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Overcoming Social Phobia
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
Everybody experiences an irrational and strong aversion or fear of a particular thing, individual, or situation. This condition is generally referred to as phobia. There are numerous types of phobia, and one of the most ...
The Games Memories Play
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
People have been making stuff up for as long as anyone can imagine, perhaps even longer. The human mind is capable of incredible feats of creativity and artistic talent, though this is not usually applied ...
The Ghost in Her Womb: The Phenomenon of False Pregnancy
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
Today in Kansas City, Missouri a woman is currently on trial for kidnapping resulting in death. At the center of this trial is a medical condition that the defense insists that Lisa Montgomery suffers from ...
Why the Key to Impotence May All Be in Your Head
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
Stress has become an inevitable consequence of modern life, and we are subjected to increasing amounts on a daily basis. The term stress was originally coined and defined by Hans Selye in 1936 as "the ...
Eroding Happiness Through Emotional Abuse
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
People experience having bad relationships with their friends, co-workers, family, and their partners. It is considered normal for them to fight once in a while, have misjudgments, and so on. But sometimes, things can get ...
The Chocolate Diagnosis
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
Eating chocolate is one of the world's most popular passions. The typical Swiss eats more than 21 pounds of this chocolate each year. Even the average Belgian or Brit downs some 16 pounds annually. In ...
Saving Difficult Relationships through Communication
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
Admit it or not, relationships with others are important to us as human beings. Relationships with parents, siblings, friends, boyfriends, girlfriends, professors, roommates, and classmates can bring joy and takes on added significance in our ...
Abusive Relationships: Leave and Re-live!
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
Everyone, at least once in their lives, have experienced getting into a relationship. When you are in a healthy relationship, both individuals support each other, sharing the good times and helping or supporting each other ...
The More Common Irrational Fears
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
Fear, along with death, can probably be listed as being among the chief equalizers of humanity. Everybody dies and everybody is afraid of something, after all. Fear keeps people from doing stupid things and can ...
Counseling: Salvaging Your Happily-Ever-After
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
They say a healthy and harmonious relationship promotes well-being to the people involved in it. But what happens when the marriage starts dwindling? When the sparks seem to have disappeared? Anxiety builds up - anxiety ...
Suicide and PTSD: Post-War Torture
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
Three hundred miles off the Argentina coast in the South Atlantic lay the Falkland Islands, also known to the Argentines as Islas Malvinas. It consists of two main islands, East and West Falklands which lie ...
Overcoming Media Sensationalism: Finding Calm In A World Of Irrational Fears
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
The media and the modern world both seem to be incredibly adept at inspiring fear and anxiety in people. Between reports of possible terrorist threats to the mundane possibility that your food could carry several ...
Unlocking the Link Between Creativity and Depression
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
Edgar Allan Poe, Honore de Balzac, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, Audrey Hepburn, and even Jim Carrey all had something in common. Aside from being renowned artists, they were also afflicted with depression. It has been ...
Testicular Problems And Sexual Activity
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
The frequency of sexual activity and performance changes as men reach the latter stages of their life. This happens because the production of testosterone lessens as people get older. Testosterone is a hormone that is ...
Sex Can Be Addictive
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
In the movie Blades Of Glory, the character Chazz Michael Michaels, played by actor Will Ferrel, was a self-confessed sex addict. For those who do not believe in the possibility of people being addicted to ...
Cigarette Smoking is Dangerous to Your Sexual health
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
According to a 2006 survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 22% of high school students in American smoke cigarettes everyday. In fact, even if the study indicated that smoking had ...
Coming Back To Haunt You
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
Children all tend to show signs of anxiety. This is understandable since as children have a lot of things to adjust to that adults have already allowed their minds to get used to. All those ...
When You Simply Can't Get Enough or Get It Up
By Malo Alvarez · 16 years ago
Sex...it remains an enigma. It is something quite pleasurable. It is something beyond your wildest desires and secret cravings. For most men...it is the most important thing. Having sex and performing well is a validity ...