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Consider the following statement from a 41-year-old married man (all citations are from to cheat—something that may even add spice to their offline relationship.In reality, though, the issue of online cheating is more complex—especially when it concerns sexual activities involving actual interaction with other individuals.People, consciously or not, consider their online sexual relationships as real—they experience psychological states similar to those typically elicited by offline relationships.We say “yes” and you get to answer the question too, with our survey at the end!Let me qualify our position on this by saying that in addition to our involvement now with all things Internet related, and Internet policy, we have been involved with the online relationship question since before most people were on the Internet.Many can forgive, for example, a one night stand sort of fling, where it’s just meaningless sex, but few can as easily brush off an emotional involvement with another woman or man.Emotional involvements take more than time away from the marriage; emotional involvements take attention away from the marriage.Warning signs include: The first step to overcoming cyber sex addiction is to recognize that the problem exists.A doctor or therapist can help identify any underlying problems such as depression, low self-esteem, or fear of real-life relationships.Cyber sex – having online sex talk where you describe in detail what you are doing to each other – has been around as long as the Internet itself.It used to be ‘just’ talk – sending steamy text in chat rooms or talk programs.I myself have been the moderator for online relationship forums starting back with People Link and Qlink (systems into which you had to dial in, before there was ubiquitous Internet), and even back then, the question came up quite regularly.Here’s the thing: ask just about anyone which bothers them more – the idea of their spouse or mate being physical with someone, or the idea of their spouse or mate becoming emotionally involved with someone, and the vast majority of them will say that the latter is far worse.Accordingly, cybersex is about sex, but a form of sexual encounter involves experiences typical of other encounters, such as sexual arousal, masturbation, orgasm, and satisfaction.Indeed, people consider cybersex to have a high degree of psychological reality—but many do not consider it to be consider it to be infidelity.