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Original Article 

Prevalence of Compulsive Sexual Behavior/Hyper Sexuality 

Disorder and Its Psychological  

Manifestations in Youth 
Syeda Farah Batool & Sadaf Ahmed 

Psychophysiology Research Lab, Department of Physiology, University of Karachi. 

Corresponding Author: emanraza14@gmail.com 

 

Abstract 

Sexuality or sexual behaviors are very complex to understand and what better place to understand. 

“SEX” is a NO word in our families and society, however this a natural phenomenon in which 

male and female genes combine to form off springs. Every person on this planet have felt or 

experienced sexual desire or got engage in sexual activities. Many parts of the brain are involved 

in generating a cascade of sexual events within the body but Limbic System plays a primary role 

in the initiation of sexual drive/ desire. When a person gets attracted towards someone these parts 

of the brain become active and induce sexual desire, this is a normal body response, but sometimes 

these parts become hyperactive and sexual desire is uncontrollable such condition is termed as 

“Hyper sexuality”. In Pakistan, live-in relationships are not very common, so mostly unmarried 

individuals are involved in sex addiction. This study revolves around the increasing rate of 

compulsive sexual behavior in youth. A random survey has been conducted with approximately 

equal number of male and female participants. Subjects belong to the age group from 16-25 years. 

Almost 200 subjects have participated in this study. Exclusion criteria was above 25 years and 

below 16 years. People with any other neurological or psychological disorders were excluded. 

Approximately a 70% of the subjects were found to be on the track of getting hyper sexuality 

disorder and 15% of them were suffering from this disorder. This is the high time to break the 

barriers. We need to start thinking and try to discuss and resolve our issues on our own. So, think 

and talk. 

 
Keywords 

Sexual Behavior, Hyper sexuality, Sex Addiction, Orgasm, Masturbation 

 

Compulsive Sexual Behavior/Hyper 

sexuality disorder/Sex Addiction 

Is it a Myth or Reality? 

 

“A 12-year-old girl is being gang raped in a 

small district of Pakistan”. This and many 

more incidents like these are happening 

around every single day, what is the core 

reason behind the increasing rate of sexual 

intolerance in Pakistan? “SEX” is a NO word 

in our families and society, however this a  

Natural phenomenon in which male and 

female genes combine to form off springs. 

Every person on this planet have felt or 

experienced sexual desire or got engage in 

sexual activities. Sexuality or sexual 

behaviors are very complex to understand 

and what better place to understand this 

complexity of thoughts than human “Brain” 

(Zimmer, Carl et al., 2009). The sex cycle in 

a human could be classified in four phases as 

follow

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Table 1.1 (Keith A. et al., 2008). 

 

 

                                                                      Desire 

 

 

 

                                                     Resolution           Arousal 

 

 

 

 

                                                                    Orgasm 

 

 

Before we go in depth of neuroscience of 

sexual behaviors one must be aware of 

certain terminologies like sex desire, which is 

a behavioral drive that motivates an 

individual to have sex. Whereas sexual 

arousal is a cascade of physiological process 

that prepares the body for sexual activity 

(Pfaus J et al., 2006). Many parts of the brain 

are involved in generating a cascade of sexual 

events within the body but Limbic System 

plays a primary role in the initiation of sexual 

drive/ desire. Limbic system is responsible 

for inducing euphoria in the body and avoid 

pain of aversive stimuli and stress (Kristian 

Adams et al., 2011).  

 

Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous 

system are also involved in sexual arousal 

especially in orgasm. Sympathetic nervous 

system prepares our body for fight or flight 

response creating a slight stress within the 

body (Reid RC. et al., 2009). When a person 

gets attracted towards someone these parts of 

the brain become active and induce sexual 

desire, this is a normal body response, but 

sometimes these parts become hyperactive 

and sexual desire is uncontrollable such 

condition is termed as “Hyper sexuality” 

(Christopher Lane et al., 2012).  It is very 

difficult to characterize this condition 

because one cannot estimate that how many 

times a person should have SEX. Bill Maher 

once said “A day without sex is a day 

wasted”. This should be classified as a 

psychological disorder; however, American 

Psychiatric association has refused to accept 

this as a psychological disorder. But in 2010, 

American Psychiatric Association has setup 

criteria for the diagnosis of Sex Addiction. 

This includes several signs and symptoms, a 

few of them are as follow.  

 

 Masturbation 

 Obsession with sex 

 Phone sex 

 Frequent viewing of pornography 

 Multiple sex partner 

 Emotional detachment with sex 

partner  

 Ruining the moral values. 

 

If a person is unable to feel resolution or 

pleasure after sex, it will lead to the 

generation of stress in the body. To get over 

the stress and for seeking the pleasure, the 

person unintentionally gets involved in above 

mentioned scenarios. In Pakistan, live-in 

relationships are not very common, so mostly 

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unmarried individuals are involved in sex 

addiction. That does not mean that married 

ones are not involved in such activities but 

the ratio is comparatively low (Anonymous).  

If females are into such activities the 

condition is known as “Nymphomania” and 

for males the term is “Satyriasis”. This study 

revolves around the increasing rate of 

compulsive sexual behavior in youth. 

Domestic, social and cultural barriers are the 

biggest reason that our youth is suffering 

from this condition and Pakistan has secured 

its position in top 5 countries of the world 

which has the highest viewership of porn 

sites. 

 

Methodology 

A random survey has been conducted with 

approximately equal number of male and 

female participants. Subjects belong to the 

age group from 16-25 years. Almost 200 

subjects have participated in this study. 

Exclusion criteria was above 25 years and 

below 16 years. People with any other 

neurological or psychological disorders were 

excluded. 

 

Results and Discussion 

When the subjects were asked that have they 

ever visited a porn site? Following response 

has been recorded.

.  

Figure 1.1 shows the number of male visiting porn site is higher than female but a 68% 

female is not a number to ignore. Majority of participants have reported that they feel 

uncomfortable even when their cousins sit next to them. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

85
68

Male

Female

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Figure 1.2 showed that how emotionally weak the subjects are, which replicates the state of 

their minds. A huge number of subjects were surprisingly engaged in activities like phone, 

sex and masturbation. 

 

 

 

Figure 1.3 shows that most of the subjects thought that stress is the 

 basic cause of these sensations. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Male

Female

69

57

31

43

Yes No

79

47

Male Female

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Figure 1.4 showing the results when the subjects were asked about how do they feel before 

and after the sexual sensations/activities they replied as follow. 

 
 

Figure 1.5 shows before the activity/sensation/Masturbation. These results prove that stress 

is the primary cause of sexual addiction. Strikingly most of the subjects have reported that 

family pressure, study or examination stress, lover issues, and being single are the major 

causes that induces stress in individuals. 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Male

Female

75

81

25

19

Yes No

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Uncomfortable

Anxiety

Stress

Anger

Suicidal thoughts

74

80

70

89

45

78

83

95

53

67

Female Male

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Figure 1.6 shows after the activity/sensations/Masturbation 

Fig 1.6 Shows approximately 90% of female suffer from stress before and after the sexual 

activity, whereas about 70% were the victims of stress. As per reported by the subjects 

when they are stressed the tends to have the sexual pleasure and after masturbation or 

sexual activity they were stressed because they consider themselves a sinner and even tried 

to harm themselves. This shows that 41% females and 43% males try or 

 Think about suicide. 

When the subjects were asked that have their parents ever talked with them about puberty or 

changes that they are going to face in future after puberty, the answers are exactly what we have 

hypothesized. 

 

 

 

Sleepy

Stress

Muscle fatigue

Anxiety

Restlessness

Headache

Itching

Happiness

Relaxation

Suicidal thoughts

78

75

41

50

23

33

5

80

70

43

76

90

39

73

15

40

3

80

75

41

Female Male

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Male

Female

3

1

97

99

No Yes

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This is all because of our silence. Parents think that their only responsibility towards their child is 

to pay their expenses, they don’t even realize that how much their child need them. We don’t even 

know that we are raising a ‘Rapist’ or a ‘Rape victim’ under the shadow of our so-called “Social 

norms”. We all are responsible for the increasing rate of prostitution and rape in Pakistan, because 

we don’t want to discuss our problems and do not want to share our stress. Religion, society, 

culture, family none of them is a barrier unless we make them one. We all are accountable for 

raising a generation with all the unstable mind set. 

 

Conclusion 

This is the high time to break the barriers. We 

need to start thinking and try to discuss and 

resolve our issues on our own. If parents are 

not vocal about these issues, then never 

hesitate to ask. 

 

Acknowledgements 

We would like to acknowledge Shamoon 

Noushad for his effort in finalizing the study. 

 

Conflict of Interest 
None. 

 

Funding 
None. 

 

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