Episode 18: What Is Sex Addiction + Horcrux Theory

Sex Addiction Edition of the Betrayal Trauma SOS Podcast

What is sex addiction and might you or a loved one be struggling with sex addiction?

In this sex addiction podcast episode, we will take a whole body approach. Let’s discuss how sex addiction affects people physically, emotionally and spiritually. I’ll even share my horcrux addiction theory.

We'll discuss:

• What is sex addiction?
• Why is it important to be informed about sex addiction?
• Is sex addiction legit????
• Learn how sex addiction affects the user physically.
• How can sex addiction affect the user emotionally?
• Learn how sex addiction affects the user spiritually.
• Sex Addiction Horcrux Theory

Key Quotes from this week's episode: Fight the New Drug says that, “ Porn happens to be fantastic at forming new, long-lasting pathways in the brain. In fact, porn is such a ferocious competitor that hardly any other activity can compete with it, including actual sex with a real partner. That’s right, porn can actually overpower the brain’s natural ability to have real sex! Why? As Dr. Norman Doidge, a researcher at Columbia University, explains, porn creates the perfect conditions and triggers the release of the right chemicals to make lasting changes in the brain…. Repeated consumption of porn causes the brain to literally rewire itself. It triggers the brain to pump out chemicals and form new nerve pathways, leading to profound and lasting changes in the brain….” Neurosurgeon Donald Hilton challenges the idea that drugs are only things that you can purchase: “Why is it that some consider adrenaline and dopamine to be drugs if drug companies produce them, yet they will not acknowledge these same chemicals to be drugs if pornography stimulates the brain to produce them?” From Fight the New Drug, “The rise in porn-induced erectile dysfunction is something to be alarmed about. Frequently watching porn can lead to erections which can increasingly ONLY be induced by hardcore pornography. That’s not healthy.” The following is from a Brannon Patrick Instagram post, “Addiction is a deathless death, it numbs the pain and the joy.” The following is a quote from Clay Olsen, who is the Co-Founder & President of Fight the New Drug. Clay says, “Having a healthy perspective of yourself, and a healthy amount of self-esteem and confidence is very important in maintaining a healthy lifestyle overall. The fantasy of porn tends to take away from that and give consumers the idea that they’re not good enough exactly as you are. We fight against that, and we fight to say that you are worth loving, and you are good enough.” From the book Love You, Hate the Porn by Mark Chamberlain and Geoff Steurer they say, Pornography’s “ultimate price: When he’s going to it, he’s not going to her.” The same can be said of women and can be reworded, “when she’s going to it, she’s not going to him.” SOURCES

Donald L. Hilton Jr., MD speaks to Youth and Parents about Pornography and its impact on the Brain

Brain, Heart, World (3 online videos)

Is Addiction a Choice Or a Disease? Therapy Brothers podcast

Brannon Patrick Instagram Post about how Addiction Isn’t Just Compulsive Behavior