Mirte Brom mail, Ellen Laan, Walter Everaerd, Philip Spinhoven, Stephanie Both Published: August 29, 2014 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105955 Abstract Introduction Extinction involves an inhibitory form of new learning that is highly dependent on the context for expression. This is supported by phenomena such as renewal and spontaneous recovery, which may help explain the persistence of appetitive […]
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I haven’t masturbated to/orgasmed to porn in 367 days. Until a year ago, I had tried many times to stop and kept failing, until I finally gave up, only to stumble on this website and try again. After going a year without PO, I summarized my experience and reboot process into Six Key Steps. This is […]
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Reflecting back on things its hard to honestly tell if I had purely anxiety issues or porn related issues but one thing is for sure i definitely had issues. Whenever i’d surf the web for porn id sometimes start shaking….like a nervous giddy anticipation but i think this was also a by product of me […]
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[Post by physician mom] Yesterday I talked to my teenaged son about when it is OK and when it is not OK to use internet porn during masturbation. He was grateful and relieved to learn the science about this and to know what he needed to do to protect his future sex life. He thanked […]
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Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Oct 29, 2014, 08.53 PM IST In a weekly three-part series, Dr. Anuradha HS, child and teen consultant, discusses porn addiction in teens. In the first instalment, she highlights the neuroscience behind itThe statistics of the porn industry keep changing rapidly but according to the current data, it is judged to […]
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I intend to write this as perhaps a sobering assessment of what nofap has been to me. I never experienced any of the ‘superpowers’ that others did, and I didn’t really believe in them or expect them or want them. For me, nofap has been all about a return to normality. Restoring, essentially, the chemical […]
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First off, I’d like to say that my previous best before I discovered NoFap was 18 days. I’ve blazed that number and I’m extremely proud of it, no less thanks to you guys. This place is awesome. Coming to what I’ve learned so far: Porn isn’t as much the enemy as boredom or loneliness is. […]
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I know my counter says higher than 60 and it still holds true. I decided to do the challege for 60 days instead of 90 because I figured I had a leg up on other people in this place. I’ll explain. First of all I have to say that this challenge was not difficult for […]
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Nutrients. 2014 Oct 21;6(10):4552-4590. Kirrilly M. Pursey 1, Peter Stanwell 2, Ashley N. Gearhardt 3, Clare E. Collins 1 and Tracy L. Burrows 1,* 1 School of Health Sciences, Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia; E-Mails: [email protected] (K.M.P.); [email protected] (C.E.C.) 2 School of Health Sciences, Priority […]
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J Neurosci. 2014 Oct 22;34(43):14349-64. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3492-14.2014. du Hoffmann J1, Nicola SM2. Abstract Approach to reward is a fundamental adaptive behavior, disruption of which is a core symptom of addiction and depression. Nucleus accumbens (NAc) dopamine is required for reward-predictive cues to activate vigorous reward seeking, but the underlying neural mechanism is unknown. Reward-predictive cues […]
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