Dr. Drew: Allow Weiner to save his marriage

Editor's note: Drew Pinsky is the host of "Dr.Drew" on HLN, shown weeknights at 9 p.m. ET and PT. A practicing physician, he is on the staff at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California. Pinsky is also assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Keck USC School of Medicine.

(CNN) -- He's finally come clean. After days of lying, Rep. Anthony Weiner has admitted to what he couldn't cover up any longer.

Here's what everyone wants to know: Why did he lie? Why did he tweet a photo of himself bare-chested, to a woman he'd never met?

Why did a middle-aged, newly married man need attention from women who were strangers? Is he technically a cheater?

Rep. Weiner answered the first question himself. He said he lied because he was embarrassed and didn't want to get caught. Fair enough.

I'll address the others. But I can't say I know what he was thinking, because I don't.

Dr. Drew: Weiner apologizes for "terrible mistakes"

Rep. Weiner doesn't truly know why, either. He certainly didn't contemplate the consequences of his actions. It's hard for most of us to make sense of what people are trying to gain from these sorts of exchanges. What exactly are they hoping to evoke from the people to whom they are sending images?

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