Music Therapy as an Alternative Treatment for People With Sex Addictions/Hypersexuality Disorder in COVID-19 Outbreak

Abstract

To the Editor: During the COVID-19 outbreak, human activities were quite limited. Each country has conducted large-scale physical distancing, resulting in activities working from home, school from home, to worship from home. All activities that are often carried out from home sometimes cause boredom for many people, so that many people seek entertainment by watching porn videos or engaging in excessive sexual activity, either by doing self-service (such as masturbation) or with a partner. This phenomenon can result in a person becoming a sexual addict, and even experiencing sexuality disorder, which is characterized by abnormally increased sexual activity. Epidemiological and clinical studies have shown that nonparaphilic conditions like this, as well as addiction to drugs, cocaine, alcohol, nicotine, food, and even games. If this is not handled immediately, it will be quite a big problem. Based on scientific reviews, basically, humans are always looking for pleasure in life. One of them is through sexual activity. By engaging in sexual activity, humans can feel the happiness that is obtained from the dopamine hormone released by the brain. The need for this dopamine hormonewhich can be the basis for our further discussion. Quite a number of studies have shown that the dopamine hormone can be released by our brains through stimulation to listen to and play music. Of course, in this context, this means that music can be used as an alternative treatment to help people who experience sex addiction/sexuality disorder get happiness in a healthier way. Through this article, the author also to encourage clinical and academic scientists to initiate research using music therapy to examine natural dopaminergic agonistic agents that target specific gene polymorphisms to “normalize” sex addiction/hypersexual behavior.