Sexuality in the Context of Chronic Illness

This week presentation hits home for me. The information was really helpful and the wiki page was incredible organized. I love it. I especially like the PLISSIT acronym. I used it in session this week. It's been really helpful working with children who have developmental delay and at the age where they are interested in exploring their sexuality. What are difficult balance to education them to be safe and allowing them to make their own decision. 

In addition to the presentation and wikipage, I also found the list on p. 438-439 in Binik and Hall incredibly insightful. Before the presentation as I was reading through the book, I was confused about the disruption in one's sexual development. It helps me better understand that chronic illness can interrupt normal stage of sexuality. I also thought that mental illness can be part of that chronic illness as well. 

Overall, love the wikipage. Good job!!!! 

Orgasm Disorder and Video

I LOVE the video from When Harry Met Sally? What a wonderful way to start the presentation! The presentation gave me a thorough understanding of FOD without giving me a headache from the overwhelming information. I found it helpful to have a better understanding that side effects from medication can result in FOD. This piece of information is tremendously helpful in the clinical practice. Besides, I found the discrepancy between research study and DSM diagnoses criteria is RIDICULOUS. As a student, we rely so much of our knowledge from scientific research. Much of our understanding and theories are driven from the literature. This discrepancy changes my perspective of scientific research. On the other hand, as we studied and discussed in assessment, DSM criteria sometimes can also be ambiguous as well. As we prepare to become a professional clinician, we really do need to put on our critical thinking cap on. 

The Strange Sex video was sad to watch. Personally, growing up in a conservative culture, I can somewhat understand the anticipation of the wedding night and the shame she had going to her father can help. The video does demonstrate the level of distress couples with FOD experience. However, I recently read an article that sexual functioning does not necessarily correlate with sexual satisfaction. I wonder for a less extreme case of FOD, will the couple suffer from that level of distress and dysfunction in their relationship? 

Sexual interest/arousal disorder

OMG!!!!!! Thank you for Sarah, Chrissy, and Brittany for a wonderful presentation and THOROUGH wiki page. You all brought three long chapters into bright, beautiful, entertaining information. I do have to say that I was surprised you all include my Russell Brand's video from last week. I posted it because he spoke in detail some of my concerns regarding porn. I am curious about the motivation and rationale behind including this video with this particular disorder.

I am amazed by all the assessments and articles provided and found it ridiculously helpful especially in the clinical practice. I am also curious about what are the psychometrics on these assessments as I only recognize two of them.

In addition, I have NEVER heard of the TV show Sex Box, and I am dump-founded by how it is approved?! I don't want to make any judgement about the show since I have not seen it personally. But how is having sex in a box in front of millions of people sexy? appropriate? desirable? I would not be surprise if these men and women have "arousal disorder" while they are in the box.

Lastly, I LOVE the Trudel et al. (2001) study and quotes because it clearly defines the complicating aspect of FSD. It's never just one cause... 
"found that from his interviews with couples, women reported feeling that their partners were always thinking and desiring sex, and lacked intimacy and empathy. They found that women in their study with HSD reported that “The most frequently reported self-directed negative thoughts among women refer to their physical appearance and self-image, the presence of performance anxiety and unrealistic expectations during sex, a lack of sexual interest, and family/financial and occupational preoccupations,"