Behav Addict. 2019 May 23:1-8. doi: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.24. Alimoradi Z1, Lin CY2, Imani V3, Griffiths MD4, Pakpour AH1,5. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Social media use has become increasingly popular among Internet users. Given the widespread use of social media on smartphones, there is an increasing need for research examining the impact of the use of such […]
Fighting my porn and masturbation addiction might be the best decision I’ve ever made. Even though I can feel I can write a book on this subject now, I’m going to make it brief. By no means think this wasn’t a big deal. This changed my life. Before finding YBOP: I jacked off about 10 […]
J Behav Addict. 2019 May 23:1-10. doi: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.16. Engel J1, Kessler A1, Veit M1, Sinke C1, Heitland I1, Kneer J1, Hartmann U1, Kruger THC1. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Despite the high prevalence of perceived problems relating to symptoms of hypersexual disorder (HD), important aspects remain underinvestigated. This study examines symptoms of depression, symptoms of problematic […]
J Behav Addict. 2019 May 23:1-11. doi: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.22. Antons S1, Mueller SM1, Wegmann E1, Trotzke P1, Schulte MM1, Brand M1,2. BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Unregulated Internet pornography (IP) use is discussed as a clinically significant disorder. Because of its primarily rewarding nature, IP is a predestinated target for addictive behaviors. However, not every user develops an […]
Nat Neurosci. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2019 Feb 1. Published in final edited form as: Nat Neurosci. 2018 Jun; 21(6): 787–793. Published online 2018 May 14. doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0152-y PMCID: PMC6358212 NIHMSID: NIHMS987662 PMID: 29760524 Josh Berke Abstract Dopamine is a critical modulator of both learning and motivation. This presents a problem: how can target cells […]
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1235-y Ali Mohebi, Jeffrey R. Pettibone, Arif A. Hamid, Jenny-Marie T. Wong, Leah T. Vinson, Tommaso Patriarchi, Lin Tian, Robert T. Kennedy & Joshua D. Berke Nature (2019) | Download Citation Abstract The dopamine projection from ventral tegmental area (VTA) to nucleus accumbens (NAc) is critical for motivation to work for rewards and reward-driven learning. […]
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A lot of people say that urges don’t become less and that it won’t ever be easier. That’s not true. It will take time and commitment, but you will be rewarded with not having to deal with urges anymore! I want to talk about a bunch of stuff in this thread. My habits before doing […]
Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2019 May 9. doi: 10.1007/s00213-019-05259-3. Kumar M1, Chail M2. Abstract RATIONALE: Sugar has addictive potential owing to increase in monoaminergic-transmission at pleasure and reward centers of brain. Insulin dysfunction triggered synaptic monoamine deficit is associated with sugar overeating and craving-related psychological changes in diabetic patients. Sugar-substitute (saccharin) is non-caloric artificial sweetener that may […]
Background information: 25 year old average looking and physique. Been doing nofap for 40 days and relapsed heavily 2 weeks ago. Looking back to my last 40 days streak. I want to to share my experiences to you guys so that you can cement the nofap values and beliefs that you have(if you are doubting […]
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Arch Sex Behav. 2014 May; 43(4): 669–683. Published online 2014 Feb 21. doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0261-y PMCID: PMC4011938 NIHMSID: NIHMS569370 PMID: 24558123 John E. Pachankis,1,2 H. Jonathon Rendina,2,3 Ana Ventuneac,2 Christian Grov,2,4,5 and Jeffrey T. Parsons2,3,5,6,7 Abstract Cognitive appraisals about sex may represent an important component of the maintenance and treatment of hypersexuality, but they are not currently […]