Have you been struggling with porn addiction for more than a year? I want to tell you EXACTLY why you’re failing, so you can pick yourself up and overcome this. What I say below might sound harsh at times, but it needs to be. This is a wakeup call, and wakeup calls are not meant […]
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Posted by Kurt Smith, LMFT, LPCC, AFC on Fri, Feb 27, 2015 LINK TO POST Porn is a pretty uncomfortable subject for nearly everyone to discuss. Something that typically accompanies porn viewing that can be particular embarrassing is masturbation. And now a new problem has surfaced around porn and masturbation in the form of porn […]
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I have watched porn since I was about 12 and I am now 22. I didn’t realize i had a problem til I couldn’t feel a thing at the age of 19 when I attempted to have sex, I immediately went flaccid and from that moment on I knew I had a problem. So I […]
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Cereb Cortex. 2007 Dec;17(12):2940-8. Epub 2007 Mar 23. Bunzeck N1, Schütze H, Stallforth S, Kaufmann J, Düzel S, Heinze HJ, Düzel E. Abstract Normal aging is associated with neuronal loss in the dopaminergic midbrain (substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area, SN/VTA), a region that has recently been implicated in processing novel stimuli as part of a mesolimbic […]
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Hum Brain Mapp. 2012 Jun; 33(6): 1309–1324. Published online 2011 Apr 21. doi: 10.1002/hbm.21288 Nico Bunzeck,*,1 Christian F Doeller,2,3,4 Ray J Dolan,5 and Emrah Duzel2,6 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract Medial temporal lobe (MTL) dependent long-term […]
That’s the best way to explain this feeling. As a male who was heavily addicted to pornography from the young age of 12 to 23. It seems like I missed out on so much. Looking back on those times hurts more than anything. Being a deeply depressed, constantly isolated shut in. I loved being isolated. […]
Clinical Psychology Review Volume 34, Issue 4, June 2014, Pages 298–308 Daniel L. King, Paul H. Delfabbro doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2014.03.006 Highlights We review 36 studies on Internet gaming disorder cognition IGD treatment studies employing CT tend to lack cognition-based measures. Four types of cognition may underlie Internet gaming disorder. Implications for criterion A of DSM-5 Internet […]
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I have had porn induced ED for a long time, years probably. I had only had sex with one woman (long ass committed relationship for 4 years), until last weekend. After ending my relationship i was so used to getting off to her and porn. I was desensitized to everything else. Stopped fappin for 45 […]
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Front. Behav. Neurosci., 02 April 2014 | Carla Kalkhoven1, Cor Sennef1, Ard Peeters1 and Ruud van den Bos2* 1Chardon Pharma, Herpen, Netherlands 2Department of Organismal Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands Huntington’s disease (HD) is a genetic, neurodegenerative disorder, which specifically affects striatal neurons of the indirect pathway, resulting in a […]
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Front. Behav. Neurosci., 11 June 2014 | Stephanie E. Tedford1,2*, Nathan A. Holtz1,2, Amanda L. Persons1,2† and T. Celeste Napier1,2,3 1Department of Pharmacology, Center for Compulsive Behavior and Addiction, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA 2Department of Pharmacology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA 3Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, […]