Front Behav Neurosci. 2013 May 20;7:43. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00043. eCollection 2013. Carter ME1, de Lecea L, Adamantidis A. Abstract To survive in a rapidly changing environment, animals must sense their external world and internal physiological state and properly regulate levels of arousal. Levels of arousal that are abnormally high may result in inefficient use of internal […]
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Neuropsychopharmacology. 2012 Aug; 37(9): 1999–2011. Published online 2012 May 9. doi: 10.1038/npp.2012.48 PMCID: PMC3398727 Laura Piccoli,1,4,5,6 Maria Vittoria Micioni Di Bonaventura,2,4,* Carlo Cifani,2,4 Vivian J A Costantini,1,5,6 Mario Massagrande,1,5,6 Dino Montanari,1,5,6 Prisca Martinelli,1,5,6 Marinella Antolini,1,5,6 Roberto Ciccocioppo,2 Maurizio Massi,2 Emilio Merlo-Pich,3 Romano Di Fabio,1,5,6 and Mauro Corsi1,5,6 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and […]
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Front Neurosci. 2014; 8: 26. Published online 2014 Feb 13. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00026 PMCID: PMC3923148 Emilio Merlo Pich1,* and Sergio Melotto2 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract Fifteen years after the discovery of hypocretin/orexin a large body of […]
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Front Syst Neurosci. 2014 Nov 13;8:216. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00216. eCollection 2014. Hurley SW1, Johnson AK2. Abstract The hypothalamus has been recognized for its involvement in both maintaining homeostasis and mediating motivated behaviors. The present article discusses a region of the hypothalamus known as the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA). It is proposed that brain nuclei within the […]
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I have had the urge over the past few days to share my story, in the hope that it may help someone who needs tips or just some encouragement from someone in the same struggle. This is an account of my journey so far. So I started watching porn and masturbating when I was 12 […]
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Front Psychol. 2015; 6: 396. Published online 2015 Apr 9. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00396 PMCID: PMC4391226 Roberto Cattivelli,1,* Giada Pietrabissa,1,2 Martina Ceccarini,1,3 Chiara A. M. Spatola,1,2 Valentina Villa,1 Annalisa Caretti,1 Arianna Gatti,4 Gian Mauro Manzoni,1 and Gianluca Castelnuovo1,2 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Being overweight is a growing problem worldwide, and […]
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I guess I’m not really fond of success stories. I have never posted in this part of the forum before and I have actually never even read the topics that are discussed here. I don’t really know why that is, perhaps I just don’t see the point of making a separate section just for success […]
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Front Psychiatry. 2015 Apr 20;6:54. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00054. eCollection 2015. Weinstein AM1, Zolek R1, Babkin A1, Cohen K1, Lejoyeux M2. Abstract Sexual addiction otherwise known as compulsive sexual behavior is associated with serious psychosocial problems and risk-taking behavior. This study used the Cybersex addiction test, Craving for pornography questionnaire, and a Questionnaire on intimacy among 267 […]
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I unsuccessfully tried to quit masturbating/pornography since I was 12 years old after a close friend’s dad passed away. The thought of him being in heaven and seeing me masturbating brought me shame. I’m now 26 and have tried quitting more times than I can even remember and for many of different reasons. I feel […]
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I’m around 1.5 years into my reboot. I’d probably put myself forward as being one of the “Worst case examples” of PIED. From the age of around 14 when I got the internet to age 26 I pretty much PMO’d every single day, several times a day. I spend the majority of this time isolated […]
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