Dr. Shanmugapriya

Benefits of eating sprouts early in the morning

Sprouts can be home-made and they make one of the healthiest breakfasts to begin the day with. 

Top 4 reasons to start your day with a bowl of sprouts.

1. Beneficial in weight loss: Sprouts are high in fiber content and hence beneficial in weight loss because they help in breaking down the fat in our bodies and flushing them out.
2. Rich in vitamins: Most of your required dose of vitamins can be fulfilled by sprouts since they have vitamins a, b-complex, c and d.
3. Add vigor: Sprouts are also known to be rejuvenating foods and add vigor to our bodies.
4. Easy to digest: They are easy to digest and can be eaten by the young and the old too.

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It’s not fun to be a sex addict. The only difference between chemical addiction and sexual addiction is that a sex addict craves sex and not a chemical.
To a sex addict, a sexual act has to be done without regard to potential dangerous consequences. Like other addicts, sex addicts also use sex as a quick fix to relieve anxiety, loneliness, pain or stress.

Understanding sexual addiction
Also called compulsive sexual behavior, hypersexual disorder, nymphomania or hypersexuality, sexual addiction is a state where one is obsessed with sexual thoughts, feelings and behaviours to the extent that it interferes with one’s work, health, relationships and daily activities. The patient follows a routine of acting out sexual desires, followed by denial, shame, despair and confusion. Sometimes but not always, sex fantasies extend to abnormal sexual behaviors that are considered immoral or illegal.

This cycle has to go on for at least six months before sex addiction is confirmed. Other signs of sexual addiction
1. Loss of control and addiction
2. Withdrawal symptoms
3. Lack of emotional attachment

Fortunately, just like other addictions, sex addiction can also be managed.

Diagnosis
Only a trained therapist can diagnose sex addiction. There are a few conditions that can produce the same symptoms as hypersexuality like drug abuse and mental health conditions like obsessive- compulsive disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Some sex addicts can be suffering from these mental health conditions concurrently with their nymphomania. That’s why a trained psychologist has to consider the case in its entirety before making a diagnosis.

Treatment
The first step towards treatment of hypersexuality is the person recognizing that they are out of control sexually. Sex addicts can remain in denial until a significant life event like a divorce or a health crisis prompts them to seek treatment.

Many treatment options are available as cures for sex addiction which include outpatient programmes including counseling and residential sex de-addiction programmes. Residential programmes offer patients a lot of motivation and support and as the patient is removed from his environment, triggers and routines, he finds it easier to overcome sex addiction. Goals of a sex addiction treatment center programme typically include:

1. Commitment to abstinence
2. Developing healthy sexuality
3. Rebuilding relationships
4. Stress management

Treatment for sex addiction usually follows the 12-step model initially developed for substance abuse disorders. Cognitive behavioral techniques help patients to learn thoughts and behaviors that will result in more effective management of their desires and ways to achieve and maintain a healthy, balanced lifestyle. In some cases, medicines used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorders or impulse control disorders can also be used to curb the compulsive nature of the sex addiction. Antidepressants, antiseizure medications and medicines that decrease levels of male hormones have been found to decrease strong sexual urges as well. If you wish to discuss about any specific problem, you can consult a Psychiatrist.

A Short Resume of CBT-Read & Correct Yourself

1. Tension problems - can have somatic, psychological, social dimensions. headaches, bodyaches, abdominal complaints, palpitations, depressions, worry, suspicions, obsessions, fears, sleeplessness, anger etc
2. And tension thoughts cause >Feelings and Behaviors.
3. Based on assumption or guess that most emotional and behavioral reactions-wrong habits are learned.
4. Benefit of remaining calm or at least neutral when faced with difficult situations. (If you are upset by your problems, you now have 2 problems: 1) the problem, and 2) your tension about the problem
5. "Rational thoughts." –are Facts and not assumptions
6. Most emotional and behavioral reactions are learned.That is bad learning
7. What is irrational thinking? It is wrong thinking
8. I need love and approval from those around to me.
9. I must avoid disapproval from any source.
10. To be worthwhile as a person I must achieve success at whatever I do.
11. I can not allow myself to make mistakes.
12. People should always do the right thing. When they behave badly, unfairly or selfishly, they must be blamed and punished.
13. Things must be the way I want them to be.
14. My unhappiness is caused by things that are outside my control – so there is nothing I can do to feel any better.
15. I must worry about things that could be dangerous, unpleasant or frightening – otherwise they might happen.
16. I must avoid life’s difficulties, unpleasantness, and responsibilities. You will try but not always succeed
17. Everyone needs to depend on someone stronger than themselves.
18. Events in my past are the cause of my problems – and they continue to influence my feelings and behaviours now.
19. I should become upset when other people have problems, and feel unhappy when they’re sad.
20. I shouldn’t have to feel discomfort and pain.
21. Every problem should have an ideal solution.

Ego disturbance:

1. Emotional tension resulting from the perception that one’s ‘self’ or personal worth is threatened – and lead to other problems such as avoidance of situations where failure, disapproval, etc. might occur.
2. Looking to other people for acceptance; and unassertive behaviour through fear of what others may think. 
3. Discomfort disturbance:
4. Results from demands about others (e.g. ‘People must treat me right’) and about the world (e.g. “The circumstances under which I live must be the way I want”).
   • Self-help exercises
   • Experiential activities
   • Discussing
   • Thought Stopping
   • Intentional Reframing

The process:A →B → C Understand the

· A = Activating Event of tension.

· B = Beliefs, Thoughts, Attitudes, Assumptions of tension.

· C = Consequences, Feelings, Emotions, Behaviors, Actions of tension.