Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Apr 20. pii: S0278-5846(18)30023-X. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.04.009. Dong G1, Wang Z2, Wang Y3, Du X4, Potenza MN5. Highlights Males more frequently develop IGD as compared with females. Gaming impaired IGD’s executive control and enhanced their reward seeking. The impaired executive control was largely observed in males during gaming. The enhanced cravings […]
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I’ve been on NoFap for a while. Have not posted though. Reading content here, as well as the book Your Brain on Porn, helped me understand and eliminate my relationship with porn. I’ve come to an important realization. It’s not just about eliminating porn. You’ll see what I mean. While it helps – and it […]
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11/04/2018, Jesse Mulligan. Link to 3.5 minute TV segment (transcript below) OPINION: Psychologists here say we’re in the middle of a porn crisis. Just last year an Australian study found 100 percent of boys surveyed were exposed to porn, and 85 percent said they viewed it daily or weekly. In the US, six states are […]
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Front. Psychiatry, 03 April 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00099 Shuai Wang1,2, Jing Liu3, Lin Tian4*, Limin Chen1, Jun Wang1, Qunfeng Tang5, Fuquan Zhang1 and Zhenhe Zhou1,2* 1Department of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Wuxi Mental Health Center of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China 2Wuxi Tongren International Rehabilitation Hospital, Wuxi, China 3Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China 4Department of Substance Dependency, […]
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LINK TO ARTICLE January 11, 2018, University of Vienna Sexualized representations, especially the emphasis of secondary sexual characteristics, can change the way we perceive an individual. An international team of researchers led by Giorgia Silani from the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Vienna has shown that empathic feelings and brain responses are reduced […]
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Was at the lowest point of my life. Discovered this sub (and mostly Reddit) at the end of January. Read close to a thousand posts. Got extremely motivated. Also a bit disappointed I didn’t make an effort to discover this resource earlier (could have saved 10+ years of misery), but forgeddaboudid. You see, I’m in […]
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Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Jun 8;84(Pt A):18-29. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.01.024. He Q1, Huang X2, Turel O3, Schulte M4, Huang D4, Thames A4, Bechara A5, Hser YI4. Abstract Cumulative evidence suggests that cocaine use could alter the structure and function of different brain systems. However, the extent to which the altered brain structure and function possibly […]
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J Behav Addict. 2018 Apr 12:1-14. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.22. Rømer Thomsen K1, Callesen MB1, Hesse M1, Kvamme TL1, Pedersen MM1, Pedersen MU1, Voon V2. Abstract Background and aims Impulsivity is a risk factor for addictive behaviors. The UPPS-P impulsivity model has been associated with substance addiction and gambling disorder, but its role in other non-substance addiction-related […]
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Several months back I was extremely confused about my sexuality (bisexual, straight, gay, asexual, couldn’t tell). My brain was warped by porn and real life encounters of a sexual nature scared the shit out of me. I was incredibly troubled at the time. Your response was that it sounded like an adventure. It was an […]
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The real struggle after relapsing is not wanting anything anymore. I’m in my thirties now. I see my friends getting married. People say they’re willing to die for their wife and kids. I can understand what they’re saying, but I can’t sympathize because I don’t have particularly strong feelings for anything. I see a friend […]
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