7 episodes
Addicted to Sex BBC Radio 4
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3.7 • 13 Ratings
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Can you really be addicted to sex or is it just an excuse for bad behaviour? Sangita Myska meets the men and women who suffer from porn and sex addiction.
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Episode 6: Here comes the Science bit...
The term 'sex addiction' is bandied about the news and on therapy couches. But can you really be addicted to sex in the same way a smoker is addicted to nicotine? Through a series of raw, barely edited interviews, this podcast is a search for that answer. Sangita Myska goes behind the scenes at a sex addiction centre to meet the patients, their partners, and the therapists attempting to cure them. It’s not for the faint hearted, we've kept in the explicit language - no BBC bleeping here - because we think it helps you understand the people you're listening to.
Producer: Sarah Shebbeare -
Episode 5: Bingeing on Porn
Sangita Myska talks to village GP Ash who locks himself away for days, not eating or sleeping, to binge on porn and masturbate.
The term 'sex addiction' is bandied about the news and on therapy couches. But can you really be addicted to sex in the same way a smoker is addicted to nicotine? Through a series of raw, barely edited interviews, this podcast is a search for that answer. Sangita Myska goes behind the scenes at a sex addiction centre to meet the patients, their partners, and the therapists attempting to cure them. It’s not for the faint hearted, we've kept in the explicit language - no BBC bleeping here - because we think it helps you understand the people you're listening to.
Producer: Sarah Shebbeare -
Episode 4: The Fallout
Sangita Myska chats to Mandy. She's about to celebrate 27 years of marriage - but she's just discovered she's been married to a sex addict all that time.
The term 'sex addiction' is bandied about the news and on therapy couches. But can you really be addicted to sex in the same way a smoker is addicted to nicotine? Through a series of raw, barely edited interviews, this podcast is a search for that answer. Sangita Myska goes behind the scenes at a sex addiction centre to meet the patients, their partners, and the therapists attempting to cure them. It’s not for the faint hearted, we've kept in the explicit language - no BBC bleeping here - because we think it helps you understand the people you're listening to.
Producer: Sarah Shebbeare -
Episode 3: When Two Worlds Collide
Sangita Myska speaks to Michael who for 25 years, lived as a sex addict and a ‘family’ man - until his wife found out.
The term 'sex addiction' is bandied about the news and on therapy couches. But can you really be addicted to sex in the same way a smoker is addicted to nicotine? Through a series of raw, barely edited interviews, this podcast is a search for that answer. Sangita Myska goes behind the scenes at a sex addiction centre to meet the patients, their partners, and the therapists attempting to cure them. It’s not for the faint hearted, we've kept in the explicit language - no BBC bleeping here - because we think it helps you understand the people you're listening to.
Producer: Sarah Shebbeare -
Episode 2: The Search for Intimacy
Sangita Myska meets Paul, he’s slept with a thousand people but can’t have sex with someone he loves.
The term 'sex addiction' is bandied about the news and on therapy couches. But can you really be addicted to sex in the same way a smoker is addicted to nicotine? Through a series of raw, barely edited interviews, this podcast is a search for that answer. Sangita Myska goes behind the scenes at a sex addiction centre to meet the patients, their partners, and the therapists attempting to cure them. It’s not for the faint hearted, we've kept in the explicit language - no BBC bleeping here - because we think it helps you understand the people you're listening to.
Producer: Sarah Shebbeare -
Episode 1: Sex and Ultimately… Violence?
Sangita Myska meets Neila, who feared her porn addiction could get another woman badly hurt.
The term 'sex addiction' is bandied about the news and on therapy couches. But can you really be addicted to sex in the same way a smoker is addicted to nicotine? Through a series of raw, barely edited interviews, this podcast is a search for that answer. Sangita Myska goes behind the scenes at a sex addiction centre to meet the patients, their partners, and the therapists attempting to cure them. It’s not for the faint hearted, we've kept in the explicit language - no BBC bleeping here - because we think it helps you understand the people you're listening to.
Producer: Sarah Shebbeare
Customer Reviews
Very Interesting on a real threat to the youngest generations
I feel this issue is often dismissed as just bad habits or wrong choices. Since this is still a tabu subject it's too easy to discriminate vs substance abuse which is considered "real addiction". But now society recognizes gambling addiction is real even though there is no substance ingested. I would recommend Sangita Myska and everyone interested in the subject of the often neglected or minimized porn addiction issue, to read the book "Your Brain on Porn" by Gary Wilson, and excellent investigation on the subject.
Issue
Really feel like this narrator is very biased and has no idea what it’s like to be addicted to anything.
Terrible host
Hosts treats it like it’s a joke. Subjects are very interesting and eloquent.