Comments: Men who become attracted to transgender (colloquially, shemale) porn/partners are typically heterosexual in their identification and arousal patterns–that is, typically not homosexual or even bisexual. The researchers are unable to speculate why this taste develops, but many internet porn users ascribe this fetish to heavy internet porn use and the search for something more […]
Read More… from Who are gynandromorphophilic men? Characterizing men with sexual interest in transgender women (2015)
Melissa A. Stouffer, Catherine A. Woods, Jyoti C. Patel, Christian R. Lee, Paul Witkovsky, Li Bao, Robert P. Machold, Kymry T. Jones, Soledad Cabeza de Vaca, Maarten E. A. Reith, Kenneth D. Carr & Margaret E. Rice Affiliations Contributions Corresponding author Nature Communications 6, Article number: 8543 doi:10.1038/ncomms9543 Received 02 June 2015 Accepted […]
Read More… from Insulin enhances striatal dopamine release by activating cholinergic interneurons and thereby signals reward (2015)
At the age of 17 I discovered Hentai, I was thinking like this : it’s only created person so it is bad for no one and it’s not a sin because I don’t covet anyone… I was stupid lol. At first I was only checking picture and vanilla stuff but it escalated quickly and I […]
Read More… from Age 22 – Socializing helps, great body, sexual tastes returning to normal
Why Binge Drinking May Wire the Brain for Alcohol Dependence. By R. Douglas Fields | October 23, 2015 Proteins that surround neurons in an area of the cerebral cortex may solidify compulsive drinking behaviors. Amy Lasek “Why can’t you stop drinking?” This week at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Chicago, researchers […]
Read More… from Perineuronal Nets and Addiction (2015)
Comments: This paper (abstract below) contains two longitudinal studies examining the effects of Internet porn on “delay discounting.” Delay discounting happens when people choose ten dollars right now rather than 20 dollars in a week. It’s the inability to delay immediate gratification for a more valuable reward in the future. Think of the famous Stanford […]
Read More… from Trading Later Rewards for Current Pleasure: Pornography Consumption and Delay Discounting (2015)
I entered into a positive set of habits at the beginning of the year, nofap, a religiously attended body building routine, healthy diet 24/7, reduced drinking, the whole lot. This set of habits, meant that I became more confident with women due to their change of attitude towards me, so making up for lost time, […]
Read More… from Age 29 – Started seeing success through NoFap and developed a sex addiction instead
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci. 2008 Jul 16; 28(29): 7344–7349. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1043-08.2008 PMCID: PMC2610249 NIHMSID: NIHMS66599 William Renthal,1 Tiffany L. Carle,1 Ian Maze,1 Herbert E. Covington, III,1 Hoang-Trang Truong,1 Imran Alibhai,1 Arvind Kumar,1 Rusty L. Montgomery,2 Eric N. Olson,2 and Eric J. Nestler1,* Go to: Abstract The molecular mechanisms underlying the transition […]
Read More… from DeltaFosB mediates epigenetic desensitization of the c-fos gene after chronic amphetamine exposure (2008)
This is going to long. I warned you. And it’s also going to be uncomfortable, even painful and scary. Hope is scary. And one of the main reasons people struggle with addiction is because they are scared of what’s inside themselves. I would also add that I have written this in one go, in five hours. […]
Read More… from Age 19 – Addiction is no longer a part of my life
After one year and one month of nofap, no porn or sexual thoughts I’m a different person from inside out. I have completely changed. My voice is stronger and more masculine. My brain is sharper. My social anxiety is non-existent. I did not relapse even once i think nofap itself gave me the power. My […]
Read More… from Age 19 – Mind blowing will power, better self control, confidence, deeper voice
I was eleven years old when I first came across a pornographic image. It was a video case that me and my younger brother had found in the back of the trunk of our silver Ford Aerostar. Even after all these years I can clearly recall the image of this pornographic material plain as day. […]
Read More… from Age 25 – Giving up the lure of porn