I’m going from a (less and less) active participant in this subreddit, to a lurker only; and most likely will be deleting this account which was originally intended to be a throwaway for this subreddit only. The reason is simple: 1) I no longer post very often, and 2) I seem to be moving towards […]
Read More… from Age 35 – 6 months: Made some big changes in my life
Honestly never thought I’d ever make it this far. I mostly just had this site to make having a day count going on easier… I only did it because my friend intervened in my life and told me I needed to change something. Up until the point I joined this site the longest I had […]
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Am J Clin Nutr. Sep 2013; 98(3): 641–647. Published online Jun 26, 2013. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.064113 PMCID: PMC3743729 Belinda S Lennerz, David C Alsop, Laura M Holsen, Emily Stern, Rafael Rojas, Cara B Ebbeling, Jill M Goldstein, and David S Ludwig Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been […]
PLoS One. 2013; 8(6): e66940. Published online Jun 28, 2013. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066940 PMCID: PMC3695981 Victor Costumero,* Alfonso Barrós-Loscertales, Juan Carlos Bustamante, Noelia Ventura-Campos, Paola Fuentes, Patricia Rosell-Negre, and César Ávila Hengyi Rao, Editor Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract The behavioral approach system (BAS) from Gray’s reinforcement […]
Well, first of all – I’m in my early 30s and married and I now realize how fucked up my life was until recently. Not on the outside, but from the inside. Every alone time I had was dedicated to PMO, which caused me to be very unsettled and cranky. I used to spend hours […]
Read More… from Age 32 – I’m now cured. I got my brain back. I’m happy.
Today I relapsed and I got urge to share my knowledge and experience with NoFap, because it all started thanks to you. This is going to be short resume so don’t worry. I started because I needed more sensitivity down there. After 302 days I got what I wanted. I also started because I wanted […]
Read More… from Age 18 – More sensitivity down there, better orgasms, and I changed my life.
In a study in the journal Cell, Jorge Ruas and Maria Lindskog show how physical exercise protects the brain from stress-induced depression in mice. Credit: Ulf Sirborn Physical exercise has many beneficial effects on human health, including the protection from stress-induced depression. However, until now the mechanisms that mediate this protective effect have been unknown. […]
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Biol Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC Jun 1, 2009. Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. Jun 1, 2008; 63(11): 1005–1006. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.03.016 PMCID: PMC2666333 NIHMSID: NIHMS51419 Gary Aston-Jones and Peter W Kalivas Author information ► Copyright and License information ► It has long been suspected that brain norepinephrine (NE) plays important roles […]
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Chong-Yaw Wee equal contributor, Zhimin Zhao equal contributor, Pew-Thian Yap, Guorong Wu, Feng Shi, True Price, Yasong Du, Jianrong Xu, Yan Zhou mail, Dinggang Shen mail Published: September 16, 2014 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107306 Abstract Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is increasingly recognized as a mental health disorder, particularly among adolescents. The pathogenesis associated with IAD, however, remains […]
Eating habits, body fat related to differences in brain chemistry September 9th, 2014 in Psychology & Psychiatry / Dopamine signaling is thought to play a central role in orchestrating the processes of reward, motivation and habit formation. The depicted orange/yellow regions indicate where brain dopamine activity was positively related to obesity. These areas include the […]
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