The following abstracts related to porn use and sex addiction were taken from the 3rd International Conference on Behavioral Addictions March 14–16, 2016, and 4th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions February 20-22, 2017. Most abstracts presented are eventually published in peer-reviewed journals. Internet pornography addiction: Theoretical models, behavioral data, and neuroimaging findings MATTHIAS BRAND […]
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So for the whole nofap journey not a lot has happened I hadn’t had any luck with girls, sad times. When suddenly from day 89 out of nowhere I’m suddenly spoilt for choice. I made out with some girl I met out which rocketed my confidence and she’s now constantly messaging me. The same day […]
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I’m proud to say that after coming across this sub sometime in Feb 2014, I completed 2 years porn-free, as of April 10, 2016. I had been watching porn of various types since at least 1999, on 33kbps modems. The reason I got serious about stopping was that I realized that access to porn was […]
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Front Psychol. 2016 Mar 30;7:455. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00455. eCollection 2016. Turel O1, Bechara A2. Abstract BACKGROUND: Adults who present ADHD symptoms have an increased risk for vehicle accidents. One conceivable overlooked account for this association is the possibility that people with ADHD symptoms use rewarding technologies such as social networking sites (SNS) while driving, more than […]
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LINK TO STUDY Sam-Wook ChoiRelated information 1 Korea Institute on Behavioral Addiction, Seoul, Korea; Easy Brain Center, Seoul, Korea , Young-Chul ShinRelated information 2Department of Psychiatry, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea , Jung Yeon MokRelated information 3Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of […]
Read More… from Serum BDNF levels in patients with gambling disorder are associated with the severity of gambling disorder and Iowa Gambling Task indices (2016)
Curr Behav Neurosci Rep. 2016; 3: 49–57. Published online 2016 Feb 20. doi: 10.1007/s40473-016-0068-3 PMCID: PMC4769313 L. S. Morris and V. Voon Abstract Cognitive constructs provide conceptual frameworks for transpathological characterization and improved phenotyping of apparently disparate psychiatric groups. This dimensional approach can be applied to the examination of individuals with behavioral addictions, for example, […]
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About relapsing, you may ask, “How the hell could you not be mad?” The 105 days I had were a period of absolute fucking enlightenment for me. AND I’ve developed my first crush / attraction on anyone since 2011. I’ve realized what it is I want to do, it’s forced me to figure it out […]
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LINK TO FULL STUDY Abstract Excess sugar consumption has been shown to contribute directly to weight gain, thus contributing to the growing worldwide obesity epidemic. Interestingly, increased sugar consumption has been shown to repeatedly elevate dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens (NAc), in the mesolimbic reward pathway of the brain similar to many drugs of […]
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Front. Behav. Neurosci., 23 March 2016 | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00054 Paul M. Klenowski1, Masroor R. Shariff1, Arnauld Belmer1, Matthew J. Fogarty2, Erica W. H. Mu2, Mark C. Bellingham2 and Selena E. Bartlett1* 1Translational Research Institute and Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 2School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, […]
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Biol Psychiatry. 2015 Dec 2. pii: S0006-3223(15)00996-8. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.11.019. Brown RM1, Kupchik YM2, Spencer S3, Garcia-Keller C4, Spanswick DC5, Lawrence AJ6, Simonds SE5, Schwartz DJ3, Jordan KA3, Jhou TC3, Kalivas PW3. Abstract BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that the pathological overeating underlying some forms of obesity is compulsive in nature and therefore contains elements of […]
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