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Sunday, Funday. Heal!
I mean it, but I'm also ROTFLMAO, sort of. Don't want to cry no more. Love is always in the air. But watch out for that other stuff.Let me know if you're interested in participating in a PTSD discussion. We will also be discussing NPD and other PDs. ...
Another List. Codependency? PTSD? The Amazing Brain.
It is amazing how books "fall of the shelf," conversations can be just "the words you need to hear," and emails and texts seem Divinely inspired and timely beyond wonder. You get what you need when you need it. When you know better, you will do bette...
Manageable Pieces. Chew Slowly.
I’m taking my cue from Gin, who is also going through a divorce right now and has chosen to post in bulleted lists. This is so spot-on, it should be in the handbook: Don’t try to take in everything, just write lists. Every incident, and there are...
Trauma, PTSD, Partners of Sex Addicts, & Confusion
Image: In the State of Confusion, DeviantArt, Miracle-WorkerThere's been an uptick in the talk about PTSD among partners of sex addicts lately. Bernadine and Gabriella have written about such terrors recently. Here's one symptom: I can't for the life...
Here\'s the Horse You Ordered. Did I?
Image: About That Gift Horse, by Donna Howell-SicklesI have said that the gift of divorce is individuation, which is true for me, but it is analogous to someone giving you a horse for Christmas. Horses are majestic, beautiful creatures, and riding th...
Sunday, Just Another Day - Invicticus or Desidirata?
Okay, I did wince, and I did cry out loud. So shoot me.But in the end, I hope that we can all be the captains of our soul.I couldn't choose. Samuel Barber's Adagio For Strings is supposed be soothing to the soul, an ode to melancholy. So, you choose....


We Never Get Tired, Do We? - Sex Fatigue
I am referring to this obsession with a majority of men, wracked by one single thought,"Maybe I am not adequate, maybe I will not be good enough in bed." I have, in all my years of medical practice in the UK and the US, found that a great majority of men who consult have this question uppermost in their lives. I have also written about this problem, the causes,symptoms and the possible remedies in my book, "Love and Sex for Dummies."
The average Joe, if he knew one of the Gilbert and Sullivan" light operas, would have sung:
"Give up willingly
All matrimonial ambition
To rescue such a one as I
From his unfortunate position."
And our Average Joe would then have scuttled to the porn shop round the corner and picked up some strange Wu Tang aphrodisiac or maybe trawled the Net to find where he can get that great elixir which will enable him to make love all night long. One thing is for certain, his partner will not be saying," Encore une foi"
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Posted: September 22nd, 2009 | Report This Comment