Help make history by signing the DSM Revision Petition now! The diagnoses in the DSM-IV-TR still subject people who practice BDSM, fetishes and cross-dressing to bias, discrimination and social sanctions without any scientific basis. Sexual attitudes and behaviors change over time, i.e., it was only 100 years ago that masturbation was thought to cause blindness … Read more
Mental health professionals across the globe have a little known “secret code book” used to diagnose mental illness, i.e., depression, anxiety, etc. In the US it is called the DSM while in Europe it is called the ICD. Psychiatrists generally get paid by insurance companies and use the codes in this 6 pound, 800 page guerilla of a … Read more
I regularly get clients who are concerned about their penis size. Not surprisingly, as Internet porn grows, an increasing number of men think their own penises are too small. After all, porn is the primary source where many men get their ideas about what erect penises look like. Hence, the average guy doesn’t feel like he measures up. … Read more
A frequent question I hear in my office is “Am I normal?” My response is to try a different question, i.e., am I happy? For many people letting go of worries about normality is a giant step toward internal peace and happiness. Remember too that being normal isn’t all that it is cracked up to be. Albert Einstien was hardly … Read more
