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“It isn’t easy to kick this… Because porn shrinks your world.” —Aline Zoldbrod, PhD

“Without my twice-weekly sugar binge, I felt more emotionally balanced and less reactive.”

Gender-affirming surgery, while beneficial in affirming gender identity, is associated with increased risk of mental health issues, underscoring the need for ongoing, gender-sensitive mental health support for transgender individuals’ post-surgery.

“We need to separate clinical hypersexuality from everyday sexual behavior. Many patients who attempt abstinence do so not because of true compulsive behavior, but due to guilt of addiction or societal pressure.”

“When it comes to trying to work out this issue of sleep problems and depression, it is a classic chicken and the egg problem… The question is, when we look at what’s causing what, that’s not just an idle sort of thing to think about. It has direct treatment implications.”