Dr K (Bad Habit Addiction Doctor): The Truth About Dopamine, Addiction, Pornography & Masturbation

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Society & Culture, Business, Education

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🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 118 minutes

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World-Renowned Addiction Expert Dr. K reveals the SHOCKING truth about masturbation, pornography, dopamine burnout, incels, and why 60% of men under 30 are single. Dr K from Healthy Gamer! Dr. Alok Kanojia (aka Dr. K) is a world-leading addiction expert, Harvard-trained psychiatrist, and founder of Healthy Gamer, the platform helping young adults break free from porn addiction, dopamine burnout, and emotional numbness. He hosts unfiltered mental health conversations on Twitch and is the author of the book, ‘How to Raise a Healthy Gamer’. He explains: The deadly trap that fuels loneliness How to rebuild your brain and reclaim your energy from dopamine burnout How social media is hijacking your brain’s reward system Why so many young men feel lost and emotionally numb How to reconnect with purpose when life feels empty Topics: 00:00 Intro 02:30 Who Is Dr. K? 03:31 Understanding You Can Only Control Yourself 04:45 The Risk of Wanting to Change Our External Environment 05:42 Internal Work Will Manifest Outward 07:28 How to Stop Having a Bad Day 09:49 How to Get Rid of Desire and Temptation 13:06 Addiction to Pleasure 14:30 Why Ignoring Red Flags Favours Evolution 15:54 Post-Nut Clarity 19:24 The Societal Impact of Porn 22:44 The Mating Crisis: What's Happening Between Men and Women? 27:54 Are Men Disappearing From Society? 35:50 Can Society Take Responsibility for Current Issues? 40:04 Do People Have a Right to Reproduce? 44:04 Helping Patients With Commitment Issues 46:20 Treating Addiction 49:33 Alternate Nostril Breathing Practice 51:59 Why People Are Addicted to Porn and How to Overcome It 52:50 How Willpower Works in the Brain 56:11 Partner Has a Problem With You Watching Porn 57:03 Why Addiction Is on the Rise in Society 58:01 Ads 59:08 Why Do People With Past Addictions Seem to Be Spiritual? 01:00:12 Addiction Example 01:01:43 Intersection of Addiction and Spirituality 01:02:54 Laws of Existence: Why Were You Born in Your Family? 01:05:02 Do You Believe in a God? 01:06:52 Meditation, Ego Death, and Otherworldly Experiences 01:10:59 Why Don’t You Talk About Your Own Spiritual Experiences? 01:15:55 Should People With Depression Use Psychedelics? 01:18:46 What Happens After Death? 01:19:40 How to Cultivate Your "Why" 01:23:34 What You Think You Want vs What You Actually Want 01:30:13 Why Do We Not Like Being With Ourselves in Silence? 01:32:07 Tips for Your Self-Development Journey 01:35:46 Avoidance of Emotions 01:37:53 Ads 01:39:54 Why Resistance Doesn’t Heal Addiction 01:44:04 AI Girlfriends 01:46:06 ChatGPT Feeds Into Your Cognitive Biases 01:51:22 Will AI Hinder Our Ability to Form Relationships? 01:54:06 What Is the Most Powerful Love in Your Life? Follow Dr. K: YouTube - https://bit.ly/4kt6zHD Instagram - https://bit.ly/3GucTk6 Twitch - https://bit.ly/4koV4Rx You can purchase Dr K’s book, ‘How To Raise a Healthy Gamer’, here: https://bit.ly/3U1D3xH Get your hands on the Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards here: https://bit.ly/conversationcards-mp Get email updates: https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt Follow Steven: https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Justworks - http://Justworks.com SimpliSafe - https://simplisafe.com/doac to claim 50% off a new system with a professional monitoring plan and get your first month free.Cadence - https://usecadence.com/ with code DIARY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Rated T for Teen.
0:01.6	Each year, thousands of adults lose their shred.
0:05.1	It's an epidemic simply known as shred loss, but it doesn't have to be this way.
0:09.2	Because rekindling your shred is as easy as playing the new Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4.
0:13.8	With new parks, cross-platform multiplayer, and sick new game modes,
0:18.9	we can put an end to shred loss everywhere.
0:22.2	Hit the new Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4 and show the world that the shred's not dead.
0:26.4	Pre-order Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4 and play the foundry demo.
0:30.0	Anytime we watch pornography, masturbate and get sexual stimulation, our negative emotions, like fear and anxiety, That part of your brain just gets suppressed.
0:38.3	And this is where people get into a lot of trouble because suppressed emotions just grow over time.
0:41.9	So the more guilty I become, the more of a loser I become.
0:44.4	The harder it is to date, the worse I feel about myself, the more I fall into pornography.
0:48.5	So this becomes a neurological cycle.
0:51.0	But here's the real problem.
0:52.3	All addictions are on the rise.
0:54.9	And this is why.
1:00.8	Dr. K is back. And the Harvard-trained psychiatrist is breaking down modern mental health,
1:05.2	addiction, and the non-traditional ways to break away from their cycles.
1:09.9	There's lots of stuff happening around us that affects our lives that we have no control over.
1:11.3	For example, because of the dating and mating crisis, we no longer have sexual connections, emotional connections, and there's a
1:16.2	part of the brain that is getting starved because sex is so important. So there's something missing
1:21.2	in our lives, and that's what is necessary for addiction to grow. And this is creating huge problems,
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