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Different Ways of Expressing Feelings

There are many direct and indirect ways to express feelings. Th e words to describe feelings are learned. Some words directly describe emotions: “I feel sad,” “I feel close,” “I feel frustrated.” Others express feelings indirectly. You might say, “Isn’t it a nice day?” to express “I feel good today” or “All you do is spend money” to mean “I am worried about money.” Th e more directly you express your feelings, the more likely it is that your partner will understand and interpret your meaning correctly. You and your partner have your own emotional language, nonverbal (a smile, a glance away) as well as verbal. How do you express your feelings? How does your partner? How have you expressed feelings about sexual concerns? How has your partner? Verbally? Nonverbally? Negatively? Positively? Calmly? Dramatically? Developing healthier ways to share feelings is important and will deepen your intimacy. Learning to “read” your partner’s words and actions is part of the uniqueness of intimacy. It takes months and years of sharing experiences, explaining your thoughts and feelings, to develop a mutual emotional language. Communicating emotions is an important skill in an intimate relationship. For most men and women, it is diffi cult to feel close without sharing verbally what and how you feel. Love involves sharing warm, positive, romantic feelings but also involves sharing diffi cult, negative feelings even when that may lead to confl ict.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Warning, July 2006

FDA encourages anyone experiencing ED to seek guidance from a health care provider before purchasing a product to treat this medical condition. “These products threaten the public health because they contain undeclared chemicals that are similar or identical to the active ingredients used in several FDA-approved prescription drug products. This risk is even more serious because consumers may not know that these ingredients can interact with medications and dangerously lower their blood pressure,” said Dr. Steven Galson, Director of FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. FDA’s chemical analysis revealed that Zimaxx contains sildenafil, which is the active pharmaceutical ingredient in Viagra, a prescription drug approved in the United States to treat ED. The other products were found to contain chemical ingredients that are analogues of either sildenafil or a pharmaceutical ingredient called vardenafil. Vardenafil is the active ingredient in Levitra, a prescription drug that, like Viagra, is approved in the United States to treat ED. There is no mention of any of these ingredients in any of the illegal products’ labeling. “This deception poses a threat to consumers because the undeclared ingredients may interact with nitrates found in some prescription drugs (such as nitroglycerin,Vardenafil Hcl) and lower blood pressure to dangerous levels,” says the release. “Consumers with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or heart disease often take nitrates. ED is a common problem in men with these conditions.” The FDA action followed an FDA survey, the first of its kind, in which the agency analyzed 17 dietary supplements marketed on the internet to treat ED and to enhance sexual performance in men. “Our survey found that many of the so-called ‘dietary supplements’ marketed as treatments for erectile dysfunction actually contain non-dietary chemicals, including chemicals used as active ingredients in FDA- approved drugs. The claims made for these products were in fact claims made for the undeclared non- dietary chemicals they contain, which rendered them illegal drugs. FDA is committed to protecting the public health by removing such illegal and dangerous products from the market,” said Margaret O’K. Glavin, FDA’s Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs.