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Stress: Stress Reduction … NOW!

Have you been feeling frustrated and anxious about the state of the economy? Are you assaulted with bad news every place you look? Is the tension stressing your relationship?  Are you and your partner quarreling rather than love-making?  Do you want to get away from it all?

Well, now you can!  That’s right …

You can start right now — this very minute — to relieve the stress you might be experiencing. The fastest way to do so is no further away than your breathing. You can begin to take charge of your stress level by purposely directing your breathing. Just begin to take gradually slower and deeper breaths. That’s right — do this right now.

What do you feel?

Then, as you allow your breathing to become deeper and slower, imagine that your body begins to relax. Now, allow it to relax even more. Continue to do this until you have increased your level of relaxation and your stress level has strongly diminished.

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Sexuality: The Power of Fantasy to Increase Sexual Desire

ScienceDaily — Scientists of the Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment of the University of Granada have released a new study.  Researcher Juan Carlos Sierra Freire studied how some psychological variables such as
* positive attitude towards sexuality
* sexual fantasies
* anxiety
are related to sexual desire in human beings.

The Study

Using the Sexual Desire Inventory, 608 subjects aged 13 to 43 were studied.  Researchers found that 32% of inhibited sexual desire in men was associated with a negative attitude toward sexuality, as well as some sexual fantasies. Eighteen percent of such inhibited sexual desire in women was due to increased anxiety and decreased sexual fantasizing. According to researchers, these figures show that psychological factors, which have a role in sexual response, depend on gender.

The Power of Imagination

The results of this research reveal
an important relation between sexual desire and positive attitude toward sexuality in men. Men responded more positively towards sexual stimuli and thoughts, and they accepted them more easily. The male population has an attitude that, together with sexual fantasies, heightens sexual drive.

In turn, women also share the imagination at play. The more sexual fantasies they have, the more sexual desire they experience. However, “women normally present more anxiety disorders than men” regarding transitory emotional stages such as anxiety, because anxiety strongly affects women’s sexual function.

This study highlights the importance of sexual fantasies in sexuality. In fact, sexual fantasies are used in sex therapy to diminish levels of anxiety of execution or of sexual activity, provided that there are no organic anomalies (lack of hormones, endocrine disorders, etc.).

The Importance of Education

These Spanish researchers point out that education on sexual stimulation and response as well as healthy attitudes towards sexuality is extremely important. In this way, sexual intercourse is more pleasurable and there is less probability of having sexual dysfunctions.

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Stress: Is Stress Getting You Down?

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There are many times in our lives when stress creeps in and causes great angst.  Life is busy and work, relationships, and responsibilities can seem overwhelming at times.  Do you feel stress getting you down?  Here are some tips to help deal with stress and its after-effects.

Stress has become a major cause of anxiety. If not dealt with, it can have an incapacitating effect on your life.  Often, people with hard-driving, A-type personalities can be prime candidates for stress-induced symptoms.  The perfectionism they tend to seek in what they do never quite measures up to their expectations. This is not a perfect world; it helps when we realize that, as human beings, we aren’t perfect either.

People tend to deal with stress in different ways; perhaps they ignore the initial problem which caused it; retreat within themselves, or fall apart. However, when you recognize the signs, you can often nip it in the bud before it completely takes over.

Using simple exercises can relieve the

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