Even if you didn't turn into a
Bridezilla, the letdown after your wedding day can feel overwhelmingly depressing, and the feelings around postnuptial depression are now being recognized by psychiatrists and therapists. According to
a recent article on Time.com, therapists say that most people experience some sort of letdown after the big day, but five to 10 percent of newlyweds experience strong enough feelings of remorse, sadness, or frustration to seek professional help. To avoid these feelings, the article offers some advice:
After the vows, to defeat the postnuptial blues, doctors say couples should get adequate rest and exercise; communicate constantly; focus on the benefits of marriage, such as having a built-in support system; and start thinking about the future in terms of family or finance.
Date rape is more common than you might think, and statistics show that
one in six women will be sexually assaulted in a lifetime. Of those assaults, only 19 percent are reported to the police, which is why
recent news shows that it's tough to prosecute sexual predators.
Of all the stranger-rape cases that do make it to court, 68 percent end with a conviction.
If you tuned into Oprah yesterday, you'd see just how true the statement "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is. Mara Schiavocampo of NBC news traveled around the word to find out
how different cultures define beauty. She discovered that big butts and ankles are considered beautiful in Mauritania, a perfect nose is ideal for Iranian women, and straight hair and pale skin is what Japanese women go to great lengths to achieve.
I bet most of you don't like to think about your parents having sex, but what about your grandparents? Even if the thought makes you cringe, past research shows that men and women up into their '80s are still getting it on! A
recent article on MSNBC touches upon this topic.
A recent study shows that deer mice are monogamous and have "superior stress tolerance and blood sugar regulation." That would make us think that for humans, a monogamous relationship would prove to offer health benefits, but what else can we learn from the animal kingdom? Here are the first five of 10 sex lessons from a recent
MSNBC article and my interpretation of each one.
I'm sure you've all heard about
Thomas Beatie, the man to first become pregnant and have a baby. He was originally born a female, but underwent six sex-change operations and took male hormones to become a man, and then legally married his partner Nancy. Since she's infertile, he kept his womb and ovaries intact in the hopes of having a family someday — they feel that having a baby is neither a male or female desire, but a human one.
I don't know what this world is coming to — I just read a
news article about two men convicted of infecting 14 semi-conscious men at sex parties with
HIV. The incidences happened in Amsterdam between January 2006 and May 2007. It's possible that these two men drugged the others with a
date-rape drug before assaulting them, but that has yet to be proven.
I was really touched by this miraculous story I saw this morning on the
The Today Show. Kim Coseno couldn't have her own children, so her 56-year-old mother, Jaci Dalenberg, decided to act as a surrogate mother for her — which meant she'd be giving birth to her own grandchild! She was artificially inseminated with embryos created by her daughter and son-in-law.
If you didn't already hear,
Simon Cowell and long-time girlfriend Teri Seymour have called it quits, but according to
People, he's not looking for love again anytime soon. He claimed to have sworn off women and his statement got me thinking.
We all handle breakups differently: some hibernate and regroup while others paint the town red or jump into another relationship.
Last night we saw history being made. Regardless of the way you voted, a great change has been made to our country. I know
most of you were feeling anxious before the votes were counted yesterday, and since emotions are no doubt still running high, tell me, is your mind a little bit more at ease now that the election is over?
