Despite seeming to be the only people on the planet with the same level of endearing seediness, Tommy Lee and Pam Anderson just can't seem to work it out. They marry, they release sex tapes, they divorce, they marry Kid Rock and write monologues from the perspective of a penis. Yet Tommy Lee recently told Rolling Stone that the crazy kids are giving it another go!

But even couples without 9,000 body modifications between the two of them can be drawn in by the siren song of drunk dialing, desperate booty calls and even revisiting love. After all, everybody knows ex sex doesn't really count.

Dr. Charley Wininger, a licensed psychotherapist and dating coach, explains what keeps some of us continually going back to what he calls "revolving door relationships." "It's often fear of loneliness and fear of being back in the dating world," he says. "The love could really be there and be real, but on a deeper level it's really addiction." (It's hard to believe Pam and Tommy could be addicted to anything.)

See more advice from Dr. Charley after the jump.

According to Tommy Lee, "It's definitely working. You can tell on the kids' faces -- they're happy when we're together." So should couples with children make an effort to get back together for their sake?

Not necessarily, says Dr. Charley. "He doesn't think about what the kids faces are going to look like the next time they split up, and what that does to a kid who needs stability above all else."

But what if a lot of time has passed since you gave her hepatitis C, and her augmentations are famously pleasing to the eye? "Of course there are times when it's worth giving someone a second shot," says Dr. Charley. "It works out when one or both go through a real spurt of growth, either entering therapy or some kind of rigorous program where they can really grow and face their issues. When they do that, then there's a chance." (He said "spurt of growth." All right, we're not that immature. Well, maybe.)

According to Dr. Charley, reconciling couples should go into it with a plan that includes sitting down together to agree on what their issues are, a good relationship book and either individual or couples therapy. "I'm a big believer in people's ability to grow," he says. "But they've got to really be serious about it. You're still going back to the same person."