Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:

• Switching Antidepressants
• Satanic Ritual Abuse
• "Surviving Satanic Ritual Abuse" On HealthyPlace TV

Switching Antidepressants

Even today, the general public has little understanding of what's entailed in taking an antidepressant medication. Many think their doctor will give them a "miracle pill" and their depression will be cured. Unfortunately, for many, that's not the case.

As you may have discovered already, there's a large group of people with major depression for whom the first, even second antidepressant doesn't perform the way they hoped it would.

This brings us to our new special report on "Switching Antidepressants". In 5 pages, exclusively on HealthyPlace.com, find out

• why people with major depression sometimes switch antidepressant medications
• why you should never suddenly stop your antidepressant
• how to change antidepressants safely

It's a must-read for anyone taking an antidepressant and comes along with audio comments from HealthyPlace.com members who share their personal insights into changing antidepressants and their experiences with antidepressant discontinuation syndrome; something you never want to have.

You might also want to read the "Gold Standard for Treating Depression," an in-depth, authoritative examination of the best treatments for depression, which includes depression treatment video interviews with award-winning mental health author, Julie Fast.

Satanic Ritual Abuse

Have you heard of it? Satanic Ritual Abuse (aka SRA, Sadistic Ritual Abuse) was frequently in the headlines in the late 1980s and 90s. Allegations of SRA involved reports of physical and sexual abuse of individuals in the context of occult or Satanic rituals.

In the mid-80s, it reached panic proportions when owners of the McMartin preschool, in California, were put on trial for child abuse, including charges of satanic ritual abuse. The trial went on for three years before the owners were acquitted on 52 of 65 counts, and the jury was deadlocked on the remaining 13 charges against one owner with eleven of thirteen jurors choosing not guilty. During this period, over 100 other preschools around the country were facing similar charges. What eventually came to public light was that prosecutors, social workers and therapists had engaged in misconduct, using leading and coercive interviewing techniques, and therapy techniques that are now discredited. In addition, there was little or no credible evidence, besides the alleged victims own accounts, to indicate that satantic ritual abuse took place.

You don't hear much about it today because most people, including a majority of law enforcement and mental health professionals, either believe SRA doesn't exist or it's so infrequent as to be at an undetectable level. However, our guest on Tuesday's HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show (see below) says she's a victim of satantic ritual abuse and is one of the few victims with corroborating proof.

Share Your Mental Health Experiences

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You can listen to what other people are saying by clicking on the gray title bars inside the widgets located on the "Sharing Your Mental Health Experiences" homepage, the HealthyPlace homepage, and the HealthyPlace Support Network homepage.

If you have any questions, write us at: info AT healthyplace.com

"Surviving Satanic Ritual Abuse" On HealthyPlace TV

Anne A Johnson Davis is a victim of ritual abuse, but unlike others who make such claims, she has proof - her parents admitted the crime to law enforcement. Her ordeal, survival story and message to other victims of child abuse on Tuesday's HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show.

Join us Tuesday, January 12, at 5:30p PT, 7:30 CST, 8:30 EST. The show airs live on our website. Anne will be taking your questions during the live show.

• Abuse in the Name of Satan (tv show blog - includes Anne's audio post)

Coming in January on the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show

• Complementary / Natural Treatments That Improve Your Mental Health
• For Adult Women: What To Do When Earlier Attempts at Eating Disorder Recovery Have Failed

If you would like to be a guest on the show or share you personal story in writing or via video, please write us at: producer AT healthyplace.com

Click here for a list of previous HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Shows.

Mental Health Chat on HealthyPlace.com

A note for those of you who missed the chatrooms on our site. We've updated our chat from private message only to the usual chatrooms where many can gather to discuss their mental health concerns. Once you log into the HealthyPlace Mental Health Support Network, click the "chatroom icon" located on the left side of the bottom bar on your screen.

And if you're not yet a member, come join us. Just register on our site. It's free.

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How can you achieve complete transformation? In order to feel and act like a real woman in the society you need to change your mind and psychology through hypnosis techniques while making surgical operations. This will help you to feminize yourself entirely.

There is a hypnosis technique called feminization hypnosis that can help transvestites and transsexuals to feel confident as a woman. There are some steps to feminization hypnosis including, relaxation, removing fears and blocks, feminization of the mind and feminization of the body.

As with most different kinds of hypnosis, relaxation is used as a starting point, helping the patient achieve total relaxation so that they are more receptive to the process. Removing the fears and blocks is a big step in feminization hypnosis because any type of negativity or fear will reduce the feminization process of both the body and the mind. The hypnotist works with the patient to get rid of any destructive thoughts so that their mind is positive and looking towards the future rather than dwelling on things that have happened in the past.

This treatment of the mind will help the patient become more feminine when it comes to their attitude and self image. Through repeating phrases that remind the patient that they are a strong and confident woman every time they meet someone, feminization of the mind will help make them feel, think and act like a woman when they are in social situations. It is easy to act like a woman in the privacy of their own home, but often it is harder when patients are in front of their peers and it is difficult to be confident in how they act around others, particularly when they are anxious. This step of the hypnosis is important to bring the confidence that everyone wants to have when they meet new people.

The last step in feminization hypnosis is the treatment of the body. This part of the hypnotherapy helps to transform every part of the patient's body, from their hair to their figure and even their voice. Helping to change their posture and voice is a big step in transforming them into a real woman. Looking more female helps the patient to gain the confidence and make them feel more in tune with their femininity, but it will also make them a more convincing female in the society and help them become accepted as who they are.

Feminization hypnosis is one of the safest ways for a male to truly become a female. When transvestites and transsexuals really want to become a woman, hypnotherapy should definitely be one of the resources that they turn to in order to help them achieve their goals. It will help to build their confidence and bring out their inner most femininity, turning them into the women that they wish to be and helping society to accept them for who they are, rather than how they were born.

 Orik Ibad is a master hypnotist who has helped hundreds of people with their feminization needs. You can also learn more about hypnotic feminization here.

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A Little About Us

HealthyPlace.com is the largest consumer mental health site on the internet. We provide information and support to people with mental health concerns, along with their family members and other loved ones. HealthyPlace.com has been in continuous operation since March 2000.

Here are the vital statistics for the HealthyPlace.com website (www.healthyplace.com). As of January 1, 2017:

• over 2M unique visitors a month come to our award-winning website. That number continues to grow by about 5-10% a month.
• pageviews run about 5 per visitor session. The site has over 15,000 pages of content. We add about 100 pages of new content every week.
• average session time: 5-7 min.

Another 1M people are engaged with us across our various social networks; Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube.

We have nearly 550,000 people who have signed up for our "targeted by disorder" email newsletter lists.

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WHEN PEOPLE WANT RELIABLE MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION AND/OR SUPPORT, THEY VISIT HEALTHYPLACE.COM

Many people come to HealthyPlace.com for information and support to help them cope with various psychological and emotional problems they, or a loved one, may be experiencing. We provide authoritative, constantly updated, information in written form, video and audio, as well as through "chat conferences" and relationships with specialized information and service providers.

Our visitors know that we sincerely care about them and their particular situations. We have literally helped hundreds of thousands of people who are searching for information on what they, or a loved one, are suffering from. This is something we are extremely proud of. That's why our visitors keep coming back home to HealthyPlace.com.

Here's what some of our visitors have to say:

Nancy: "I just sent you my email and I got such a quick response...now that is magic!!!!!! Your chatrooms are like a lifeline to me. We are quite a community/family there. You should be proud of the service you have provided for so many. Thank you again."

Scott: "You all do a great job. Your newsletter is something I look forward to! The chat rooms are a great place to go to. Keep up the good work!!"

Nora: "I have been helped so much by this service in the short time I've been using it that I would like to share it with our student body (I teach at a high school). Thanks for being here to help us! I'm REALLY glad I found this site."

Jill: "I sought help due to a much needed push from my husband. He suggested I visit the HealthyPlace website. I learned so much. I have started taking Celexa. An incredible difference. Here I am at the top again! Thank God. By the way, I am obsessive compulsive, with panic attacks, and also borderline anorexic. Ouch! But here I am doing quite well and succeeding in most everything I do. Being a mother, wife, and full time employee in a job I love! I don't know how I can begin to thank you for this incredibly valuable service you provide."

(more visitor comments about their HealthyPlace.com experience)

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From a recent Audience Profile Report based on surveys of our visitors, we've discovered that HealthyPlace.com draws some of the most inquisitive people on the web; men and women attracted to the hands-on interactive and professional quality of our content.

• 82% of our visitors are adult women.

• 44% have a 4-year college degree or graduate education. 29% have attended college, but didn't graduate. 18% have a high school degree.

• 46% list their annual household income as between $35-99,000; divided pretty evenly between the income strata. 37% make less than $35,000/yr. and 10% report a household income from $100-200,000+ per year.

• 80% of our visitors are between 25-60 years old. They are curious, highly participative and motivated towards learning and getting better, or helping their family member or close friend get better.

• Many of our visitors come to our website (www.healthyplace.com) more than once a week and stay for over 20 minutes on each visit.

• Most visitors who participate in our social network come an average of 3 times a week and stay from between 15-45 minutes per visit.

We receive about 70-100 emails a day from visitors wanting more information about a particular problem or suggesting topics they would like to see covered on our website. Needless to say, our visitors are extremely interested in anything that can help them understand and alleviate the symptoms of whatever they or their loved one is suffering from.

Here are some of the subjects that most interest our visitors:

• mental health
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• smoking cessation products
• treatment programs
• natural treatments and supplements
• insurance & health plans
• parenting
• dieting, weight control, body image
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• relationships
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I just found this website, I am so thankful! I'm on the verge of leaving my marriage of 22 years because I do not know what else I can do for my husband. His behavior is destroying our marriage.  I've tried for years to encourage him to seek professional help. He won't go. After finding this website, I've discovered there is a psychological name for his actions all these years. I believe he has one or more personality disorders.

What can I do to encourage him to seek help? Several years ago I went to counseling myself, hoping to learn ways of dealing positively with our issues. It only worked for awhile. We need marriage counseling together, and I believe he needs  individual counseling as well.

I don't want to abandon him, but I cannot live this way anymore. He has to take the first step to get help. I can't do it for him.  

WOW what a crappy year. Welcome new year! For the New Year I am going to remove my head from my rear  place my head  back on my shoulders . Hopefully this rearangement will be helpful in thinking clearly.

i don't know where to began .

my wife is bi-polar. and some times i wounder if i am not my self. [i know that i am not] its ben a long 20 years for me. i have tryed about ever thing you can think of to help her.i have read a lot about bi-polar. still it is hard for me to coupe at times. i get put down a lot. told i don't love her. an most of use know the rest. i just need some one to talk to at times. if you know of a group around [Little rock ar.] or want to start one let me know please.

Premature Ejaculation

The definition for premature ejaculation is vague at best. It could mean either ejaculating before intercourse, or just as you begin intercourse, maybe a couple of minutes in. Some even define intercourse as finishing before your partner! How many times have you wished you could have more staying power? You aren't alone. In fact, the National Health and Social Life Survey (NHSLS) reports that 30% of men ejaculate prematurely.

Premature ejaculation is not a disease, but simply a sexual condition. While premature ejaculation in no way physically harms the sufferer, it does affect his relationship with his partner, who he likely leaves sexually unsatisfied. This in turn will affect his self-esteem, which leaks into other aspects of his life. But lucky for you, there is a cure. You can't just be expected to control this function though, without a little bit of help. You've probably tried thinking of something else other than sex, which may work but all it does is decrease the intensity of your orgasm. Or, that you need to turn to prescription medication which is both pricey and rife with side effects. Both are completely unnecessary. Instead, we'll teach you a few easy tricks so you can enjoy sex for longer.

Learning how to start and stop is your most effective tool in preventing early orgasm. That is, while having sex recognize the moment before you orgasm, and hold off. It should first be practiced during masturbation, and then incorporated with a partner. Learn to find that moment right as you build towards orgasm, which is signalled by a tingling feeling. Stop any stimulation once you feel this tingling. After the sensation subsides, resume stimulation. See how many times you can do this, then let yourself orgasm. It may sound easy, but you'll see it's far more difficult than it sounds. You may find that you will occasionally lose the strength of your erection - this happens occasionally. Just continue as you were before. Once you are ready for partner sex with this routine, try caressing and kissing during these little breaks.

Kegel exercises are another great way of holding off orgasm. Kegel exercises strengthen the pubococcygeus muscles, otherwise known as the PC muscles. To find these muscles, stop your urination midstream - that would be the PC muscles. Now, to do a Kegel exercise, clench the muscle, hold it for five seconds, then release. Repeat these in sets of ten until you are tired. Slowly, over time, increase the number of reps, and should ideally be repeated three times a day. You won't see any results quickly, at least not for three to four weeks. How this works is during sex, once you feel yourself building towards orgasm in the same way you learned with the start and stop technique, clench this muscle. This can be done in conjunction with the start and stop.

An herbal supplement is also a great help, as long as it comes from a reputable company. Extenze promises a longer, firmer, thicker erection. Who doesn't want that? More importantly, it increases your staying power while still increasing the power of your orgasm. This probably sounds too good to be true. But it does work, through a carefully selected blend of natural sexual enhancers. Expect results with no side effects.