February 2008 - Posts

• Friends and Lovers

  Whatever the challenges of a male female friendship in order to succeed as friends both genders have to openly and honestly negotiate exactly what their relationship will mean, whether sexual attraction is a factor and how they will deal with it as well as the mutual understanding of agreed boundaries. The friendships that survive and even do very well, after sex and attraction, are those in which the friends extensively discussed the meaning of the sexual activity and feel confident and positive about each other’s feelings. Once they got past that they could enjoy a long lasting relationship. If sex is an important part of the relationship talking about it explicitly is the best strategy for making sure the friendship survives. The issue will deteriorate if the couple try to ignored it. So it can be said that male female friendship does have something in common with romantic relationships and to make it work communication is the key. Posted Feb 19 2008, 05:43 PM by psychology with 1 comment(s)

• Stress sensitization

  Stress sensitization can be extremely harmful it can trigger high blood pressure, diabetes, ulcers, asthma and digestive and lung ailments among others. We may respond to stress as we do an allergy. That is, we can become sensitized, or acutely sensitive, to stress. Once that happens, even the merest intimation of stress can trigger a cascade of chemical reactions in brain and body that assault us from within. Stress is the psychological equivalent of ragweed. Once the body becomes sensitized to pollen or ragweed, it takes only the slightest bloom in spring or fall to set off the biochemical alarm that results in runny noses, watery eyes, and the general misery of hay fever. But while only some of us are genetically programmed to be plagued with hay fever, all of us have the capacity to become sensitized to stress. Posted Feb 05 2008, 04:44 PM by psychology with 1 comment(s)