Psychiatry Investigation – 2013 (Vol.10 , Issue 2 , Pages 200-2) EunJin Cheon1;Bon-Hoon Koo1;Sang Soo Seo2; and Jun-Yeob Lee3; 1;Department of Psychiatry, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Daegu, 2;Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 3;Department of Psychiatry, CHA Gumi Medical Center, CHA University, Gumi, Republic of […]
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Front Neuroanat. 2011;5:41. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00041. Epub 2011 Jul 18. Lobo MK, Nestler EJ. Source Fishberg Department of Neuroscience, Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY, USA. Abstract The striatum plays a key role in mediating the acute and chronic effects of addictive drugs, with drugs of abuse causing long-lasting molecular and […]
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jan 29;110(5):1923-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1221742110. Grueter BA, Robison AJ, Neve RL, Nestler EJ, Malenka RC. Source Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA. Abstract Synaptic modifications in nucleus accumbens (NAc) medium spiny neurons (MSNs) play a […]
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Let me start by saying I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD DO THIS. I have been doing [no porn/masturbation] for over a year now and it was always a struggle. In April, I finally made the decision that enough was enough and I was going to see this thing all the way through. For those of […]
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Genes Brain Behav. 2013 Jun 22. doi: 10.1111/gbb.12060. Been LE, Hedges VL, Vialou V, Nestler EJ, Meisel RL. Source University of Minnesota, Department of Neuroscience, 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA. Abstract Motivated behaviors, including sexual experience, activate the mesolimbic dopamine system and produce long-lasting molecular and structural changes in the […]
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By Isaac Abel About a year ago, I was regularly seeing a therapist. During one session, I mentioned the niche porn I had watched and how I was unsure whether or not I wanted to embrace some of the “kinkier” fantasies, like rape and incest, through role-play in my real sex life. It was the […]
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I originally planned to write my whole no-fap story, but realized halfway that it was becoming a book haha ;D. (P.S. – It is important to note that although my badge is in the single digits :[ I’ve fapped on less than 15 days in this entire year.) I always loved reading the SUPERPOWER stories […]
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So I made it: 100 days 🙂 Woooohooooo!!!! I am very proud of myself, even though I have had stumbles and almost falls…. This forum and challenge has definitly changed my life:) Not in some massive religious-like event, but slow incremental changes. I don’t have super-powers now, but I do feel more confident, energized and […]
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First post. I’m 29 days into no MO, 59 days no P. I almost relapsed tonight, but I decided to start a journal instead. I’m 28 years old, 29 soon. One of the bad cases — I was at just the right age when I knew about computers since I was 9 years old and […]
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So I’m over 4 months into my reboot now, and it wasn’t until recently that I began to try having sex. The first few times I wasn’t very successful. I did get a few nice blow jobs, but I wasn’t hard long enough for real sex. However, last weekend I ended up spending the weekend […]
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