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How to Work with Limerence and Not Against It
How to Work with Limerence and Not Against It

Psychologist Dorothy Tennov first described the term in 1979 in her book Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love. Limerence is less grounded than love because it involves a heck of a lot of projection and fantasy. Instead of seeing the other person for who they are, flaws and all, someone in the throes of limerence will ignore red flags because “love conquers all.” They may imagine activities and outings with the other person, how they’ll dress, what they’ll say because at this point, the other person is still a mystery.  

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Gender Openness, Sex Therapy, Sexuality, SexologyDenise Renyehealthy relationships, mens health, mentalhealth, love, love addiction, relationship creativity, romantic relationship, toxic relationship, marin county sexologist, marin county psychologist, marin county CA, marin county, marin county sex therapist, EMDR therapist Marin county
Let’s Normalize Self-Care for People with Prostates
Let’s Normalize Self-Care for People with Prostates

I also want to acknowledge that because the prostate is accessible via the anus, and prostate milking can be practiced as a form of sexual pleasure, some folx may feel resistant to using this technique. Because many people continue to subscribe and use heteronormative languaging, they may feel scared and even consider this as “doing something gay.” And at the same time, a body part doesn’t have a sexual orientation. Body parts are neutral. They are attached to people and people are the ones that have sexual orientations.

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Denise Renyeprostate, mens health, mental health, ptsd, men's health, masculine, prostate massage, prostate gland, pleasure, sexual pleasure, sex positive, marin county sexologist, marin county psychologist, marin county CA, marin county