Comments: Note that a reduction of D2 (dopamine) receptors is thought to be associated with ADHD. Many men who give up porn see improvements in concentration and focus. Addictions are known to cause a decline in dopamine D2 receptors in the reward circuitry.
If Twinkies and soda can lead to ADD/ADHD, what could watching porn do? I’ve never heard of Twinkies-induced ED at age 21.
Postgrad Med. 2011 Sep;123(5):39-49.
Johnson RJ, Gold MS, Johnson DR, Ishimoto T, Lanaspa MA, Zahniser NR, Avena NM.
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Two types of brain changes may occur when you use Internet porn: psychological and addiction related. Both involve neuroplastic alterations in the structure of nerve cells and their connections. No clear line separates psychological from addictive changes. Is it conditioning, or a “numbed pleasure response”, that has someone craving a particular fetish or genre of porn? Or is it both?
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A major event has occurred in the realm of addiction science and treatment. America’s top addiction experts at The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) have just released their sweeping new definition of addiction. The new definition, and associated Q&A’s, echoes the major points made here at www.yourbrainonporn.com. Foremost, behavioral addictions affect the brain just […]
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Intro I decided to try this out after stumbling upon this when googling what the effects of frequent porn/masturbation were. I have watched and masturbated to porn usually every day since I was 13, and I am 28 now. I have gone one month without both in the past, but it was not to reset […]
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Rev Med Brux. 2009 Sep;30(4):335-57. [Article in French]
Semaille P.
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D.M.G.-U.L.B. [email protected]
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Addiction is characterized by the inability to control his consumption of product or control certain behaviors, and the continuation of the behavior despite knowledge of its adverse effects.
Addictions to substances like heroin, cocaine, etc., are well known. But other substances potentially addictive are getting more common in Belgium: MDMA, GHB / GBL, Cristal, etc.
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Am J Addict. 2009 Nov-Dec;18(6):439-51.
Danielle Barry, Ph.D., Megan Clarke, Ed.M., and Nancy M. Petry, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut
Address correspondence to Dr. Barry, Calhoun Cardiovascular Center-Behavioral Health (MC 3944), University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3944, Phone: 860-679-6664, Fax: 860-679-1312, Email: [email protected]
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Comments: fMRI scans find abnormalities in the brains of those with Internet Addiction Disorder.
Chin Med J (Engl). 2010 Jul;123(14):1904-8.
Liu J, Gao XP, Osunde I, Li X, Zhou SK, Zheng HR, Li LJ.
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COMMENTS: The sweeping new ASAM “definition of addiction” (August 2011) ends the debate over the existence behavioral addictions, including sex and porn addiction. This new definition of addiction, which includes behavioral addictions, such as food, gambling and sex, ASAM unequivocally states behavioral addictions involve similar brain alterations and neural pathways as do drug addictions. We […]
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Comments: A review by one of the top researchers stating that natural rewards and addiction overlap.
Full Study: The Neuroscience of Natural Rewards Relevance to Addictive Drugs
The Journal of Neuroscience, 1 May 2002, 22(9): 3306-3311; Ann E. Kelley1 and Kent C. Berridge2
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1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin–Madison Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin 53719, and
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