Blog | Hermes Solenzol

Dec 2, 20238 min read

The Difference Between Sadism and Cruelty

Sadism is the consensual infliction of physical or emotional pain while cruelty is to make people suffer for an ulterior goal.

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Should Animal Rights Be Included in the Progressive Agenda?

Hermes Solenzol

Nov 30, 20236 min read

Spirit

Should Animal Rights Be Included in the Progressive Agenda?

Animal rights do not belong in the progressive agenda because they conflict with environmentalism, science, humanism and social movements.

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Nov 24, 202313 min read

Science

Is Everything Made of Information?

Information as the basic nature of reality avoids the pitfalls of materialism, idealism and dualism.

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Nov 18, 20231 min read

Spirit

The Way of the Warrior

The Way of the Warrior philosophy of life summarized in seven points that help me find meaning in my life.

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Nov 17, 202311 min read

Science

The Neuroscience of Flow

Flow is a mental state of focused attention, selflessness and euphoria.

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Nov 14, 20234 min read

BDSM

What To Do If Choking Goes Wrong

Advice on what to do if a person choked during sex of BDSM is unconscious or does not have a pulse.

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The Runner’s High—Endorphin Rush or Endocannabinoids?

Hermes Solenzol

Nov 2, 202313 min read

Science

The Runner’s High—Endorphin Rush or Endocannabinoids?

The runner’s high is an example of endorphin rush, but it is unclear if it is caused by endorphins or endocannabinoids.

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Evidence of Brain Damage Caused by Choking During Sex

Hermes Solenzol

Oct 11, 20236 min read

BDSM

Evidence of Brain Damage Caused by Choking During Sex

Scientific studies show that women who are choked have more psychological problems and changes in brain connectivity.

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Can Choking During Sex Cause Brain Damage?

Hermes Solenzol

Sep 30, 20236 min read

BDSM

Can Choking During Sex Cause Brain Damage?

Choking during sex can produce brain damage from neuronal death from anoxia, reperfusion injury, and changes in heartbeat.

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Breath Play: The Air Choke and the Blood Choke

Hermes Solenzol

Sep 29, 20233 min read

BDSM

Breath Play: The Air Choke and the Blood Choke

Asphyxia during sex can be done using an air choke or a blood choke, which block air entry or the blood supply to the brain, respectively.

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Hermes Solenzol

Sep 21, 20233 min read

BDSM

How deathly is choking during sex?

Death by autoerotic asphyxiation is less common that thought. Still, choking is the most deathly BDSM activity.

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Hermes Solenzol

Sep 20, 20235 min read

Why do people enjoy being choked?

People like to be choked because they find it pleasurable.

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Hermes Solenzol

Sep 16, 20232 min read

Sex

How Common Is Sexual Choking?

Several surveys show that college students increasingly practice choking during sex

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Dopamine: Why Heroin Is Addictive but Porn Is Not

Hermes Solenzol

Aug 24, 202320 min read

Science

Dopamine: Why Heroin Is Addictive but Porn Is Not

Porn is not addictive. It induces short increases of dopamine and not the sustained ones produced by cocaine and opioids.

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Leaving Catholicism During the Franco Dictatorship in Spain - My Spiritual Journey, Part 2

Hermes Solenzol

Aug 23, 202313 min read

Spirit

Leaving Catholicism During the Franco Dictatorship in Spain - My Spiritual Journey, Part 2

I struggle to break up with Catholicism while attending an elite school ran by Opus Day in Madrid.

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Growing Up in Spain Under Franco and the Opus Dei - My Spiritual Journey, Part 1

Hermes Solenzol

Aug 22, 20239 min read

Spirit

Growing Up in Spain Under Franco and the Opus Dei - My Spiritual Journey, Part 1

I grew up in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela being indoctrinated by the Catholic organization Opus Dei.

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Aug 1, 202313 min read

Spirit

The Hunt for Personal Power

Personal power is to have the mental fortitude to live with meaning and happiness.

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Lies About Prostitution - 8) Once a Prostitute, Always a Prostitute

Hermes Solenzol

Aug 1, 20234 min read

Sex

Lies About Prostitution - 8) Once a Prostitute, Always a Prostitute

The myth of sexual purity creates the cliché of prostitution as an indelible stain that soils women.

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Lies About Prostitution - 7) Prostitutes Are Drug Addicts

Hermes Solenzol

Jul 31, 20232 min read

Sex

Lies About Prostitution - 7) Prostitutes Are Drug Addicts

Women engage in prostitution to pay for college, escaping abuse, supporting their children, living richly and sexual exploration.

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Hermes Solenzol

Jul 30, 20237 min read

Spirit

The Octopus Fisherman

When an old fisherman tried to sexually abuse me in his boat, I escaped swimming. Years later, I visited him on his deathbed.

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