PLoS One. 2013; 8(9): e74645. Published online 2013 Sep 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074645 PMCID: PMC3769238 Johannes W. de Jong,1 Karin E. Meijboom,1 Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren,1,2 and Roger A. H. Adan1,* Silvana Gaetani, Editor Abstract The worldwide obesity epidemic poses an enormous and growing threat to public health. However, the neurobehavioral mechanisms of overeating and […]
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Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences Volume 9, June 2016, Pages 118–125 Diet, behavior and brain function Johannes W De Jong1, Louk JMJ Vanderschuren2, Roger AH Adan3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2016.03.004 Highlights • Sucrose is reinforcing and it promotes dopamine release independent of its taste. • Drugs and sucrose have strong yet transient effects on the mesolimbic system. • […]
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Appetite. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Mar 1. Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2014 Mar; 74: 92–100. Published online 2013 Nov 27. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.11.014 PMCID: PMC4125886 NIHMSID: NIHMS552807 Jennifer Daubenmier, PhD,1 Robert H. Lustig, MD,2 Frederick M. Hecht,1 Jean Kristeller, PhD,3 Josh Woolley, MD, PhD,4 Tanja Adam, PhD,5 Mary Dallman, PhD,6 and […]
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Sep 30; 100(20): 11696–11701. Published online 2003 Sep 15. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1934666100 PMCID: PMC208820 Neuroscience Mary F. Dallman,* Norman Pecoraro, Susan F. Akana, Susanne E. la Fleur, Francisca Gomez, Hani Houshyar, M. E. Bell, Seema Bhatnagar, Kevin D. Laugero, and Sotara Manalo Abstract The effects of adrenal corticosteroids […]
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[Advice] I’m also 20 and have a similar story to yourself. It will get easier, and your life will get better. It won’t be easy at first but the difficulty is what makes you stronger and the journey worthwhile. Stick to 90 days as an experiment. If you feel an urge tell yourself “not today”. […]
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My experience with porn began when I was young like many of you, and I masturbated aggressively for many years starting around age 10. At that age I suspect I was too young for it to affect me badly, and I had no knowledge of PIED or anything of that nature. ED was not something […]
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[youtube]https://youtu.be/AEYIDyovpAk[/youtube] There is no education on sex or porn in school so the porno films are serving as the educator. Then, guess what? Kids get into relationships and try to do what they see in porn, and it doesn’t work that way. Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly is a new documentary by writer-director Justin […]
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Addict Behav. 2017 Jan 15;70:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.01.021. Wang L1, Shen H2, Lei Y3, Zeng LL2, Cao F4, Su L4, Yang Z5, Yao S6, Hu D7. Abstract Internet addiction (IA) is a condition characterized by loss of control over Internet use, leading to a variety of negative psychosocial consequences. Recent neuroimaging studies have begun to identify […]
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If you’re on this subreddit and are 14/15/16, you already more self-aware than most our age, so congrats on making it this far. I used to jerk it once a day since I was 12 and I knew something was off at around 15. I started researching and found the effects porn has on your […]
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My supportive friends in the over 40’s section of the forum suggested I share my last reboot post on the success story page. It is with their support and care that I found the courage and determination to turn my life around from being a depressed, impotent, porn wraith to being a human being with […]
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