Sexual trauma is a profoundly distressing event that can have lasting effects on an individual's mental health. One common outcome is dissociation, which involves a disconnect between one's thoughts,...
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The response to acute trauma is often characterized by symptoms such as shock, dissociation, denial, and hyperarousal. These symptoms typically last for several weeks or months but can sometimes...
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Sexual function refers to a person's physical and psychological ability to experience sexual stimulation and engage in sexual activity. Functional disorders of sexual stimulation involve difficulty...
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Visual sexual exposure can trigger changes in brain circuitry, altering how individuals respond to sexual stimuli and regulate their emotions. This article explores these changes at the level of...
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: Sexual exposure triggers brain circuitry changes: how it impacts emotional regulation.
In the context of human physiology, sexual desire can be triggered by both genital stimulation and visual cues such as images or videos that are sexually explicit. This is due to a neurological...
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: Sexual desire and visual cues: how repeated exposure to erotic material alters neural pathways in the brain