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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Front Psychiatry. 2018; 9: 81. Published online 2018 Mar 12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00081 PMCID: PMC5858605 PMID: 29593587 Minho Lee,1,† Hyeyoung Cho,2,3,† Seung Hyun Jung,2,4 Seon-Hee Yim,2 Sung-Min Cho,2,3 Ji-Won Chun,5 Soo-Hyun Paik,5 Yae Eun Park,6,7 Dong Huey Cheon,7,8 Ji Eun Lee,7 Jung-Seok Choi,9 Dai-Jin Kim,5,* and Yeun-Jun Chung1,2,3,* Abstract Background Addictive use of the Internet and […]
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Background: Steele et al., 2013 and David Ley’s “Your Brain on Porn – It’s NOT Addictive“. On March 6th, 2013 David Ley and study spokesperson Nicole Prause teamed up to write a Psychology Today blog post about Steele et al., 2013 called “Your Brain on Porn – It’s NOT Addictive“. Its oh-so-catchy title is misleading […]
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Well looks like I’ve conquered this challenge and I have to say it wasn’t hard at all. It was actually quite simple if you put yourself in the right mindset. Remember at your hardest moments find the reason why you started. Look for that reason and once you find that reason it becomes easier and […]
Read More… from Age 25 – I have a ton of energy, I’m normally happy but have a quick temper for BS
After 35 days of nofap, l feel a bit qualified but not entirely confident to tell my story. I have been addicted to porn for as long as l can remember. Porn has soothed me through rough patches of life, marriage and career. Seems that the escape of porn or masturbation (often a larger problem) […]
Read More… from Age 62 – Intimacy with my wife has improved. I am able to look women in the eye, relieved not to have to scan them up and down.
So today i realized how far this nofap mindset bought me. I only use the internet for information and reddit for 0,5-2h a day (4-10h a day gaming before nofap), started to meditate 20 min every morning, started to work out everyday + running/jogging and i want to try yoga. Im currently in 30h no […]
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INTRODUCTION: Burgess claims victimhood, yet he initiated all contact (Facebook, Twitter), posting numerous defamatory comments, and eventually infringing on YBOP’s trademark by creating “www.realyourbrainonporn.com.” Prior to February, 2018 I had never heard of Daniel Burgess LMFT. Suddenly, out of nowhere Mr. Burgess (@BurgessTherapy) employed multiple social media platforms to attack me and YBOP. Burgess’s targeted […]
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