It's difficult not to come to the conclusion that Rep. Wiener is a likely sex addict in denial. Even his statement during his press conference where he denied he had issues, reeks of someone deep in denial. I think it's also difficult for many posters here to understand this. It's not his interest in sex. It's his inability to refrain from dumb. What's bizarre here is that on comments I posted today on various Dailykos Rep. Weiner related Diaries, some Dailykos users think it would be perfectly acceptable if I posted a positive comment to my US Congressional Representative, and they posted back a picture of their junk. No this is not acceptable. This should not be the position of our Party. I want Rep. Pelosi to call out Weiner's behavior for what it is, sex addiction, and not appropriate for an elected official.
Practical advice:
Sex, Affairs, Sexting and Scandals: How Smart Men End Up Doing Really Stupid Things
By ROBERT WEISS LCSW, CSAT-S
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As to why smart people act out sexually (or otherwise) in seemingly stupid, addictive and poorly considered ways, that answer is simple: as human beings our intellectual ability and emotional development often run on differing, sometimes conflicting tracks.
Well-nurtured, emotionally healthy adults are usually able to keep their more primitive urges in check by using intelligence as their choice-making filter. Healthy people intellectually weigh the potential consequences of their actions before acting, which most of the time keeps them out of trouble. However for those people either challenged by an underdeveloped emotional life, one out of balance with their intellect, or for those under extreme emotional or other more external stressors, emotional decision-making can and will predominate.
Even the most well intended smart and committed dieter may ‘end up’ scarfing down those intellectually undesired brownies and chocolate bars unless following an eating plan, having healthy regular snacks and avoiding the buffet line when tired or emotionally vulnerable.
In a similar way powerful, overly stressed out intelligent, intimacy-challenged people who don’t necessarily intend to cheat, sext, have affairs lie and manipulate can ‘find’ themselves’ getting into impulsive and sexually addicted behaviors as an attempt to emotionally self-medicate and to feed themselves spiritually. These are not the unfortunate choices of bad people or decisions made due to low intellect or a lack of understanding of the potential consequences.
These repetitive, problematic sexual faux pas are the reactive, denial based, tunnel-vision decisions of overstressed, emotionally challenged individuals either unable or unwilling to accept the simple human needs we all share for honest, vulnerable, intimate connection, rest, self-care and an ongoing active process of self-examination.
And this also hurts as well: good advice from Fox News. When Fox is offering solid advice to a Dem, it hurts us all: http://www.foxnews.com/...