Dr. Sue Johnson: Pursuit of Sexual Novelty Stems From Emotional Numbness
Dr. Sue Johnson · #62 Dr. Sue Johnson: Cracking the Code of Love · Jul 23, 2019 · at 48:06
Psychologist Dr. Sue Johnson challenges popular relationship advice claiming that sexual novelty and exoticism are necessary to maintain romantic passion.
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“You need novelty when you're numbed out and shut down, and you need more and more novel sensation to have you get turned on. That's the way I see it. Novelty is about how we've numbed out our sexuality. Not how, no, it's not about freedom.”
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