What is sexual addiction and how do you know when it's a real problem? In this compelling and timely episode, Dr. Doug Weiss defines sexual addiction not as a moral failure, but as a behavioral pattern used to medicate pain, avoid intimacy, and escape stress. If you've tried to stop, made promises, and still return to porn, hookups, or compulsive behavior, this conversation may finally give language to what you're struggling with.

Discover how early exposure to pornography in adolescence can shape the brain, chemically bond it to sexual images, and disrupt healthy development. Modern culture, through the use of dating apps, endless porn access, and future sex robots, is conditioning people to disconnect from real intimacy and become neurologically addicted to fantasy.

You’ll learn the difference between guilt and shame, the red flags of an addiction spiral, and the reason young men and women are crashing emotionally and relationally earlier than ever before. If dating feels empty, connection feels out of reach, or you’re constantly cycling through regret, you’re not alone. This clip reveals how we arrived at this point and, more importantly, how someone can find healing.

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