Front. Behav. Neurosci., 16 January 2014 | Ruud van den Bos1*, Ruben Taris2, Bianca Scheppink2, Lydia de Haan3 and Joris C. Verster3,4 1Department of Organismal Animal Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands 2Police Academy, Recruitment and Selection, Apeldoorn, Netherlands 3Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands 4Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, […]
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Sci Rep. 2015; 5: 9197. Published online 2015 Mar 17. doi: 10.1038/srep09197 PMCID: PMC4361884 Guangheng Dong,a,1 Xiao Lin,1 Yanbo Hu,2 Chunming Xie,3 and Xiaoxia Du4 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Literatures have shown that Internet gaming disorder (IGD) subjects show impaired executive control and enhanced reward […]
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I’ve finally reached 90 days. I have to be clear that it wasn’t a completely clean one as I peaked at erotic pictures few times and O’ed to naked picture twice during the 90 days. However, I don’t believe in all-or-nothing so I never ended up binging. Here are my thoughts: Overall, I’ve changed my […]
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I’m going to say a few things regarding my porn and video game addiction. I believe that every time we relapse it is because we decided our reason for quitting wasn’t good enough. Every little decision shapes our minds literally. This, I know this applies to everyone. I’ve seen a quote on the internet along […]
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Front Behav Neurosci. 2015 May 19;9:128. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00128. eCollection 2015. Andreatta M1, Pauli P1. Abstract In classical conditioning, an initially neutral stimulus (conditioned stimulus, CS) becomes associated with a biologically salient event (unconditioned stimulus, US), which might be pain (aversive conditioning) or food (appetitive conditioning). After a few associations, the CS is able to initiate […]
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Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2015 Mar-Apr;23(2):134-46. doi: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000051. Yau YH1, Potenza MN. Abstract Addiction professionals and the public are recognizing that certain nonsubstance behaviors–such as gambling, Internet use, video-game playing, sex, eating, and shopping–bear resemblance to alcohol and drug dependence. Growing evidence suggests that these behaviors warrant consideration as nonsubstance or “behavioral” addictions and has led […]
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Hi Everyone, I am 21 years old. I’ve been struggling with an addiction to porn and masturbation for 3 years, beginning since I was 16. My addiction was pretty bad in my opinion. I watched porn and masturbated on a daily basis. The longest I could hold out was 3 days before I would relapse. […]
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I’m so thankful I stumbled across this little corner of the internet by accident. TL;DR: Hang in there. It’s worth it. You won’t be scared of life anymore. I wanted to share my experience to give anyone struggling prior to day 76 the motivation to keep going. Being reminded daily that other people have done […]
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