Sexual self-worth is the belief that one deserves to be sexually desired, attractive, and competent in bed. It affects people's opinions about their own bodies and sexual abilities, which may...
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: Improving your sexual selfworth through challenging cognitive distortions
Overestimation of the emotional significance of sexually charged moments is a common human phenomenon that has been widely studied in psychology. Many people believe that they are more affected than...
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: How your emotions can lead to incorrect relationship assessment and decisionmaking?
When it comes to dealing with interpersonal problems, many people have a tendency to catastrophize. This means that they may become exaggerated in their reactions to situations, leading them to blow...
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: Overcoming catastrophic thinking in interpersonal problems through strategies
When veterans return home from military service, they may experience difficulties in interpreting ordinary interpersonal interactions and situations as threatening due to their heightened state of...
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: When veterans return home from military service, they may face cognitive distortions that impact relationships.
How does anticipation of sexual rejection affect cognitive and emotional processes during intimacy?
Sexual rejection is a common experience for most people, but its effects on cognitive and...
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: Anticipating sexual rejection can affect your brain and emotions during intimacy
The most common cognitive distortion that can lead to unhealthy sexual beliefs and behaviors in teenagers is the all-or-nothing thinking pattern. This cognitive bias involves seeing things in...
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: Unpacking the cognitive distortions behind teen sexual beliefs and behaviors
Sexual anxiety is characterized by feelings of fear, worry, apprehension, nervousness, or discomfort before, during, or after engaging in sexual activity. It can lead to physical symptoms such as...
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: Sexual anxiety: understanding and managing catastrophizing and other cognitive distortions
Anxiety is an emotional response that can be triggered by various situations in life. It's an unpleasant feeling characterized by feelings of nervousness, worry, fear, and uncertainty about what...
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: Anxiety impacts willingness to explore new sexual experiences: selfdoubt and avoidance behavior can get in the way
The question of whether sexual rejection can trigger cognitive distortions about desirability is an important one that has been studied extensively by psychologists. It has been found that people who...
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: Understanding the impact of sexual rejection on selfesteem and mental health
In order to understand how unmet desires can manifest in psychosocial symptoms, it is important to first define what desires are. Desire is an intense feeling of wanting something or someone. It can...
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: Understanding unmet desires: their impact on psychosocial symptoms