Re: Inspiring message from Oliver Sacks

January 2, 2011

When a person (or, presumably lab animal) is learning how to do

something new, their brain will " practice " it during sleep, and they

show improvement the next day. I've seen this in myself. If anyone

here has ever learned a dance routine or a new musical piece, they may

have experienced this too.

And visualization might work with PSSD. Doing visualization exercises

might stmiulate the brain to " practice " or grow new neurons while you're

alseep.

A person would have to spend a lot of time doing it, but just lying (or

standing) there and visualizing in their mind that signals are traveling

through their body to the various organs (brain included) and senses

involved in sex might, over time, re-establish the pathways. Even

visualizing the formation of new serotonin neurons might work.

It would probably help if (after closing the door to the hall) the

person moved their body in sexual ways while thinking about the feelings

they used to have along with those movements. I've discovered that if I

make a sad face, I start to feel sad. Even if you can't conjure up a

feeling, think about having had feelings with those movements. I would

advise not masturbating during these exercises, because you might

develop expectations and then be disappointed.

Ann

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> He is a famous Neurologist who has written fascinating books about

people with different types of brain injuries. One of the best known

ones is called " The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. "

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> Please read this article he wrote in the New York Times for the New

Year, it is inspiring and I think maybe we could try to be more creative

in thinking of ways to stimulate our brains naturally:

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