I recently broke up with my boyfriend, and he never found out, but I cheated on him with 3 different guys in the course of our 6 month relationship. And this wasn't something I wanted to do, and I never told anyone about any of it and truly felt terrible every time.

Now that I'm single, I've been hooking up constantly and have had 6 different partners in the last month or so. None of this is easy for me to say because I feel so much shame about it all but I even traded sex for money, and not a lot of it. I've tried to change my lifestyle because I have honestly lost all respect for myself but it's like I can't stop.

Do you think this is a real psychological problem I need to seek help with? If so, tips on how to do that because the thought of talking about it to anyone terrifies me.