P*rn addiction and what it is doing to your relationship - when to stay and when to leave
Do You F*cking Mind?
Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa - Neuroscientist and Mindset Coach
4.9 • 914 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
A Marriage on the Brink: Navigating Porn Addiction and Relationship Dynamics
Episode 503
In this episode, I delve into a deeply personal question from a listener who's struggling to cope with her husband's porn addiction. I talk about the devastating impact of this addiction on relationships, and the importance of prioritising your own own well-being.
This ep covers the complexities of porn addiction, its effects on intimacy and trust, and the challenges of recovery. I go into the need for accountability, therapy, and a willingness to confront the underlying issues driving the addiction. AND the importance of setting boundaries and communicating needs clearly in a relationship, and the dangers of gaslighting and manipulation.
A key takeaway from this episode is that recovery from porn addiction is a long-term process that requires effort, commitment, and support.
If you're struggling with a partner's porn addiction or feeling trapped in a toxic relationship, this episode offers a much-needed dose of reality and hope.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, beautiful, and welcome. Hello, beautiful beans and welcome to the podcast episode of today. |
| 0:18.8 | Now, this episode is going to be slightly different as far as |
| 0:23.1 | like the order of the episodes that I'm releasing because sometimes I just get this wave |
| 0:27.5 | of inspiration to do a particular episode on a topic based on a listener question. And that's what |
| 0:32.4 | actually happened to this time. I was going through the listener questions that I could put at |
| 0:36.2 | the end of the episode that I actually do have planned, which I will release end of the week or maybe next Monday, |
| 0:41.4 | depending on whatever. And I came across this particular listener question and I thought, |
| 0:45.9 | that's an episode. That's an episode that I want to talk about and I think it's something that |
| 0:49.7 | I really just kind of want to delve into and speak about it in depth, not just brushing over it |
| 0:57.9 | as the answer to a listener question where then I'm going into all these different topics |
| 1:01.7 | in the one episode, which I love to do, but I can really delve deep into it because it is something |
| 1:06.8 | that I have been asked about in my DMs. I've had emails about this kind of brushing |
| 1:11.8 | brushing over this topic so many times. But the way this listener questions email was written, |
| 1:19.8 | I think the way she's explained her story is so, so great. Like, I mean, it's not great what she's going through, but the way she's explained |
| 1:29.1 | it is so great. And I think there's many, many, many people in a similar position as this listener. |
| 1:34.1 | So I thought, let's do a whole episode on it. And you've already read the title of the episode. |
| 1:37.4 | So you know what it's roughly going to be about. But what I'm going to do is I will start with |
| 1:41.7 | the listener question. And then I'm going to go into, |
| 1:45.3 | you know, what happens with porn addiction, what's going on in the brain. I'm going to talk about, |
| 1:51.0 | you know, what does recovery look like? How likely is recovery? I'm going to be specifically |
| 1:55.3 | answering this listener's questions, but also talking about it from a broader perspective of |
| 2:00.2 | realistically what will it |
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