Internet Addiction Is The New Mental Health Disorder Alice G. Walton, Contributor I cover health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience There’s been more and more scientific research devoted to understanding what IUD is, how it works neurologically, and how we can treat it.Research has shown that people with internet addiction have demonstrable changes in their brains – […]
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Hello Fapstronauts, I come before you with an announcement. Today is my 90th Day without masturbating. It has been a roller-coaster ride. There has been many ups and downs, but definitely the trend goes upward. The people that say that nofap have no effect are either numb as fuck towards their own feelings or they […]
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This comment was posted under our Psychology Today post – Young Porn Users Need Longer To Recover Their Mojo Since this post, Gabe has created a forum, been on TV and radios, and created several videos. Gabe has become a leader in the movement to recognize PIED. his forum – http://www.rebootnation.org/forum/index.php Submitted by Gabe D […]
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Well that definitely took a few attempts. I started this ages ago on 4chan, unable to make a month. Months later I discovered this subreddit when it was still young. It was quite eye-opening to see that PMO could have been the source for a lot of my problems. To test that, I tried it […]
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24 September 2012 A human newborn’s brain is uniquely impressionable, allowing social interactions and the environment to shape its development. But this malleability may come with a price, a new study finds. A comparison of juvenile chimpanzee and human brains suggests that differences in the development of myelin—the fatty sheath that surrounds nerve fibers—may contribute […]
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I’ll tell my story here. August 23, 2012 Last years I gradually started to have gay thoughts – they are very rare. Once, coming back from a party, I thought “what if I have sex with a guy?”. And yes, I had porn addiction, always masturbating and thinking about crazy fantasies (including gay). But […]
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June 19, 2012, 05:07:54 PM » I’m a man dam it, not a chimpanzee (Lizard Brain). For fucks sake, I can overcome PMO addiction because my rational brain is bigger and stronger than my primitive lizard brain. I am 10 days into my re-boot. My story. I am 43, married, no kids, normal on the […]
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Hi, all First of all , English is not my language so, sorry for any mistakes. Second, I want to say THANK YOU to all the people of this forum who are on the same journey with me and specially to Gary and Undedog for YBOP and this great forum. Now I need to explain […]
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How much masturbation is right for you? Consider the facts and make your own experiment. Have you been taught that adult masturbation is so healthy that it’s practically a tonic? That all orgasms are equally beneficial? That there’s no such thing as too much ejaculation? And that there are dire consequences from not masturbating very […]
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Brody, S. (2010), The Relative Health Benefits of Different Sexual Activities. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 7: 1336–1361. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01677.x Keywords: Sexual Intercourse; Health Behaviors; Masturbation ABSTRACT Introduction. Although many studies examine purported risks associated with sexual activities, few examine potential physical and mental health benefits, and even fewer incorporate the scientifically essential differentiation of specific sexual behaviors. […]
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