Dr. Alok Kanojia

You know, I think when we're talking about addictions,

There's the behavior itself.

So a lot of parents, especially if we're talking about things like technology and stuff like that, I mean, I hear this all the time where, you know, how do I get my kid off of the iPad or less time on the computer or PlayStation or whatever?

And to understand that any behavior, if you just try to take it away,

there's gonna be a lot of friction, a lot of resistance.

It's like kicking somebody's crutch out from underneath them.

Yeah, so I think, yeah, I think a crutch is a little bit different because I think you really need the crutch.

Like if you've got a broken leg or something, but yeah, absolutely.

I think the key thing that I think most professionals who work with humans stumble into is there's a fuel that's driving the addiction.

Yeah.

And if you really want the addiction to melt away, if you want it to kind of expire of its own accord, it's really about understanding what is the fuel that's driving it.

And you sort of mentioned, you know, technology.

And it's not just sex because nowadays we have things like OnlyFans, right?

And so OnlyFans is going to activate the brain in a way that even pornography doesn't.

Because there's this parasocial relationship.

When you think about pornography, you're like a passive consumer.

But now what's happened with OnlyFans is these people are like influencers.

You can message them.

They say your name.

They say your name.