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David Vraza MA
Oct 6, 20231 min read
Rewiring the Brain with Porn
Some thoughts from Gary Wilson’s “Your Brain On Porn” compiled by David Vraza MA. Like Pavlov’s dog, repeatedly pairing a stimulus and a...
David Vraza MA
Sep 29, 20231 min read
Neurons that Fire Together Wire Together
Some thoughts from Gary Wilson’s “Your Brain On Porn” compiled by David Vraza MA. Wilson quotes the famous phrase, “neurons that fire...
Stefanie Hofman MA, LMFT
Sep 22, 20232 min read
WHEN TICKLING IS NOT OKAY
Thoughts compiled by Stefanie Hofman MA, LMFT Tickling is often used as part of behaviors known as grooming performed by sexual...
David Vraza MA
Sep 16, 20231 min read
“Yes, I am Always Available to You”
Some thoughts from Steve Arterburn, Fred Stoeker, and Mike Yorkey’s “Every Man’s Battle” compiled by David Vraza MA. Many Christians are...
David Vraza MA
Sep 9, 20231 min read
Why Does My Mind Turn so Easily to Sexual Thoughts?
Some thoughts from Steve Arterburn, Fred Stoeker, and Mike Yorkey’s “Every Man’s Battle” compiled by David Vraza MA. Men living in a...
David Vraza MA
Sep 2, 20231 min read
I Feel Awkward Around My Daughter
Some thoughts from Archibald Hart’s “The Sexual Man” compiled by David Vraza MA. How much is porn-driven guilt depriving fathers of vital...
David Vraza MA
Aug 26, 20231 min read
What is Normal?
Some thoughts from Archibald Hart’s “The Sexual Man” compiled by David Vraza MA. What is normal? What is dysfunctional? What is sinful?...
David Vraza MA
Aug 19, 20231 min read
The Habit of Hiding
Some thoughts from Mark Laaser’s “Faithful & True” compiled by David Vraza MA. Regular (and secret) pornography use and masturbation...
David Vraza MA
Aug 11, 20231 min read
Does My Sexual Sin Invalidate My Faith?
Some thoughts from Samuel L. Perry’s “Addicted to Lust” compiled by David Vraza MA. Perry outlines the basic religious argument — a true...
David Vraza MA
Aug 4, 20231 min read
Is Sexual Sin Supremely Corrupting?
Some thoughts from Samuel L. Perry’s “Addicted to Lust” compiled by David Vraza MA. Perry is concerned about the tendency of conservative...
David Vraza MA
Jul 28, 20231 min read
Moral Incongruence
Some thoughts from Samuel L. Perry’s “Addicted to Lust” compiled by David Vraza MA. Perry writes “about the curious relationship between...
David Vraza MA
Jul 21, 20232 min read
Practicing Christians & Porn Statistics
Some statistics from Samuel L. Perry’s “Addicted to Lust” compiled by David Vraza MA. Perry observes, “conservative Protestants are...
David Vraza MA
Jul 14, 20231 min read
The Intersection of the Hebrew Bible and Lust
Some thoughts compiled by David Vraza MA. What does your religious code make of looking upon another with lust? Where do you draw your...
David Vraza MA
Jul 7, 20231 min read
Attachment and Detachment
Some thoughts from Gerald May’s “Addiction & Grace” compiled by David Vraza MA. “Addiction exists wherever persons are internally...
David Vraza MA
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Temptation in The Garden
Some thoughts from Gerald May’s “Addiction & Grace” compiled by David Vraza MA. The Genesis 3 account of temptation involves something...
David Vraza MA
Jun 19, 20231 min read
Addiction: Our Desires to Lesser Things
Some thoughts from Gerald May’s “Addiction & Grace” compiled by David Vraza MA. What gets in the way of loving God as our hearts desire?...
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