I am writing this on Day 60 of my reboot process, following my worst relapse yet. Sharing what I’ve learned. Please let me know if you find anything useful or if you can relate to anything. Apologies for the rambling. On Relapsing: On a good day, the idea of relapsing seems impossible. I feel that […]
J Neurosci. 2006 May 10;26(19):5131-42. Ulery PG, Rudenko G, Nestler EJ. Source Department of Psychiatry, Center for Basic Neuroscience, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9070, USA. Abstract The transcription factor DeltaFosB (also referred to as FosB2 or FosB[short form]) is an important mediator of the long-term plasticity induced in brain by […]
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Brain Res. 2010 May 6; 1329: 10–20. Published online 2010 March 11. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.02.081 PMCID: PMC2876727 John F. Enwright, III,1 Megan Wald,1 Madison Paddock,1 Elizabeth Hoffman,1 Rachel Arey,2 Scott Edwards,2 Sade Spencer,2 Eric J. Nestler,3 and Colleen A. McClung2,* Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article […]
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Food for thought – males have been masturbating since Adam discovered he had a penis, and even primates do it. But the mass erectile dysfunction currently surfacing amoung young men has only ocurred since internet porn arrived. Porn is a far stronger and more potent addiction than masturbating by iteslf. Here is an article from […]
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I won’t reiterate much of what I previously wrote [below], but in a nutshell, I was taking the wrong turns in my life for the longest time ever. Initially I had no idea why, but I developed deep social-anxiety issues that I never noticed before. Personality-wise I crumbled into a shell. My grades slipped. (Okay, […]
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Are you there God Its me dopamine neuron September 30, 2013 · by Talia Lerner Dopamine neurons are some of the most studied, most sensationalized neurons out there. Lately, though, they’ve been going through a bit of an identity crisis. What is a dopamine neuron? Some interesting recent twists in dopamine research have definitively debunked […]
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Exclusive: Young boys are becoming so addicted to extreme internet porn that they now want help to stop watching it, according to a new study. A fifth of boys aged between 16 and 20 told the University of East London they were “dependent on porn as a stimulant for real sex”. The online sexual imagery […]
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I still can’t quite believe I’ve lasted this long. I last fapped on January 29th. I’ve had a lot of cool experiences this year (working for a television station, working for a newspaper, meeting new people). And it’s insane for me to think that this all happened after my last fap. I’m much more focused […]
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By ex-lads’ mag editor Martin Daubney, 25 September 2013 The moment I knew internet pornography had cast its dark shadow over the lives of millions of ordinary British teenagers will live with me for ever. I was sitting in the smart drama hall of a specialist sports college in the North of England with a […]
J Neurosci. 2013 August 7; 33(32): 12982–12986. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5587-12.2013 PMCID: PMC3735881 Agnes Norbury,1,2 Sanjay Manohar,1,2 Robert D. Rogers,3 and Masud Husain1,2,4 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Trait sensation-seeking, defined as a need for varied, complex, and intense sensations, represents a relatively underexplored hedonic drive in human […]