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ManTalks Podcast

Dr. Doug Weiss - Porn And Sex Addiction Are More Complex Than You Think

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.8591 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Talking points: addiction, sex, porn, narcissism, relationships, therapy I've yet to meet a man who hasn't struggled at some point in his life with porn addiction. I was one of them. But is sex addiction any different, and is it more or less complex? I sat down with Dr. Doug Weiss, himself a recovered sex addict (37 years and counting!) to get some insight. This is an ep to listen to if you're looking for more insight on a pervasive problem for many, many people. One that can heavily impact relationships, work ethic, and even overall success. [00:01:11] - Dougs defining moment[00:03:27] - Defining sexual addiction[00:19:41] - What is intimacy anorexia, and what’s contributing to it?[00:30:37] - Reinforcing yours AND your partner’s experiences, and matching types of expression in sex[00:39:28] - Partner betrayal trauma[00:44:08] - What makes intimate relationships unique[00:46:19] - More on sex and porn addiction[00:50:45] - Sex addiction and ADHD[00:54:11] - Can you be addicted to validation? [00:57:58] - Can sex addiction escalate into something darker?[01:00:51] - On narcissism Dr. Doug Weiss is the Executive Director of Heart to Heart Counseling Center and has been helping couples and individuals for over thirty years. He is the President of the American Association for Sexual Addiction Therapy where his treatment model for sex addiction, partner betrayal trauma, and intimacy anorexia is used in counseling practices all over the world.  His direct and charismatic approach to handling tough issues has made him sought after for professional appearances on television shows such as The Oprah Winfrey show, Dr. Phil, Good Morning America, 20/20, The Doctors, Daystar, FoxNews, CNN, Montel, and more. Dr. Doug Weiss has written and filmed over 40 books and therapeutic teachings that directly address specific issues in relationships regarding intimacy, sex, partner betrayal trauma, sex addiction, parenting, and more. He has had more than one Lifetime movie made about his counseling practice (Heart to Heart Counseling Center) in Colorado Springs.  Connect with Doug -Website: https://www.drdougweiss.com/ -Intimacy Anorexia: https://intimacyanorexia.com/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdougweiss -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drdougweiss -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/drdougweiss Pick up my brand-new book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide To Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, And Find Freedom: https://mantalks.com/mens-work-book/ Check out some free resources: How To Quit Porn | Anger Meditation | How To Lead In Your Relationship Build brotherhood with a powerful group of like-minded men from around the world. Check out The Alliance and join me today.  Enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the tools and training they’re looking for. And don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts  | Spotify For more episodes, visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.1

When you share your feelings, you're connecting to your spouse and you're getting better at identifying and communicating your feelings. That's the skill you can have. But if not, you will do men tend to do what we're good at. And if you're not good at something, you don't do it. Well, you don't get good unless you practice. But if you don't practice, you stay not good. And then so your wife is not hearing your heart. You're not hearing her heart. And listen, if you want your woman to talk to you and you want her to open up sexually, you got to learn how to feelings. All right, Dr. Weiss, welcome to the man talk show. How are you doing today? You know, I'm doing fantastic, Connor. How are you doing, man? I'm doing good. Yeah, I'm doing very good. I got my workout in this morning, played with my boy. I got to swim, got to work out, got to do treadmill. Man, I'm ready to rock and roll.

0:54.6

Awesome. Awesome. That's good stuff. I know I normally don't do like early morning podcast for whatever reason. Usually I record in the afternoons. We're doing like the first thing this morning, which is, which is kind of nice. I've got my coffee.

0:58.9

This is a good way to start today, you know, having a, having an in-depth conversation.

1:03.4

So before we talk about what we're going to talk about, I'm going to start with the big question, which is tell us a story about a defining moment in your life that made you

1:07.8

who you are today.

1:09.2

Well, especially, you know, what we're talking about, you know, I grew up, I was conceived

1:14.1

in adultery.

1:14.8

So my mom got divorced.

1:16.4

Then she married another guy and then they got divorced.

1:19.4

And then, you know, it was maybe-ish, 12-ish.

1:23.7

And now in my house, we, we, I never saw a book.

1:26.8

There was not a book in the entire house. Okay. But my mom walks in with a college textbook on human sexuality. So this is about, you know, 350 pages of academic sexuality, human sexuality book. Now, no idea how she got this book, but she hands it to me and she says,

1:45.1

Doug, I think you should know this. Well, I don't know what, I don't, I don't remember reading any of it,

1:49.2

but the pictures really were helpful and got me into the whole pattern of, you know, medicating myself

1:56.9

through sex, through pornography, through masturbation, and, you know, getting into that,

2:01.5

uh, ritual of, of doing that. So that was a defining moment because I probably wouldn't have

2:05.7

like come up with that by myself. That's fair. That is very fair. I, I agree with that.

2:10.9

I mean, it's interesting because one of the things over the years, I've been working with men for

2:16.9

a decade now and, you know,

2:18.5

guys from all over the world come into our ecosystem.

2:23.2

And one of the interesting things, one of the things that we'll often do is we'll, we'll ask a question,

2:28.6

like tell another man, you tell the guy that you're, you know, working with the first story

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