Front Behav Neurosci. 2014 Feb 28;8:57. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00057. eCollection 2014. Krashes MJ, Kravitz AV. Author information Abstract Obesity is clinically diagnosed by a simple formula based on the weight and height of a person (body mass index), but is associated with a host of other behavioral symptoms that are likely neurological in origin. In recent […]
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J Neurosci. 2010 Jun 30;30(26):8888-96. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6028-09.2010. Pine A1, Shiner T, Seymour B, Dolan RJ. Author information Abstract Disordered dopamine neurotransmission is implicated in mediating impulsiveness across a range of behaviors and disorders including addiction, compulsive gambling, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and dopamine dysregulation syndrome. Whereas existing theories of dopamine function highlight mechanisms based on aberrant reward […]
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Front Behav Neurosci. 2014 Mar 25;8:83. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00083. eCollection 2014. Li Y1, Sescousse G2, Dreher JC1. Author information Abstract Pathological gambling is a behavioral addiction characterized by a chronic failure to resist the urge to gamble. It shares many similarities with drug addiction. Glucocorticoid hormones including cortisol are thought to play a key role in […]
Read More… from Endogenous cortisol levels are associated with an imbalanced striatal sensitivity to monetary versus non-monetary cues in pathological gamblers (2014)
1 Year Ago… I was nearing the end of my first year in college. I PMO’d close to every day. I seriously wondered what could possibly be so wrong in my life that made me so unhappy. By random dumb luck, I heard about reddit and randomly found /r/nofap on April 24th. I looked over […]
Read More… from Age 19 – 1 year ago I was a borderline-depressed socially anxious shy guy with no dating prospects
by Bethany Brookshire LINK TO ARTICLE April 21, 2014 A new study suggests that repeated binges on sugar and fat could tilt the neural balance from taking a few modest bites of a tasty dessert toward devouring an entire sundae — and then some. Many of us have experienced that depressing sight: The bottom of […]
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I’m in my late thirties, and just over 3 years into my journey of a life without porn. Nine months in, I had a brief hiatus where I dabbled in porn again for a few months, then quit again. So I consider myself two years “sober”… That said, I’m a bit careful with words like […]
Read More… from Age 37 – The experience of someone two years porn free
82 days is a weird number to post about, but I hit a big milestone today. Quick background. I’m divorced and had married my first girlfriend (and first sexual partner). That lasted over a decade and I am ashamed to admit that PMO caused me to have almost no sex life. The divorce wasn’t solely […]
Read More… from After 30 years of PMO – I kept an an erection during intercourse for the first time ever in my life
I am super excited today because as you can see I MADE IT TO THE BIG DAY 90! I hope you read all I am about to write as I believe it can help and encourage a lot of people here and some of my experiences are different than the norm. So sit back, relax, […]
Read More… from Age 17 – From D’s & F’s to honor role, no more anxiety & depression
I have read tons and tons of success stories here and I was always bothered (no offense to those) because 90% were about people who had no (real) PIED and ‘just’ felt like their focus or mood or whatever improved after giving up porn. For this reason I decided to post here since I think […]
Read More… from Age 23 – (ED) A guy and his girlfriend both describe their 130 day reboot
Hi to all NoFappers, this is not going to be the usual sharing of experience. There is enough information on what happens when you watch porn and how it feels when you try to cease that practice. In short my story with porn is about 13 years old (29 years of age at the moment) […]
Read More… from Age 29 – The Monster in The Closet