EP233: Understanding Why Youth View Pornography: An Interview with Braxton Dutson and Dr. Stacey Diane Arañez Litam
The Thoughtful Counselor
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Masturbation as a Form of Reducing Stress
Masturbation serves a lot of really wonderful purposes. It could be anything from just decreasing stress to cultivating connection. When i'm exploring this with people, oftentimes they haven't asked themselves, why do i want to master bate right now? What's going on for me? Is this just a pattern? Or is it helping us to fall asleep? So we start being curious about what is happening and why. A coping skill can definitely be masturbation, but it typically involves a little bit more of that mindfulness.
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