LINK – 13 November 2013 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA—Compulsive gamblers aren’t necessarily greedier than the rest of us—their brains may just be wired to favor money over sex. That’s the conclusion of a study presented here today at the Society for Neuroscience conference. This tendency to prioritize money over more basic desires resembles other addictions like […]
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SUCCESS! I just wanted to share this with everyone – I have actually felt cured for a few months now, but i only now have time to repeat my story 😉 I wasn’t a bad case, i didn’t delve too deep into the porn pit, a few hardcore bits here and there, but nothing too […]
Read More… from Age 26 – From sitting alone at home to satisfying and fulfilling sex life with girlfriend (ED)
First of all, I have no badge. I didn’t have a reddit account at all until just now, so excuse me for that. But anyway, I think this is my seventh week of the challange (give or take a bit), and I have to say it’s worked wonders in my life. I’ll give you a […]
Read More… from Age 23 – I’m forming genuinely meaningful relationships with women, I have emotions, I feel more intelligent
Cereb. Cortex (2007) 17 (12): 2796-2804. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhm008 First published online: February 24, 2007 Tiziana Pascucci1,2, Rossella Ventura2,3, Emanuele Claudio Latagliata1,2, Simona Cabib1,2 and Stefano Puglisi-Allegra1,2 + Author Affiliations 1Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università “La Sapienza,” Rome I-00185, Italy 2Fondazione Santa Lucia I.R.C.C.S, European Centre for Brain Research (CERC), Rome 00143, Italy 3Dipartimento di Scienze e […]
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Front Neurosci. 2012; 6: 157. Published online 2012 November 1. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00157 Anthony J. Porcelli,1,* Andrea H. Lewis,2 and Mauricio R. Delgado2,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract People often make decisions under aversive conditions such as […]
Read More… from Acute Stress Influences Neural Circuits of Reward Processing (2012)
I’ve gone 91 days now without masturbation or porn, so I’ll try to write a little now about my experience. My counter is at 91, but I had sex on day 38, and I felt like I was “using” the girl I had sex with the same way I had used porn. I felt that […]
Read More… from Age 32 – I’m totally certain that masturbating to porn was keeping me depressed and unmotivated
World J Mens Health. 2013 August; 31(2): 126–135. Published online 2013 August 31. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.2013.31.2.126 Akira Tsujimura Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Testosterone is important in the physiology of various organs and tissues. The serum testosterone concentration gradually declines as one of the processes of aging. […]
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J Neurosci. 2011 Nov 9;31(45):16473-82. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4013-11.2011. Frohmader KS, Lehman MN, Laviolette SR, Coolen LM. Source Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A5C1, Canada. Abstract Methamphetamine (Meth) users report having heightened sexual pleasure, numerous sexual partners, and engaging in unprotected sex due to […]
Read More… from Concurrent exposure to methamphetamine and sexual behavior enhances subsequent drug reward and causes compulsive sexual behavior in male rats (2011)
Horm Behav. 2009 January; 55(1): 93–97. Published online 2008 September 12. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.08.012 PMCID: PMC2659494 NIHMSID: NIHMS93176 Christine M. Tenk,1,* Hilary Wilson,3,* Qi Zhang,1 Kyle K. Pitchers,1,2 and Lique M. Coolen1,2 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Horm Behav See other articles […]
Read More… from Sexual reward in male rats: Effects of sexual experience on conditioned place preferences associated with ejaculation and intromissions (2009)
Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2012 January; 36(1): 479–501. Published online 2011 August 25. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.08.005 PMCID: PMC3244208 Rebecca Ray1 and David H. Zald2 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Neurosci Biobehav Rev See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. […]
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