7 episodes

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.

Addicted to Sex BBC Radio 4

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    • 4.3 • 63 Ratings

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.

    Episode 6: Here comes the Science bit...

    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

    • 15 min
    Episode 5: Bingeing on Porn

    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

    • 19 min
    Episode 4: The Fallout

    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

    • 20 min
    Episode 3: When Two Worlds Collide

    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

    • 20 min
    Episode 2: The Search for Intimacy

    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

    • 23 min
    Episode 1: Sex and Ultimately… Violence?

    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

    • 21 min

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5
63 Ratings

63 Ratings

Mr Lisbon ,

Great

Fascinating listening marred only by interviewer’s rather condescending manner. Otherwise moving and thought-provoking.

Free and Able ,

Great podcast, awful presenter

The subject matter is pretty sensitive and these podcasts have handled it well. Very interesting and eye-opening. However, the interviewer comes across as judgmental, giggly, and oftentimes dismissive. Very much a case of ‘I’ve never experienced it so it’s funny and odd’, instead of ‘I’ve never experienced it so I’m going in with an open mind’. A shame, but otherwise a great set of interviews.

Delius45 ,

Interesting topic - Victorian interviewer

Very interesting, honest and open podcast. marred only by the interviewer having flown in from a Victorian Bishop's Purity Party.

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