I started Nofap in august, did a 45 days streak (on hardmode), binged for a week, then decided to try monkmode, which seems to be working fine. At day 100 I can say I have almost completely forgot about porn. Apparté : all the benefits I experienced came much faster during my first streak than […]
Front Hum Neurosci. 2016; 10: 514. Published online 2016 Oct 14. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00514 PMCID: PMC5063846 Alexxai V. Kravitz,1,2,* Timothy J. O’Neal,1 and Danielle M. Friend1 Abstract Obesity is associated with physical inactivity, which exacerbates the negative health consequences of obesity. Despite a wide consensus that people with obesity should exercise more, there are few effective […]
Available online 29 December 2016 Danielle M. Friend1, 9, Kavya Devarakonda1, 9, Timothy J. O’Neal1, 9, Miguel Skirzewski5, Ioannis Papazoglou1, Alanna R. Kaplan2, Jeih-San Liow4, Juen Guo1, Sushil G. Rane1, Marcelo Rubinstein6, 7, 8, Veronica A. Alvarez2, Kevin D. Hall1, Alexxai V. Kravitz1, 3, 10, , Show more http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2016.12.001 Highlights • Obesity is associated with […]
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Front. Psychol., 16 December 2016 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01906 Christian Montag1,2†*, Cornelia Sindermann1†, Benjamin Becker2 and Jaak Panksepp3 1Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany 2Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation/Center for Information in Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China 3Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, […]
Biol Psychol. 2016 Dec 20. pii: S0301-0511(16)30376-3. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.12.013. Leigh SJ1, Morris MJ2. Abstract The increasing worldwide prevalence of obesity is partially related to the ready availability of highly palatable foods which increases the incidence of hedonic, non-homeostatic feeding. The “food addiction” hypothesis postulates that exposure to these foods alters the brain’s reward circuitry, driving […]
Clinical Psychology Review Volume 52, March 2017, Pages 69–76 Richard J.E. James, Richard J. Tunney, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2016.11.010 Highlights Research into behavioural addictions rarely focuses on behaviour. We argue that research on gambling may not generalise to other behavioural addictions because the schedules of reinforcement may not be comparable. The review explores the application of gambling to […]
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J Behav Addict. 2016 Dec;5(4):614-622. doi: 10.1556/2006.5.2016.079. Epub 2016 Nov 10. Konkolÿ Thege B1,2, Hodgins DC1, Wild TC3. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.5.2016.079 Abstract Background and aims The aims of this study were (a) to describe the prevalence of single versus multiple addiction problems in a large representative sample and (b) to identify distinct subgroups of people experiencing substance-related and […]
In public, Benjamin Obler was happy, had a successful career and was able to form relationships with women – while in private he was gripped by a compulsion to watch pornography. Here, he opens up about his destructive habit and his battle to conquer it. 2010: It’s 7am on a Tuesday in January, a dark winter morning. […]
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Long time fan here, always admired the group but this is my first go at it – doing about 45 days or so without any PMO. I can confirm what everyone says, and the results are AMAZING. Probably better than most drugs that people waste their lives and money on. I am though a bit […]
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I thought I’d give back with a 90 day report. NoFap has been one incredible journey, and I can honestly say that it changed my life. My first attempt at NoFap lasted 2 weeks, my second lasted another week, and my third attempt has lasted me until 93 days. So much changed about me due […]
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