Morality lies not where we think it does This post is about morality, but not about a particular moral agenda. It’s about how your inner compass works. Whatever your moral code, if you or your loved ones occasionally do things that violate it, read on. Moral decisions (including sexual ones) do not invoke a specific […]
Read More… from Sex and Morality: A Debate Between Competing Neurons (2011, updated research list)
Comments: It’s technical but better written than most research articles. Tells the story of addiction as over-learning, which replaces our natural pleasures and desires. Learning and memory are the basis of neuroplasticity: changes in strength of nerve circuits.
Steven E. Hyman, M.D. Am J Psychiatry 162:1414-1422, August 2005
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Comments: Prairie voles can form pair bonds (social monogamy) as can humans. Only 3% of mammals can pair bond, which occurs in the reward circuitry of the brain. In this study it was found that the ability to pair bond makes animals more vulnerable to addiction. Addictions hijack the bonding mechanism, which runs on dopamine.
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YBOP COMMENTS: Important findings in this study are that neither time spent viewing porn on the Internet nor personality factors were associated the level of reported problems with Internet porn use (IAT sex score). Instead, it was intensity of the experience and amount of novelty (different applications opened) that mattered…suggesting that dopamine levels were at […]
Read More… from Watching Pornographic Pictures on the Internet: Role of Sexual Arousal Ratings and Psychological-Psychiatric Symptoms for Using Internet Sex Sites Excessively (2011)
YBOP Comments: The concept of behavioral addictions is controversial to some therapists and sexologists. However, it is becoming clear to researchers that behavioral addictions cause brain changes that mirror drug addictions. This has to be, as all a drug can do is amplify or inhibit a normal physiological mechanism. Addiction mechanisms are already in the […]
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This FAQ is now obsolete as the world’s most widely used medical diagnostic manual, The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), contains a new diagnosis suitable for porn addiction and cybersex addiction: “Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder.” The current state of the scientific research supports the existence of porn addiction and porn-induced sexual dysfunctions. For example, a […]
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Also see: 6 Step Reboot Plan… that helped me quit Rethinking the Wonders of Adult Masturbation Ejaculation: How Often for Good Health? Forum members ask their urologists about ejaculation frequency Are there any guidelines for healthy masturbation? If there are, we haven’t found them. Most guys eliminate or drastically reduce masturbation during their reboot. After rebooting […]
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by Rebecca Skloot (2007)
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