All Things Psychological
Posted in brain and mind, love relationship on Mar 2nd, 2010
Just added another post in the “Marriage Story” tab above. Make sure you read it and tell your friends! You are witnessing the writing of a book in progress!
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Posted in brain and mind, love relationship on Feb 25th, 2010
I have decided to give my readers an extra treat on this blog! If you look up at the navigation button at the top of this blog, click on “A Marriage Story.”
I am about to begin a mulitple post “journey” of a recently married couple, Paul and Francesca. We are going to post each week for a [...]
Posted in brain and mind, marital affair on Feb 19th, 2010
Almost 50% of affairs for women occur with co-workers and more than 60% of affairs for men begin in the office. This is a clear indication that it is people in our daily lives that ignite passion and create situations where lust can be experienced, even if people do not realize what is happening until [...]
Posted in brain and mind, love relationship on Feb 12th, 2010
Valentine’s Day, February 14th, is a celebration of lovers. But, if we go beyond the commercialization of this day, with red roses, fancy dinners and pajama-grams, we can see a deeper, more significant meaning to this day.
Valentine was a bishop who married Romans in secret, celebrating their love for one another, at a time when [...]
Posted in communication, intimacy, marital affair on Feb 12th, 2010
Only 35% of couples with marital infidelity stay together. Hurt, humiliation, disappointment are very powerful feelings that often lead to blaming and attacking. Depression, anxiety and fear can occur following the betrayal. Trust is gone. There is a deep feeling of loneliness and shame, and concern about the future. Partners often don’t know how to [...]
Posted in brain and mind, marital affair on Feb 6th, 2010
Internet affairs have become a new way of reaching out to people outside one’s marriage for companionship, love and sex. In this article we discuss the differences between these affairs and real time affairs.
Internet infidelity is an issue of endemic proportions not only for the sheer number of people involved in them, but also because [...]
Posted in brain and mind, marital affair on Jan 22nd, 2010
Brain Chemistry and Affairs
Is there a correlation between the levels of some brain chemicals and vulnerability to extra marital infidelity? Research in this area indicates that, while physical tendencies may be changed by our ability to think and reach logical decisions, our brain chemistry can influence our behaviors and choices. Of these chemicals, three in [...]
Posted in brain and mind, marital affair on Jan 20th, 2010
Emotional disconnection and Infidelity
As we saw in the preceding blog on the psychological traits that make people more vulnerable to extra marital infidelity, it is the emotionally disconnection from their romantic partners – whether because one or both are insecurely attached, or because external circumstances weakened their emotional connection with one another – that makes [...]
Posted in love relationship, marital affair on Jan 10th, 2010
Elements that make people more vulnerable to extra marital infidelity.
In addition to the general situations created by being in long term intimate relationships, there are specific elements that make affairs more likely to occur.
When people live in marital situations where there is a lot of hostility, for instance, an affair may be a way of [...]
Posted in brain and mind, marital affair on Jan 7th, 2010
Conditions Favorable to Affairs
We all fantasize at times about what it would be like to have an affair with one person or another. These fantasies can reflect the dissatisfaction we may experience at some points in our lives, the frustrations, the boredom, or the need to recapture the excitement of a time in our lives [...]