Psychopharmacology (Berl). Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Jun 29. Published in final edited form as: Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2014 May; 231(9): 1897–1912. Published online 2014 Feb 6. doi: 10.1007/s00213-014-3461-1 PMCID: PMC4484591 NIHMSID: NIHMS563577 Natalie A. Hadad, M. A. and Lori A. Knackstedt, Ph.D. Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited […]
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Nutrients. 2014 Nov; 6(11): 5153–5183. Published online 2014 Nov 18. doi: 10.3390/nu6115153 PMCID: PMC4245585 Yi Zhang,1,2,* Ju Liu,1 Jianliang Yao,1 Gang Ji,3 Long Qian,4 Jing Wang,1 Guansheng Zhang,1 Jie Tian,1 Yongzhan Nie,3 Yi Edi. Zhang,2,5 Mark S. Gold,2 and Yijun Liu2,4,6,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract […]
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Sci Rep. 2015; 5: 11283. Published online 2015 Jun 12. doi: 10.1038/srep11283 PMCID: PMC4464302 Sarah A. Eisenstein,1,2 Allison N. Bischoff,1 Danuta M. Gredysa,1 Jo Ann V. Antenor-Dorsey,1 Jonathan M. Koller,1 Amal Al-Lozi,1 Marta Y. Pepino,3 Samuel Klein,3 Joel S. Perlmutter,2,4,5,6,7 Stephen M. Moerlein,2,8 Kevin J. Black,1,2,4,5 and Tamara Hersheya,1,2,4 Author information ► Article notes ► […]
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Thank you to all of the fellow fapstronauts who helped when times were tough. Whether you provided posts that gave me motivation to keep going or you replied to mine, thank you. It truly is amazing how this community is so supportive of people who wish to rid themselves of the dark horse of addictions. […]
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Diabetes Care. 2012 May;35(5):1105-11. doi: 10.2337/dc11-2250. Epub 2012 Mar 19. Dunn JP1, Kessler RM, Feurer ID, Volkow ND, Patterson BW, Ansari MS, Li R, Marks-Shulman P, Abumrad NN. Abstract OBJECTIVE: Midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons, which are involved with reward and motivation, are modulated by hormones that regulate food intake (insulin, leptin, and acyl ghrelin [AG]). […]
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Neuroscientist. 2015 Jul 13. pii: 1073858415595005. Loh KK1, Kanai R2. Abstract Throughout our evolutionary history, our cognitive systems have been altered by the advent of technological inventions such as primitive tools, spoken language, writing, and arithmetic systems. Thirty years ago, the Internet surfaced as the latest technological invention poised to deeply reshape human cognition. With […]
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PLoS One. 2015 Jul 14;10(7):e0131597. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131597. Zhang Y1, Mei S2, Li L2, Chai J2, Li J2, Du H3. Abstract Internet addiction (IA) has increasingly been recognized as a serious psychological malady among college students. Impulsivity has been shown to be associated to addictive behaviors, also to IA, and that the purpose of the study […]
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DISCLAMIER: THIS POST IS LONG AND FULL OF UNFOCUSED BLABBERING. ALSO, I’M NOT A NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER, SO IF YOU DON’T WANT YOUR EYES TO GET HURT, BETTER BRING SOME PROTECTION WITH YOU. So I have reached this proud number of 90 days without PMO. And I would like to share some of mine feelings […]
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I feel great, as in normal and compared to my time before nofap. It has been said often before: as soon as the fight is over, there are no superpowers anymore. These superpowers only seem super when seen from a place of desperation and self betrayal. They become part of who you are once you […]
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I am going to share with you the resources I believe helped me get to 365 days PMO free. I have had a problem with excessive porn viewing probably since I was thirteen/fourteen, pretty much ever since I had a computer in my room. A quick background I had multiple attempts to stop or “cut […]
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