When Secrets Steal Intimacy: How Porn Addiction Turn Marriages Cold

Описание: In this episode of Healing Time Ministries on Daystar, Dr. Doug Weiss explains how addiction—especially pornography—quietly rewires the brain, fuels withholding, and breaks emotional closeness at home. Drawing on Christian counseling and faith-based therapy, he outlines biological, psychological, and spiritual pathways into compulsive behavior and why so many feel unwanted or disconnected despite faith. You’ll learn how Christian psychology integrates faith and mental health to restore connection through biblical truth, repentance, and practical steps that rebuild trust.

Dr. Weiss identifies clear signs of addiction (failed attempts to stop, consequences, tolerance, withdrawal) and shows how object-focused behavior erodes real intimacy. He addresses trauma and sexual abuse wounds, mood and hormone factors, and the sin of withholding, guiding viewers toward spiritual healing, relational healing, and trauma recovery rooted in Scripture. If you’re battling isolation or secrecy, this conversation offers a hopeful roadmap back to presence, touch, and unity in Christ.

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0:00 – A Psychologist’s Front-Row View Of Lost Intimacy
0:21 – Sexlessness Can Be Intentional Or Not—But It Hurts Deeply
0:37 – Quick Recap: Five-Phase Intimacy Curve And Prior Causes
1:12 – New Cause: Sexual/Pornography Addiction And Disconnection
2:08 – Biological Pathway: 1 Corinthians 6:18
2:34 – Why Compulsions Often Begin Long Before The Covenant
3:18 – Soul Wounds: Neglect, Bullying, Abandonment, And Fantasy
3:47 – Spiritual Misdirection: Seeking God In All The Wrong Places
4:05 – Sexual Abuse Wounds And The Need For Intentional Healing
5:00 – Mood Disorders, Hormones, Thyroid: When Biology Blocks Bonding
5:42 – More than 50% Of Men Struggle With This
6:28 – Addiction Markers
7:58 – Object-Oriented Sex Hurts Connection; Partner Feels Used
8:16 – How Addiction Erodes Intimacy and Steps Toward Help