http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/Dr Sarah Ullman - the neuroscience of sexual addiction and arousal dysregulation - the legacy of toxic childhood... enThu, 27 Jan 2011 21:38:26 PSTTypePad http://www.typepad.com/Sarah Ullman, PhDnoDr Sarah Ullman - the neuroscience of sexual addiction and arousal dysregulation - the legacy of toxic childhood...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/zUes4EzSE5M/sex-addiction-and-the-science-of-forgiveness.html12-step programsaddictioncybersex/pornographyneuroscienceSciencesex addictiontreatmentforgivenessneurosciencerehabsciencesex addictionSarah Ullman, PhDThu, 27 Jan 2011 21:52:24 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551ee32d188330148c814397b970cThe power of forgiveness when 'done right' is a neuropsychological process that destroys the biochemical abilty of your brain to re-enact shame, the sex addicts drug-of-choice. It re-trains your brain to learn a new level of normalcy, one without the debilitating correlates of shame. When this occurs, your brain produces different neurochemicals that the brain interprets as healthy and an amazing thing begins to happen - you are now motivated, driven actually, to keep that new level of normalcy, to keep shame out and keep serenity in. That is the neuropsychological power of forgiveness.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/zUes4EzSE5M" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/01/sex-addiction-and-the-science-of-forgiveness.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/o7P3bhcpsHE/the-disease-of-sex-addiction-and-the-danger-of-diagnostic-denial.htmladdictioncybersex/pornographyneuroscienceSciencesex addictionaddictioncyberporncybersexneurosciencesex addictionsocial neuroscienceSarah Ullman, PhDSun, 29 Nov 2009 23:49:53 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551ee32d188330120a6ec4389970bConcerning the exponentially exploding misinformation at best, and outright dishonesty by way of personal agenda at worst, when it comes to sex addiction the public has it all wrong and it is the experts (in part) to blame - afterall, most of them have it wrong as well, and neither camp is particularly interested, it would appear, in getting it right. This must change.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/o7P3bhcpsHE" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/11/the-disease-of-sex-addiction-and-the-danger-of-diagnostic-denial.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/eHgXTlDnRBA/the-neuropsychology-of-shame-and-guilt-the-sex-addicted-legacy.htmladdictionnarcissistic personality disorderneurosciencesex addictionfrontal lobeguiltlimbic systemnarcissismpsychopathsex addictionshameSarah Ullman, PhDMon, 13 Apr 2009 15:04:08 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-65338715Healing the adult sex addicted brain is accomplished by gently and lovingly and painstakingly providing new memories, healthy, loving memories from those with expertise and in positions of primary emotional support - replacing the old with the new, and healing the brain within. The heart will surely follow.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/eHgXTlDnRBA" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/04/the-neuropsychology-of-shame-and-guilt-the-sex-addicted-legacy.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/sQFOWwponbw/healing-the-shame-in-sexual-addiction-what-the-ojibwa-of-hollow-water-first-nation-can-teach-us.htmlsex addictiontreatmentaddictionhealingHollow WaterOjibwasex addictionshametreatmentSarah Ullman, PhDMon, 06 Apr 2009 17:10:13 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-65148707"That this task is formidable is softened only by the fact that it takes place in a community that refuses to give up on any of its members no matter how deeply they have been wounded, nor how despicable their...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/sQFOWwponbw" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/04/healing-the-shame-in-sexual-addiction-what-the-ojibwa-of-hollow-water-first-nation-can-teach-us.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/Trd9M3U9c-A/the-neurotheology-of-sex-addiction-treatment-is-god-required-for-recovery.html12-step programsaddictionreligionSciencesex addiction12-stepAAaddictionGodmental healthrecoveryspiritualitySarah Ullman, PhDThu, 12 Mar 2009 20:48:01 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-61168896...Crede, ut intelligas... ~ St Augustine ~ If the 90s were dubbed The Brain Decade, then this new millennium should be called The God Decade. In less than 10 years we have gone from our obsession with finding the G-spot...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/Trd9M3U9c-A" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/03/the-neurotheology-of-sex-addiction-treatment-is-god-required-for-recovery.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/FDrhEUCa9k0/treating-sex-addiction-the-neuroscience-of-integrity.htmltreatmentaddictionintegritymental healthpsychologyreligionsex addictionspiritualtreatmentSarah Ullman, PhDMon, 22 Dec 2008 00:13:55 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-60297684"We are born with two selves, but what we become is the measure of our experiences. We are our experiences. The things we perceive make us who we are. Our perceptions change the size and shape of our brains, they...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/FDrhEUCa9k0" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/12/treating-sex-addiction-the-neuroscience-of-integrity.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/wOEx_Hm2Pnk/cybersex-and-pornography-is-there-a-difference.htmladdictioncybersex/pornographyneurosciencesex addictioncyberingcyberporncybersexpornographysex addictionSarah Ullman, PhDMon, 29 Sep 2008 11:23:21 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-55607592"We have envisioned this as the first fragrance for the technosexual generation. A typical line from the press materials for CK in2u goes like this: "She likes how he blogs, her texts turn him on. It's intense. For right now"...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/wOEx_Hm2Pnk" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/09/cybersex-and-pornography-is-there-a-difference.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/PG_q0hQtRtA/the-neuroscience-of-pornography.htmlneuroscienceaddictioncybersexinternet addictionneurosciencepornpornographysex addictionSarah Ullman, PhDFri, 29 Aug 2008 15:07:58 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-54888092"With advent of the computer, the delivery system for this addictive stimulus has become nearly resistance-free. It is as though we have devised a form of heroin 100 times more powerful than before, usable in the privacy of one's own...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/PG_q0hQtRtA" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/08/the-neuroscience-of-pornography.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/eFyutC2R6VA/cheating-without-touching-fantasy-and-sobriety-in-sex-addiction.htmladdictioneuphoric recallfantasyrecoverysexsex addictionsobrietySarah Ullman, PhDThu, 14 Aug 2008 15:09:25 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-54149834"Images of rapture creep into me slowly as you're going to my head And my heart beats faster when you take me over time and time again But it's just a sweet, sweet fantasy baby" - Mariah Carey - What...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/eFyutC2R6VA" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/08/cheating-without-touching-fantasy-and-sobriety-in-sex-addiction.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/ftK3QaBJm6k/sex-addiction-and-probabilistic-epigenesis-say-what.htmlScienceaddictiondeterminismdevelopmentdevelopmental psychologyepigenesisnature-nurtureneurosciencepreformationprobabilistic epigenesissex addictionSarah Ullman, PhDFri, 08 Aug 2008 12:14:55 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-53355590The Probabilistic Epigenesis model of developmental outcomes assumes that individuals of the same genotype can have different neural and behavioral outcomes according to the dissimilarity of their relevant life experiences... - Gilbert Gottlieb - Say what? Bet you thought I...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/ftK3QaBJm6k" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/08/sex-addiction-and-probabilistic-epigenesis-say-what.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/F5TRWjDFyFI/sex-and-love-and-all-that-jazz-the-arousal-canundrum.htmladdictionarousalBrain Reward CenterdopamineemotionsHPAloveoxytocinpainPEApleasuresexsex addictionSarah Ullman, PhDMon, 14 Jul 2008 15:20:21 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-52688964"And the day came when the risk to remain in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" - Anais Nin - Sexual addiction in its simplest terms is a dysregulation of the pleasure, pain, and...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/F5TRWjDFyFI" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/07/sex-and-love-and-all-that-jazz-the-arousal-canundrum.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/RufbAhv57bg/the-butterfly-effect.htmlSciencechaoschaos theoryfrontal lobelimbic systemLorenzphysicssciencesex addicted brainsex addictionthe butterfly effectSarah Ullman, PhDTue, 08 Jul 2008 00:37:33 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-52018894"In science as in life, it is well known that a chain of events can have a point of crisis that could magnify small changes ...chaos is a science of process rather than state, of becoming rather than being" -...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/RufbAhv57bg" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/07/the-butterfly-effect.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/P7WD4lIntY0/josef-fritzls-addiction-to-sex.htmladdictionFritzlincestJosef Fritzlmental healthpsychiatrypsychologysex addictionsocietySarah Ullman, PhDWed, 02 Jul 2008 08:29:01 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-52128146"The eyes and hands are the sight of recognition. The parts we see least easily. It is the other that knows our hand and eyes the best - Jacques Derrida - Sunday's article in The Independent was titled " Will...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/P7WD4lIntY0" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/07/josef-fritzls-addiction-to-sex.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/HeI6FSPQ9g0/fractals-chaos-and-butterflies-the-physics-of-sexual-addiction.htmlneuroscienceaddictionbrain damagemental healthneurosciencepsychologysex addictionSarah Ullman, PhDTue, 18 Aug 2009 19:24:01 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-51041350"Illusion is the price that must be paid to evolve perceptions that can keep up with a dynamic environment" -Roy Sorensen- When we think of the term "brain damage", we generally experience an instantaneous bristle - a perish-the-thought kind of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/HeI6FSPQ9g0" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/06/fractals-chaos-and-butterflies-the-physics-of-sexual-addiction.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/dDD-slveVWI/back-in-the-saddle.htmlSarah Ullman, PhDSun, 22 Jun 2008 09:48:09 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-51696972WELCOME BACK TO the sex addicted brain! The summer hiatus has ended - whew - and the blog is back! In addition to regular postings, BOLO (be on the look out) for new features such as audio clips, teleseminars, and...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/dDD-slveVWI" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/06/back-in-the-saddle.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/gcyp2wAevwQ/the-neurochemistry-of-love-and-attachment-the-neuroscience-of-narcissistic-personality-disorder---part-iii.htmlnarcissistic personality disorderchildhoodnarcissismnarcissitic personality disorderneurobiologyneurosciencepsychiatrypsychologysexsex addictiontraumaSarah Ullman, PhDFri, 30 May 2008 17:29:42 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-50384244"Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form "come in" she said "I'll give you shelter...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/gcyp2wAevwQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/05/the-neurochemistry-of-love-and-attachment-the-neuroscience-of-narcissistic-personality-disorder---part-iii.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/fAwn-vZNmbQ/traumatic-attachment---the-neuroscience-of-narcissistic-personality-disorder---part-ii.htmlnarcissistic personality disorderCloningerlovemalignant narcissismnarcissistic personality disorderneuroscienceNPDsex addictiontraumaSarah Ullman, PhDFri, 23 May 2008 22:18:19 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-50322844"Hidden inside modern biomedical science, there is a tale that each of us should know. A tale of the starlight and the darkness inside, a tale of the sins of the father and the flame of spontaneous human combusion, a...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/fAwn-vZNmbQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/05/traumatic-attachment---the-neuroscience-of-narcissistic-personality-disorder---part-ii.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/rDX3Zvwlcck/back-in-the-day.htmlnarcissistic personality disorderbrainnarcissismnarcissistic personality disorderneuroscienceRoman Catholic Churchsex addictsex addictionsexual addictionSarah Ullman, PhDSun, 18 May 2008 15:54:25 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-49988134"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that sav'd a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see" How do we separate out from sight, that which we cannot see? Back in...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/rDX3Zvwlcck" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/05/back-in-the-day.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/4U32yhYEKko/sex-and-the-bot.html12-step programssex addictionSarah Ullman, PhDSat, 03 May 2008 20:00:08 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-49363160Rarely does a week pass without my hearing the singularly disturbing slogan "I am sober from my bottom lines". What does this mean - why might it be "disturbing" - and what is a "bottom line" anyway? In the 12-step...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/4U32yhYEKko" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/05/sex-and-the-bot.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/XaDgeL1mUSk/sex-love-and-th.htmlneurosciencesex addictionSarah Ullman, PhDMon, 21 Apr 2008 15:45:28 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-48814074Kevin Hogan over at bodylanguageexpert.com just published a piece featuring the incredibly important 1997 article by Insel on "pair-bonding" in, of all things, the prairie vole. But wait just a minute - what does a vole, I mean a vole...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/XaDgeL1mUSk" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/04/sex-love-and-th.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~3/8VSBPzoRypQ/welcome-to-the.htmlneurosciencesex addictionSarah Ullman, PhDSun, 20 Apr 2008 20:52:00 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-48745126...and oh what a ride it has been! Who would have thought that 5 years ago - no, make that 2 years ago, an entire website would be devoted to sex addiction? Sex addiction as a field (yes, I said...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thesexaddictedbrain/~4/8VSBPzoRypQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://thesexaddictedbrain.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/04/welcome-to-the.htmlSarah Ullman, PhDnonadult