He has been working alongside him for seven years. In fact, since she hosted It starts today every day of the week on France 2, Faustine Bollaert
is surrounded by a team made up of psychiatrists, lawyers, and psychologists. Among them is the emblematic Laurent Karilapsychiatrist and addictologist.
Introduced as her “brother” by the host, the man with an easily recognizable physique helps the latter to better understand and analyze the situations of the guests on the show. This Monday, April 1, 2024, he was invited to the Buzz TV from Figaro
. Facing Sarah Lecoeuvre and Damien Canivez, the author of We only have one life, Doctor: addict or not?or Cocaine addictionwas asked about his works.
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Sex addicted patients
But in particular on the advice he can provide regarding sex. The opportunity for Sarah Lecoeuvre to ask a very specific question to her guest after having taken up a passage from one of her books: “There is still porn, with compulsive masturbation… so I was amazed. You say that patients can masturbate for up to 108 hours in a row”.
“Yeah I got that.”confirmed the psychiatrist before continuing: “It’s true, but we are in a sexual addiction. There is no more pleasure. Sex is used like a drug to avoid suffering. But these patients, they suffer. That’s – say that they consume sex as if they were consuming cocaine. When they reach orgasm, ejaculation, this sexual finality, behind them, they are in shame, guilt, despair”.
Therapies exist to treat them
In an attempt to help his patients, Laurent Karila indicates that therapies exist. Called “motivational interviews”these make it possible to change a patient’s behavior. “We will therefore act on his thoughts which induce inappropriate behavior. That is to say, sex addict. For example, he will have great news, like earning money, he will say to himself ‘ok I I’m going to have sex’. He’s going to get bad news, he’s going to have sex. He’s going to be stressed about something, he’s going to have sex too. He’s using it as a treatment.”he indicated.
Behaviors that Sarah Lecoeuvre and Damien Canivez would never have thought of.