{"id":265477,"date":"2019-01-15T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1005291"},"modified":"2019-01-15T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T19:40:00","slug":"dax-shepard-says-he-maybe-had-a-sex-addiction-back-in-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/dax-shepard-says-he-maybe-had-a-sex-addiction-back-in-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Dax Shepard Says He “Maybe” Had a “Sex Addiction” Back in the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Phil<\/strong> McGraw<\/strong> has a way of getting people to open up.<\/p>\n

In the latest episode of his Phil in the Blanks<\/em> podcast, he had a candid conversation with Dax Shepard<\/a><\/strong>\u2014so candid, in fact, that they dared to delve into the actor’s sexual history. “I’d say I’ve had what could maybe be called a sex addiction at some point in my life,” said Shepard, who has been married to Kristen Bell<\/a><\/strong> since 2013. “Not one that I had to seek treatment for, but…”<\/p>\n

According to McGraw, “There are worse addictions!”<\/p>\n

“There are worse addictions, yes,” Shepard said with a laugh.<\/p>\n

For years, the 44-year-old Ranch<\/em> actor recalled, “I would just say, ‘I’ve had sex with a lot of people. I like to do it. It’s healthy. Who cares? I’m not getting diseases. I’m single. Whatever.'”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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After a fight with his then-girlfriend (whom he did not name) on the phone, Shepard said he had an epiphany. “I hung up the phone, I was driving in the car and I immediately got horny,” the actor recalled. “Now, that is a biochemical feeling; I’m getting a serotonin dump. Whatever I’m getting, that’s a physiological thing: horniness. So, I’m just feeling authentically horny. And I think, ‘Hmm, I’m going to text this girl I know.’ And I text this girl\u2014and there was a delay. And then I just had this moment of clarity. I was like, ‘That’s suspicious. I just felt disempowered by my girlfriend and immediately I got horny. Could me brain be, like, taking care of me?'” Later, he explained, it made Shepard wonder if his brain “made” him feel horny so he didn’t feel pain.<\/p>\n

McGraw agreed it was probable, saying, “Think about it: For every thought you have, there’s a physiological corollary.” But when it comes to how people’s brains interpret complex subjects, McGraw told Shepard, “You assign the meaning to it: This is sexual arousal, this is fear arousal, this is excitement arousal, [so] you just point it in whatever direction your mind wants to take.”<\/p>\n

For more from McGraw’s interview with Shepard, subscribe to his podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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