your relationships, finances, or other areas of your life are referred to as a sex addiction. Hypersexuality and obsessive sexual activity are two more labels for sexual addiction. The first step in treating psychological sex addiction is acknowledging that you are depending on sexual behavior to deal with your psychological problems.When you realize this, stop self - medicating your emotional agony and deal with the abandonment, abuse, or neglect where it originated.Then, using other healthy methods, you can reestablish your sense of worth and self - image.The ideal way to complete this treatment is with the assistance of a qualified professional, such as a licensed counselor or psychologist.