So I’m posting my story due to my (relatively) small success on my other post entitled why. I won’t get super into detail like where I’m from what I did yesterday, but enough to relate to you and so I can show you how far I’ve come. So I’m 20 years old now, I started […]
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WOW – I actually did it. I legit have not PMO’d in the last 3 MONTHS. This may be a long post – I’m writing this to serve as a guiding light for others and a therapeutic look back for myself. I actually have some work to get done tonight but this is important for […]
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There probably aren’t many guys here on nofap over 50, the recent poll showed almost none, but here I am and I am glad to be here. If you don’t want to read this whole long post, I’ll just say that avoiding PMO for 90 days has been great for our marriage. I’m glad I […]
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Front Hum Neurosci. 2013; 7: 762. Published online Nov 14, 2013. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00762 PMCID: PMC3827581 Colin G. DeYoung* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract The neuromodulator dopamine is centrally involved in reward, approach behavior, exploration, and various aspects of cognition. Variations in dopaminergic function appear to be […]
Wai Chong Wong, Kerstin A. Ford, Nicole E. Pagels, James E. McCutcheon, and Michela Marinelli +Show Affiliations + Author Notes J. E. McCutcheon’s present address: Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607. Author contributions: W.C.W., J.E.M., and M.M. designed research; W.C.W., K.A.F., N.E.P., and M.M. performed research; W.C.W., K.A.F., N.E.P., […]
Front Behav Neurosci. 2013; 7: 206. Published online Dec 23, 2013. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00206 PMCID: PMC3870289 Marc N. Potenza* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Pathological gambling [PG—now termed “gambling disorder” in DSM-5 (APA, 2013; Petry et al., 2013)] is characterized by maladaptive patterns of gambling that are associated with significant […]
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Psychiatry Res. Author manuscript; available in PMC Nov 30, 2010. Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. Nov 30, 2009; 170(1): 22–31. Published online Oct 6, 2009. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.06.036 PMCID: PMC2792582 NIHMSID: NIHMS151360 Marc Nicholas Potenza,a,* Lorrin Michael Koran,b and Stefano Pallantic Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited […]
Addiction. 2012 Oct;107(10):1726-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03546.x. Epub 2011 Oct 10. el-Guebaly N1, Mudry T, Zohar J, Tavares H, Potenza MN. Author information Abstract AIMS: To describe, in the context of DSM-V, how a focus on addiction and compulsion is emerging in the consideration of pathological gambling (PG). METHODS: A systematic literature review of evidence for the […]
Neuropsychopharmacology. Feb 2010; 35(3): 591–604. Published online Nov 25, 2009. doi: 10.1038/npp.2009.185 PMCID: PMC3055606 Naomi A Fineberg,1,2,3,* Marc N Potenza,4 Samuel R Chamberlain,1,3 Heather A Berlin,5 Lara Menzies,3 Antoine Bechara,6 Barbara J Sahakian,3 Trevor W Robbins,7 Edward T Bullmore,3,8 and Eric Hollander9 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article […]
Porn has poisoned my mind. I’ve been attempting on and off for the past 2 years. Initially my journey began due to Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction. I was in the process of losing my virginity and little Richard didn’t wanna play long tall sally. It was de-moralising but I discovered yourbrainonporn.com and subsequently also discovered […]
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