Absolutely amazing balloon fiesta day!! Made the full NM experience complete with a close call with a western diamondback rattlesnake during balloon retrieval. 🐍😬 @lcornelas.bsky.social @davidleyphd.bsky.social

Fridays are also for balloons! Besos Amigos flight with @lcornelas.bsky.social @davidleyphd.bsky.social Missed you @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social

If you want a balanced and evidence-based perspective on sex and porn use, follow @silvaneves.bsky.social @nicolerprause.bsky.social @davidleyphd.bsky.social

Who had June 5 in the bet on what day Trump and Musk would turn on each other? I know I didn’t. I’d predicted March 3.

Hearing that Jobcorps is being defunded across the country, given a week to close?

Super thrilled to help author this paper exploring the intersections between modern politics, sexual health, and ethics in psychology. Was honored to support a crew of extraordinary scholars and clinicians.

Shout out to coauthors: @tabachnickar.bsky.social @cassie-boness.bsky.social @stef-l-sequeira.bsky.social @davidleyphd.bsky.social Plus many who aren’t on Bluesky Let us know what you think and how you are grappling with this in your work!

I randomly emailed an author of a paper on sexual regret, looking for a PDF. (Don’t know him, just found his email) No lie, he had just this morning been on my own website looking for info on me after reading one of my papers. He initially thought my email was some kind of auto spam. Small world.

Feeling this pretty hard. Like, rigid, granite, in your face level of over exaggerated expression.

folks who believe in sex addiction see it as external to the person, separate from who they are, acting "like a drug" on a person, and not entwined with or reflective of who the person is. they really do believe these people are victims and at the control of their sexuality.

Seems like accepting a plane from a foreign country with known Russian ties and using the plane to transport the President might have some security concerns. Surely the plane might not be wired for monitoring or have secret killswitch?

Some rando sent me a ChatGPT “analysis” of one of my articles. Was rather reassuring how inaccurate it was. Apparently ChatGPT believes “porn hijack’s dopamine systems”?

Traveling always inflames my sciatica. Yikes. Is there an airline where I could fly inverted? Or doing yoga?

also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes

Semen is not a magic fluid that gives you superpowers when retained. Can’t believe this still needs to be said. No, Abstinence Won't Increase Your Testosterone. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...

Utah psychologist, BYU grad, affiliated with LDS Church, author of a workbook on treating porn addiction gets caught with what? (Drumroll) yes. Child sex abuse material. And charged with exploitation of children he treated. (Not a drag queen, btw). floodlit.org/a/a837/

Are AI generated romantic partners good or bad for us? I think it depends. But 1 in 4 young adults have used them. We have to start wrestling with this, like it or not! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...

Every time someone says “COVID was a fake/fraud/panic,” I say “you took John Prine away motherfucker!” Then, well, I can’t say anything else according to my attorney. See. I can listen.

Years ago I explored writing a book with a woman who was a former Mormon polygamist sister wife. She’d entered polygamous marriage in order to be with another woman, whom she was in love with. As a lesbian, she embraced polygamy as a means to be with her female lover. Fascinating story…

The idea of porn addiction should be abandoned, argues @davidleyphd.bsky.social—according to a meta-analysis, it is not the frequency of pornography use that predicts problems with porn, but religiosity and the associated moral incongruence leading to guilt and shame: buff.ly/DFbcjUH

This is one of the most fun trainings I get to do. Why are group play, orgies, threesomes and cuckolding such popular fantasies? We explore every nook and cranny! ;-)

After one of the most stressful weeks of my career. Thankful to inflate with the Besos Amigos crew today. Saturdays are for balloons. @lcornelas.bsky.social @davidleyphd.bsky.social @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social

Wonder why i despise the proliferation and blurring ofbthe concept of addiction? Heres a good example. I call this “Valley Girl Science.” Just because using bassl spray may be “like” substance use doesn’t mean it’s an addiction. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

I've been slamming "sex addiction" since early 2011; by November of that year @davidleyphd.bsky.social was calling it "hype" after Newsweek published a cover story on it. maggiemcneill.com/2011/12/04/n... Duggar's case didn't start blowing up until summer of '15. maggiemcneill.com/2015/09/02/i...

"porn addiction isn't real" finally has scientific proof in a meta study because it finds the root cause - religious upbringing. And this was conducted by people who *went in thinking the addiction was real*! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...

This remains a fascinating tale and insight into the personality driven dynamics of mental health and moral panics. One of my alltime favorite back&forths - why did American psychiatrists buy into the claims of Satanic Ritual Abuse w/ so little skepticism? www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/speak-m...

We're looking for submissions that advance the research on a range of topics related to behavioral "addictions" including classification and diagnosis, etiology, and heterogeneity! Please share.

Just ran across this. (Disclosure, I’m the blogger he mentions. Though I’m definitely not the only blogger/writer who has commented on Sebdler’s fraud). Fake sex researcher loses zoophilia paper over ethical concerns – Retraction Watch retractionwatch.com/2022/03/23/f...

And now SAMHSA seems to be next for destruction. (By absorbing it into a structure that will diminish any progress on behavioral health and substance use.)

Now I’m nervous, every group chat invite I get. I’ve got enough problems people. I don’t need to be part of exposing failed government conspiracies.

Let’s find these (not at all rare) men who are brave enough to admit this.

As a sex therapist in training, this is one of my pet peeves. Addiction in general is already a misunderstood topic; adding sex to that makes it more so. Our society is steeped in puritanical prudishness & this is why everyone, *including* adults, needs access to comprehensive inclusive sex ed.

Define cheating as unforgivable, define absolutely everything as cheating, wonder why you can’t make anything last more than three months.

This brings an interesting new twist to telemedicine practice across state lines, as these laws protect doctors who practice remotely in states where they’re not licensed, and “move” the location of the service to where the doctor is practicing. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

so they basically stigmatising sexuality and all mental health struggles in the one lazy sweep and just blanket blaming people for watching any amount of porn don't mind the fact that I'm a therapist, I'm just here to prescribe Catholic guilt, 4x daily (CSAT= certified sex addiction therapist)

-Porn addiction is not a recognized disorder or scientifically supported treatment model. -Therapists with higher personal sexual shame are more likely to diagnose sex or porn addiction. -Non-heterosexual and nonmonogamous therapists are least likely to diagnose or treat porn addiction

Turns out that Certified Sex Addiction Therapists are more likely (compared to others) to be: hetero, married, monogamous, religious and wealthy w/ higher levels of moral disapproval of porn. UnSurprisingly, they also over diagnose porn & sex addiction. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...

An ICE contractor says it can scrape adult fan sites for identity data “to connect the dots” between various identities and profiles — OF, JFF, PayPal, CashApp, Fetlife, your mainstream social. Theoretically can only scrape “live” publicly available data, but terrifying regardless.

Omg I love this.

Fun to run across this clever reference to @stephenking.bsky.social in a psych article about memory (Tramatic Memories are Not Necessarily Accurate Memories by Laney & Loftus, 2005).

Is “eat their own” the Democratic Party official motto? Just curious.

Hearing that Social Security is no longer viewing HIV+ status as a disability or chronic disease that qualifies for Medicare. Long term HIV patients being told to seek insurance through the ACA marketplace. This will have a huge impact and interrupt care.

Interesting citations to me www.inc.com/jessica-stil...

Performative subservience comes to the White House.

I would pay good money for a study that calculated the estimated costs and lost revenue from doing introductions and “icebreakers” in business meetings. I hate the wasted time. With a passion.

Prediction: allegations of massive Medicaid fraud, but predominantly in blue states. Response? Cut off Medicaid funding but not to friendly Red states.

I’m a fan of science. But. Umm. Come on folks, this ain’t helping. A study of tge effects of playing two games of badminton on elite badminton players? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39969347/

Testified to state legislators today about the need for law that allows safe, supervised overdose prevention centers. And moments after testifying learned of a patient who died by overdose while using in an unsafe site. Ouch. Just ouch. Can’t drive these points home more deeply.

I’m going to start offering “quantum psychology services.” Patient comes to my office & there’s a box. Maybe I’m in the box. Maybe not. An hour later they leave. Do they get better? Only if they resist urge to look in the box. - Dr. Schrödinger, Registered quantum psychotherapist