COMMENTS: This set of frequently asked questions accompanied ASAM’s new definition of addiction. A few of the Q & A’s address sex addiction. It’s quite clear that the experts at ASAM view sex as a real addiction. We see sex addiction (real partners) as quite different from Internet porn addiction (a screen). Many who develop Internet porn addiction would never have developed a sex addiction in the pre-Internet era.
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This symptom has been reported repeatedly. It’s likely that premature ejaculation is somehow related to dysregulated dopamine in heavy porn users. We associate porn-induced ED and delayed ejaculation with desensitization or what we call a “numbed pleasure response”. Desensitization involves a decline in dopamine signalling in the reward circuitry.
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COMMENTS: This is the best article covering the August, 2011 release of The American Society of Addiction Medicine’s new definition of addiction. This article, A Radical New View of Addiction Stirs Scientific Storm originated from the website “The Fix.” The bolded sections below relate to concepts discussed here on YBOP.
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4-10 I met my current girlfriend and it was my first opportunity having sex. Everything went well until penetration: I penetrated but then lost it.
The thought of this plagued me and I began to suspect porn and over-masturbation as the culprits. When inside I soon lost stimulation. Also my girlfriend could kiss me and hold me, and I still would not get all that aroused. This, I think, is from the porn.
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Am J Addict. 2009 Nov-Dec;18(6):439-51.
Danielle Barry, Ph.D., Megan Clarke, Ed.M., and Nancy M. Petry, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut
Address correspondence to Dr. Barry, Calhoun Cardiovascular Center-Behavioral Health (MC 3944), University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3944, Phone: 860-679-6664, Fax: 860-679-1312, Email: [email protected]
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Comments: fMRI scans find abnormalities in the brains of those with Internet Addiction Disorder.
Chin Med J (Engl). 2010 Jul;123(14):1904-8.
Liu J, Gao XP, Osunde I, Li X, Zhou SK, Zheng HR, Li LJ.
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Read More… from Increased regional homogeneity in internet addiction disorder a resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging study (2009)
Comments: As the study states, addictions involve alterations in normal brain process. That’s why drug and behavioral addiction lead to the same major changes in the same circuitry (medial forebrain bundle).
Neuron. 2004 Sep 30;44(1):161-79.
Kelley AE.
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Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, 6001 Research Park Boulevard, Madison, WI 53719, USA. [email protected]
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