Neuropsychopharmacology. 2016 Jul 7. doi: 10.1038/npp.2016.111. Oginsky MF1, Goforth PB1, Nobile CW1, Lopez-Santiago L1, Ferrario CR1. Abstract Urges to eat are influenced by stimuli in the environment that are associated with food (food cues). Obese people are more sensitive to food cues, reporting stronger craving and consuming larger portions after food cue exposure. The nucleus […]
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You might be wondering why the best thing that has ever happened to me? When I discovered I am porn addicted I was devastated. I never had a clue that something like this even exists and I definitely didn’t want to become addicted. Who would like to? But when I discovered am addicted I knew […]
Read More… from Age 24 – Porn addiction is the best thing that has happened to me
I’m 29, and there have been some amazing changes since my journey of rebooting. Here’s a are several good symptoms that have resulted from No porn or masturbation. 1. Sex with my wife is better than it has ever been in 8 years of marriage. To explain; I used to do exactly what turned me […]
Read More… from Age 29 – Sex with my wife is better than it has ever been. Depression, anxiety, social abstinence, has all reversed
8 months ago I posted this, my 75 streak day post about the changes in my life since I started abstaining. A lot has changed since then, and I think it’s high time that I make yet another post. Before everything, I want to thank this subreddit with all my heart. I have never seen […]
Read More… from Age 17 – 333 Day Report – I feel absolutely magnificent
One year ago today, July 1st 2015, I gave up choking the ol chicken and haven’t looked back! I’m a little lost for words at this point as I would have never thought after my 10 or so years of addiction that I could stay clean for a year. HOLY COW IT FEELS AMAZING!!! YOU […]
Read More… from Age 24 – 1 year – Biggest benefit is the reduction in anxiety and depression
25 now…started at about 12~13…became an avid user when I was 17… came to know I had ED when i was 20…when that relationship ended my sex life was basically a threesome with my hand and my computer. Then came across TEDx on the effects of porn and PIED, and I was hoping my case […]
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J Neurosci. 2006 Jul 5;26(27):7163-71. Le Merrer J1, Stephens DN. PMID: 16822973 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5345-05.2006 Abstract Repeated administration of abused drugs sensitizes their stimulant effects and results in a drug-paired environment eliciting conditioned activity. We tested whether food induces similar effects. Food-deprived male mice were given novel food during 30 min tests in a runway (FR […]
Read More… from Food-induced behavioral sensitization, its cross-sensitization to cocaine and morphine, pharmacological blockade, and effect on food intake (2006)
Enrico Patrono , Matteo Di Segni , Loris Patella, Diego Andolina, Alessandro Valzania, Emanuele Claudio Latagliata, Armando Felsani, Assunta Pompili, Antonella Gasbarri, Stefano Puglisi-Allegra, Rossella Ventur Published: March 17, 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120191 Abstract Background Eating disorders appear to be caused by a complex interaction between environmental and genetic factors, and compulsive eating in response to adverse […]
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Med Hypotheses. 2016 Aug;93:62-70. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2016.05.015. Patrono E1, Gasbarri A2, Tomaz C3, Nishijo H4. Article Outline Introduction The “incentive-sensitization” theory The “hedonic dysregulation” theory The “habit-based learning” theory A “temporal continuum” hypotheses involving the aberrant motivation, the hedonic dysregulation, and the aberrant learning Neuro-bio-physiological background of drug addiction “temporal continuum” hypotheses The neural basis of […]
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Well, I’ve hit a 60 day milestone in being PMO-free. The first 30 days were very much focused on figuring out an effective path to discontinuing PMO, and the last 30 days I’ve been able to focus on rebooting my marriage – in general and our sex life. Before starting NoFap, I was on a […]
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