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Episode·58 min

Understanding Porn Addiction — Shame, Compulsion and Control

with Dr Shane Kraus

Dr Shane Kraus on the research behind compulsive sexual behaviour, the difference between heavy use and clinical addiction, and what actually helps men untangle shame from change.

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Understanding Porn Addiction — Shame, Compulsion and Control

58 min

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Jett: Shane, you've spent your career on this. Where does the field actually agree?

Shane: We agree that compulsive sexual behaviour is real and treatable. We disagree, healthily, about whether 'addiction' is the right frame for all of it.

Chris: What does that mean for the man listening who thinks he has a problem?

Shane: It means the label matters less than the question — is this costing me something I want to keep?

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