Am J Psychiatry. 2003 Nov;160(11):1990-4. Potenza MN1, Leung HC, Blumberg HP, Peterson BS, Fulbright RK, Lacadie CM, Skudlarski P, Gore JC. Abstract OBJECTIVE: Function of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex has been implicated in impulse control. The authors used the Stroop paradigm to test attention and response inhibition during the presentation of congruent and incongruent stimuli in male pathological gamblers and a group of […]
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Mom’s weight during pregnancy shapes baby’s health By Laura Beil 1:00pm, January 12, 2016 Obesity at conception or during pregnancy is a big problem that’s getting bigger: New evidence says a child’s mental health could be at stake. Magazine issue: Vol. 189, No. 2, January 23, 2016, p. 22 When Elinor Sullivan was a postdoctoral fellow […]
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At the age of 7, I was playing at my friends house and we decided to go out to his father’s truck. In the truck we found a porn magazine. I don’t remember thinking that much about it at the time. But at a later opportunity we took the magazine with us and started reading. […]
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I am very happy I found this subreddit. This is a unique online community in that it is the only online quasi social network on the internet (that I know of) committed to fostering the development of true core values in its members rather than falsely inflating egos through external value systems (up-votes, false praise, […]
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Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2014 Oct 31;18(2). pii: pyu004. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyu004. Graf H1, Wiegers M2, Metzger CD2, Walter M2, Grön G2, Abler B2. Abstract BACKGROUND: Impaired sexual function is increasingly recognized as a side effect of psychopharmacological treatment. However, underlying mechanisms of action of the different drugs on sexual processing are still to be explored. Using […]
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I’ve been a lurker for the past 5 months and thought I would contribute since things seemed to have worked out for me, at least so far, and reading success stories played a huge role in getting me through some pretty tough times. I’ll give you some background but not too many details to preserve […]
Read More… from Age 37 – PIED and DE Cured (hopefully) After 5 Months.
Since it is a very good time of the year to start new resolutions, I wanted to share with you how my journey has been: First and foremost: I am 19 years old. I started my attempts of no PMO when I was 13, I relapsed at different stages: 1 month, 2, 4 and even […]
Read More… from Age 19 – Nearly 2 years of freedom
I finally stopped watching porn for good. For what I know, it ruined my life for maybe 5-7 years. That combined with weed, which came around in 3-4 years ago. At the time I thought it was the best thing to do. Little did I know that it would ruin my life. It was like […]
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I’m 45, currently in a committed relationship but addicted to PMO since grade school. Not so much hard core stuff, mostly magazines and some VHS videos that is until the birth of high speed internet. I’ve been married twice, several girlfriends and never suffered w PIED until just recently. I met someone about 6 months […]
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[Translated from Italian] Friends, the following story was summarized the facts and events in the PMO was present in my life. The story starts from zero for people who read can identify and see that there is light at end of tunnel for everything bad that are going through. EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENACE […]
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