1 hour 59 minutes | Monday, 7 July 2025
World-Renowned Addiction Expert Dr. K reveals the SHOCKING truth about masturbation, pornography, dopamine burnout, incels, and why 60% of men under 30 are single. Dr K from Healthy Gamer!
Dr. Alok Kanojia (aka Dr. K) is a world-leading addiction expert, Harvard-trained psychiatrist, and founder of Healthy Gamer, the platform helping young adults break free from porn addiction, dopamine burnout, and emotional numbness. He hosts unfiltered mental health conversations on Twitch and is the author of the book, ‘How to Raise a Healthy Gamer’.
He explains:
The deadly trap that fuels loneliness
How to rebuild your brain and reclaim your energy from dopamine burnout
How social media is hijacking your brain’s reward system
Why so many young men feel lost and emotionally numb
How to reconnect with purpose when life feels empty
Topics:
00:00 Intro
02:30 Who Is Dr. K?
03:31 Understanding You Can Only Control Yourself
04:45 The Risk of Wanting to Change Our External Environment
05:42 Internal Work Will Manifest Outward
07:28 How to Stop Having a Bad Day
09:49 How to Get Rid of Desire and Temptation
13:06 Addiction to Pleasure
14:30 Why Ignoring Red Flags Favours Evolution
15:54 Post-Nut Clarity
19:24 The Societal Impact of Porn
22:44 The Mating Crisis: What's Happening Between Men and Women?
27:54 Are Men Disappearing From Society?
35:50 Can Society Take Responsibility for Current Issues?
40:04 Do People Have a Right to Reproduce?
44:04 Helping Patients With Commitment Issues
46:20 Treating Addiction
49:33 Alternate Nostril Breathing Practice
51:59 Why People Are Addicted to Porn and How to Overcome It
52:50 How Willpower Works in the Brain
56:11 Partner Has a Problem With You Watching Porn
57:03 Why Addiction Is on the Rise in Society
58:01 Ads
59:08 Why Do People With Past Addictions Seem to Be Spiritual?
01:00:12 Addiction Example
01:01:43 Intersection of Addiction and Spirituality
01:02:54 Laws of Existence: Why Were You Born in Your Family?
01:05:02 Do You Believe in a God?
01:06:52 Meditation, Ego Death, and Otherworldly Experiences
01:10:59 Why Don’t You Talk About Your Own Spiritual Experiences?
01:15:55 Should People With Depression Use Psychedelics?
01:18:46 What Happens After Death?
01:19:40 How to Cultivate Your "Why"
01:23:34 What You Think You Want vs What You Actually Want
01:30:13 Why Do We Not Like Being With Ourselves in Silence?
01:32:07 Tips for Your Self-Development Journey
01:35:46 Avoidance of Emotions
01:37:53 Ads
01:39:54 Why Resistance Doesn’t Heal Addiction
01:44:04 AI Girlfriends
01:46:06 ChatGPT Feeds Into Your Cognitive Biases
01:51:22 Will AI Hinder Our Ability to Form Relationships?
01:54:06 What Is the Most Powerful Love in Your Life?
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