The label of sex addiction is often an excuse used by people to avoid taking accountability for poor impulse control or bad behavior.
“when we can turn things into an illness people see it differently than the fact that we have bad impulse control sure right of the fact that we have bad self-control or sometimes the back the fact that we're just bad humans and so if we turn it into an illness now it's a sickness they want to fix us”
The Pivot Podcast · Mar 2022 · 1 episode · 569K views on this topicPage Kennedy suggests that his previous sex addiction was driven by a need for validation and searching for a positive affirmation.
“I think it's more about that yes because if I get that yes I don't even need the girl to actually come over anymore like I don't know I don't feel like is it yes maybe it's that maybe this is a kind of being the hunt the the wanting to feel loved why they appreciate and one”
Impaulsive · Jun 2019 · 1 episode · 195K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.