COMMENTS: This is a new review on Sex Addiction as a Disease published in the July 2015 issue of “Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention.” Although we cannot reproduce the entire paper, below is a table containing criticisms of sex addiction and the authors’ responses with citations. Link to Full-text PDF. […]
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COMMENTS: See this analysis of the study Stephanie A. Sanders PhD1,2,3, Brandon J. Hill PhD1,4, Erick Janssen PhD1,5, Cynthia A. Graham PhD1,2,6,*, Richard A. Crosby PhD1,2,7, Robin R. Milhausen PhD1,2,8 and William L. Yarber HSD1,2,3,9 Article first published online: 17 AUG 2015 DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12964 Research reported in this publication was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver […]
Read More… from General Erectile Functioning among Young, Heterosexual Men Who Do and Do Not Report Condom-Associated Erection Problems (CAEP) (2015)
I made the commitment to stop watching porn on May 27. Since then, I haven’t relapsed once. I got serious with a girl I cared about, a girl I had been with in the past but broke off from, mostly because of the symptoms that come with this addiction. I explained all of it to […]
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Michael P. Saddoris 1 , 2 , Fabio Cacciapaglia 2 , 3 , R. Mark Wightman 3 , and Regina M. Carelli 2 +Show Affiliations Author contributions: M.P.S. and F.C. designed research; M.P.S. and F.C. performed research; M.P.S. and F.C. analyzed data; M.P.S., R.M.W., and R.M.C. wrote the paper. The Journal of Neuroscience, 19 August […]
Read More… from Differential Dopamine Release Dynamics in the Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell Reveal Complementary Signals for Error Prediction and Incentive Motivation (2015)
I feel so happy that i finally reached my 90 days a few days ago. Here’s my story for those who are interested. My native language is not English. I’ve always been a shy guy, not really good in social stuff and girls also. I discovered PMO-ing when I was 13 or 14 i think. […]
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My Story 6 months ago i broke up with my first girlfriend (not the prettiest), at that time i did PMO at least every day… it was bad, i had DE, I was depressed and had lack of motivation in life. I felt horrible, like something was missing. I was doing much self improvement and […]
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I won’t write something long and inspirational. I don’t have anything mind blowing to share with this community yet. But hey! For the past three months I’ve been relapsing once per week and if someone thinks that if you relapse once and it’s all over, you have to begin from zero, you are wrong 😉 […]
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PLoS One. 2014; 9(11): e113612. Published online 2014 Nov 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113612 PMCID: PMC4239080 Bart P. de Kwaasteniet,#1,2,* Chedwa Pinto,#3 Eric H. G. Ruhé,1,2,6 Guido A. van Wingen,1,2 Jan Booij,2,4 and Damiaan Denys1,2,5 Huaibin Cai, Editor Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been corrected. See PLoS One. […]
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I’m 25 years old and I am cured from PIED. I have been for a while now. Before: Started using at an early age, started with magazines, scenes from movies, etc. Eventually this escalated into video clips online, from there it became a several times a day habit and eventually a full blown addiction. I […]
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I stopped masturbating a month ago just to see what would happen. I never really considered myself a chronic masturbator but at some point I realized I was eager for my wife to leave for work so I could go jack it and it made me feel like a loser. I never thought porn had […]
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