Nymphomania is popularly called “womb rabies.” From the ancient Greek this word literally translates as “passion of the bride”. This term refers to an increased sex drive in women.
Types of nymphomania
Experts distinguish four types of nymphomania:
1. Congenital nymphomania. This is when the sexual desire arises in childhood. Women begin to enter into intimate relationships early, and often have promiscuous relations.
2. Acquired nymphomania. Can occur at any age. The cause is usually problems with the endocrine, reproductive, or nervous system. Such nymphomaniacs may have a disturbed psyche and hormonal background.
3. Climacteric nymphomania. Occurs during menopause and is associated with hormonal changes in the body.
4. Imaginary nymphomania. In this case, women are not nymphomaniacs, they simply have certain psychological problems and they often have sexual intercourse trying to assert themselves, to improve self-esteem.
What do scientists say about nymphomania
For a long time, scientists have been trying to study the phenomenon of nymphomania and to find its causes. Famous researcher of the XX century, Alfred Kinsey expresses the following opinion: nymphomaniac – is “one who wants more sex than you do.
Victorian scientist Carol Groneman, in her book Nymphomania, claims that nymphomania is related to the shape of the skull. For example, if a woman has an overdeveloped occipital, then consequently the cerebellum is also developed, and this affects sexual activity. However, modern researchers debunked the myth: the shape of the skull has nothing to do with the shape of the brain.
V.I. Zdravomyslov, 3.E. Anisimova and S.S. Libikh in their 1994 work, Functional Female Sexopathology, wrote: “Young women with an elevated libido in the majority of cases consider themselves to be ‘temperamental’ and consider an elevated libido to be their ‘female virtue’, a ‘positive quality for women’. They go to the doctor only in two cases: when libido becomes excessive and when they think such a condition is immoral, sinful.
“Once menopause is established, most women’s libido fades or decreases. However, it is not uncommon for it to remain at about the same level, and in some cases it increases dramatically (menopausal or post-menopausal nymphomania). Increased libido at this age is extremely difficult to tolerate. Married ladies usually have older husbands with decreased potency, and unmarried ladies, having lost their attractiveness, often cannot count on satisfying their desires.
“In some cases nymphomania is one of the symptoms of schizophrenia, manic-depressive psychosis, and organic lesions of the diencephalic region.
In modern Western medicine the term “nymphomania” is replaced by the term “hypersexuality”, since it is rather difficult to establish the boundaries between the norm and pathology. However, studies have shown that only 8% of men and 3% of women suffer from hypersexuality.
How to distinguish between true nymphomania imaginary
True nymphomania, in terms of most experts, is quite rare, according to statistics, it affects one in five thousand women.
Nymphomaniac constantly thinks about sex, she is almost unable to control herself. Sexual desire haunts her around the clock, and she tries to quench it at the slightest opportunity, and for her it does not matter the degree of familiarity with the potential partner, his social status, age, and so on. The peculiarity of this nymphomania is that during sexual intercourse a woman never gets a complete discharge. It is the search for satisfaction that pushes her to promiscuous relations. If a woman still controls herself, conducts some kind of selection of partners and she is okay with orgasms, then we can talk only about the increased libido.
Diagnosis and Treatment
It is not easy for nymphomaniacs in society: they risk losing their family, job, and friends. They may experience depression and even suicidal thoughts. Therefore, it is necessary to seek help, first of all to a psychotherapist and sexopathologist. If it turns out that the cause is physiological in nature, will have to undergo examination by various specialists – neurologist, gynecologist, endocrinologist. There is a risk of detection of, for example, a brain tumor or ovarian tumors. Based on the results of diagnosis, psychotherapy sessions, medication, and even surgery may be prescribed.
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