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What Caused Me to Have SSA? Part 4 – The Role of Puberty

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Image via Wikipedia The Role of Puberty Introduction Here’s an obvious fact for males :  puberty dramatically changes us!  If being born with extra “sensitivity” is arguably the most important factor in what initially creates a male’s same-sex  attractions  (SSA) [refer to my Part 1 of this series], then what happens in puberty may “pour the cement” for the foundation of a man’s future sexual identity and addiction.  Let’s see how. Discussion Brain and Body Development.  Research by psychoanalyst Sander Breiner, M.D., [cited in NARTH Bulletin; Vol 15, No 2; Winter 2007] reports that when a pubescent male experiences doubts about his sexual attractions , body appearance, and sexual capacities, these stressors may actually  harm his brain development .  Many experts agree that the brain is in a state of constant change during puberty.  According to Goldman-Rakic & colleagues in their handbook on the neurobiology of cognitive development, certain brain regions can become dysfunctio

Gay man finds freedom from Homosexuality

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Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia The Testimony of Ron Brookman delivered at the National Forum on Marriage Parliament House Canberra , I was a homosexual for 30 years. Every fibre of my being was homosexually driven. Over the last 13 years I have reclaimed heterosexuality . I am now happily married to Ruth, and am the father of 5 children I lead Living Waters, a national Christian organisation which helps people work through issues of broken sexuality, overcoming such issues as homosexuality, sexual addiction , recovery from sexual abuse , and from the wounding that can occur in relationships. As I tell my story I want to highlight truths, not only from my own journey, but also those that I have seen in many peoples’ lives as I have helped them address issues such as homosexuality and sexual addiction. For those 30 years I yearned for a brother, a man with whom I could share my life, to take away my inner loneliness, give me a sense of completeness, a

Newsweek admits the obvious: America is in the grip of sex addiction

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- Newsweek magazine , a rather pedestrian organ of American liberal sensibility, has been compelled to admit the obvious: Americans are addicted to sex in large numbers. Surprisingly enough, the magazine even goes so far as to admit that at least some homosexual activity is related to sex addiction. Newsweek Some hair-raising statistics Newsweek’s “ The Sex Addiction Epidemic ”: 40 million people a day are logging into porn websites, (about 13% of the US population). Up to 9 million may qualify under the strict clinical definition of a “sex addict.” Psychologists specializing in the the disorder have multiplied from 100 a decade years ago to over 1,500 today. Although Newsweek admits that the “digital revolution” has much to do with the situation through the provision of easily-accessible hard-core pornography, it fails to state another obvious point: that the culture of the United States and other western countries is saturated with a “softer” porn that is potentially just as deadl