Odysseus was curious as to what the Sirens sung in their song to him, so, on Circe’s advice, he had all his sailors plug their ears withbeeswax and tie him to the mast. He ordered his men to leave him tied tightly to the mast, no matter how much he would beg. When he heard […]
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Why ‘Wanting’ And ‘Liking’ Something Simultaneously Is Overwhelming The U-M study reports that the brain divides wanting and liking into separate circuits for the same sweet reward. Natural heroin-like chemicals (opioids) in a few brain “pleasure hotspots” make individuals want to eat more of a tasty sweet food, and make them like its sweet taste […]
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MAIN POST – 90 days after… Yes, I did it. I’m 28. For about 3-4 years I had ED. I am taking ED meds (viagra-like) for about 1,5 year. Sometimes it was better, sometimes worse, but I felt that I need this drugs to get erection. My girlfriend was feeling bad too. She thought that […]
PLoS One. 2010; 5(10): e15401. Published online 2010 October 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015401 Fei Li,#1,2 L. Phillip Wang,#2 Xiaoming Shen,1,* and Joe Z. Tsien2,* This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Pattern completion, the ability to retrieve complete memories initiated by partial cues, is a critical feature of the memory process. […]
Rev Neurosci. 2011;22(6):609-24. Epub 2011 Nov 25. Parvaz MA, Alia-Klein N, Woicik PA, Volkow ND, Goldstein RZ. Source Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 30 Bell Ave., Bldg. 490, Upton, NY 11973-5000, USA. Abstract In this review, we highlight the role of neuroimaging techniques in studying the emotional and cognitive-behavioral components of the addiction syndrome […]
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Neuropsychopharmacology. 2012 Oct 24. doi: 10.1038/npp.2012.207. Stokes PR, Shotbolt P, Mehta MA, Turkheimer E, Benecke A, Copeland C, Turkheimer FE, Lingford-Hughes AR, Howes OD. Source 1] Psychiatric Imaging Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK [2] Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology, Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, […]
I’m now on day 99 of a no porn, masturbation or orgasm reboot. In the past 99 days, I’ve gone from masturbating 3 to 5 times a day to having total control over my desires. After one more day, I’m going to have a blue star and I wanted to give you the blueprint for […]
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Greeting Fapstronauts, this message is for anyone going through HOCD. I want to let you know that you can beat it, because I did. I have been in this spot for about a year and I finally crippled the fuck out of it. This is going to be long, but I know anyone searching for […]
Neuroscience. 2011 Mar 10;176:296-307. Robinson DL, Zitzman DL, Smith KJ, Spear LP. Source Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies and Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27713, USA. [email protected] Abstract Subsecond fluctuations in dopamine (dopamine transients) in the nucleus accumbens are often time-locked to rewards and cues and provide an important learning […]
Front Behav Neurosci. 2010 Jul 13;4. pii: 39. Friemel CM, Spanagel R, Schneider M. Source Department of Psychopharmacology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Heidelberg University Mannheim, Germany. Abstract Puberty is a critical period for the initiation of drug use and abuse. Because early drug use onset often accounts for a more severe progression of addiction, […]