Summary of Nan Wise's Why Good Sex Matters

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#1 Our culture is gluttonous for pleasure, and sexually ravenous. But very few of us seem to be able to fully experience the sensations or satisfaction we seek. Why is this the case.

#2 Our senses have become overwhelmed by the abundance of easy-to-access, seemingly endless supply of quick-fix pleasures. But are we actually that turned on. The answer is no, and we are constantly being bombarded with advertisements for antidepressant and antianxiety medications to help us feel better.

#3 The most basic enjoyments of life seem to be out of reach for millions of people. It is as if one of our most natural and necessary drives has become stunted.

#4 Some of us have inherited a vulnerability to anhedonia, which can manifest as anxiety. In 1979, I experienced my first panic attack, which was the result of a perfect storm of a medical issue that imbalanced my hormones, a time of developmental stress, and a huge side order of trauma and loss.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822505339

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Our culture is gluttonous for pleasure, and sexually ravenous. But very few of us seem to be able to fully experience the sensations or satisfaction we seek. Why is this the case.

#2

Our senses have become overwhelmed by the abundance of easy-to-access, seemingly endless supply of quick-fix pleasures. But are we actually that turned on. The answer is no, and we are constantly being bombarded with advertisements for antidepressant and antianxiety medications to help us feel better.

#3

The most basic enjoyments of life seem to be out of reach for millions of people. It is as if one of our most natural and necessary drives has become stunted.

#4

Some of us have inherited a vulnerability to anhedonia, which can manifest as anxiety. In 1979, I experienced my first panic attack, which was the result of a perfect storm of a medical issue that imbalanced my hormones, a time of developmental stress, and a huge side order of trauma and loss.

#5

I had a panic attack, and I was diagnosed with first-year-medical-school syndrome. I was not a medical student, but I was working with seriously ill patients, and I was new to the job. I was doing what medical students often do: they start thinking they have the symptoms they’re studying.

#6

Anhedonia is the inability to feel a satisfactory amount of pleasure in many if not most aspects of what would be pleasurable in our lives. It is a result of a dysfunctional neural system that affects both the brain and the body.

#7

The brain-body is constantly in a state of balance and regulation because of our experience of stress. When our stress responses become maladaptive, a cascade of