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Depression and Anxiety Caused By Life's Adversities

In the SHM Community Forums, Dini admired one member's courage of speaking out his feelings about his depression and anxiety. He answered his concern by writing: JJunalo, Hello and welcome to these forums. I'm glad you felt comfortable enough to come here and have the emotional courage to say what is truly going on with you; in my humble opinion, that takes courage and I admire it!...

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Porn and Self-Gratification as Stress Relief

To answer the question of one forum member: "Are porn and self-gratification primarily subconscious relief of tension for my boyfriend?", Joanna answered… Hello Dana! Welcome to our forums. To begin answering your question about stress relieving, yes indeed, masturbation (to whatever stimuli) is a stress reliever for many people (men and women). The damage of course occurs when...

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Losing One's Cheerfulness

In the SHM Community Forums, Manuel shared his thoughts with one forum member who wanted to know why did he change from a happy person to cynical, socially unfit, angry person. He said: Sarah, I also want to welcome you to these forums and can completely understand your wanting earlier, simpler times. Its normal to want the peace of innocence. If you are plagued by the recent past, you have many...

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Know if You're Depressed

In the SHM Community Forums, Joanna shared her thoughts on how to identify depression and the need of taking medications. She wrote: Jessica, Welcome to these forums! We haven't had someone ask this question for a while, but you may to search on 'antidepressant" or "antidepressant" and see what the millions of people who have passed through here have had to say over the...

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Helping Someone Depressed

In the SHM Forums, Joanna responded to one member who was asking for an advice on how to help someone depressed. She wrote: I agree with Dini about your having done the right thing about not calling her doctor. If you had, he/she would need to tell her (standard protocol); and THEN this woman would really have something to be upset with you about. Crossing that line is unforgivable for most...

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