COMMENTS: Another study demonstrating that novelty is its own reward and that the unexpected raises dopamine. One attribute that makes Internet porn different from porn of the past is the extreme novelty it provides along with the unexpected.
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[Also see Vibrators and “Dead Vagina Syndrome” (research and mainstream press)] Can you use sex toys or Internet erotica in moderation? The answer lies in your brain—not in any external advice, wisdom or dogma. It depends on the state of your reward circuitry, your brain’s ancient appetite mechanism. Sure, your brain may be particularly vulnerable […]
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It may not make you go blind, but Italian scientists have identified a worrying side-effect of watching too much pornography.
Researchers said Thursday that young men who indulge in “excessive consumption” of Internet porn gradually become immune to explicit images, the ANSA news agency reported.
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Read More… from Too Much Internet Porn May Cause Impotence. Urology professor Carlo Foresta (2011)
The Journal of Neuroscience, 1 June 2011, 31(22): 7960-7966; doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1006-11.2011
Yan Liu1,*, Kimberly A. Young1,*, J. Thomas Curtis2, Brandon J. Aragona3, and Zuoxin Wang1
+ Author Affiliations
1.1Department of Psychology, Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306,
2.2Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Center for Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa Oklahoma 74107, and
3.3Department of Psychology, Program in Neuroscience, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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Reid, et al are certainly correct that not all compulsive porn users are the same. In fact, I’m sure Hilton and Watts would agree that there are porn users with serious issues, such as AIDS or mental illness, who benefit from counseling and medication. We see a few of them on our forum, too. We also agree that it is not helpful to those recovering to imply they have permanent brain damage, although it’s doubtful this was Hilton and Watt’s intent in explaining the relevance of hypofrontality research.
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Read More… from Gary Wilson’s comment on Rebuttal by Reid, et al
COMMENTS: One of many peer-reviewed studies that state the obvious: behavioral and drug addictions extensively overlap in neural pathways, brain mechanisms, and behaviors.
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Read More… from The Neurobiology of Substance and Behavioral Addictions (2006)
Omega 3 fatty acids may be beneficial for more than just the heart. Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine disclosed at a molecular level a potential therapeutic benefit between these dietary supplements, alcohol abuse and psychiatric disorders.
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[Age 24 – History – given at Day 50, below]
[Day 33] Well here’s my update. This time around (after ten months of working at this), I still haven’t relapsed, still no P, M or O. My life is completely changing, but slowly. I have seen so many hard times during my journey, and there have been times when I’ve wanted to quit. I’ve felt like I’ve needed a release for so long and just have not gotten it.
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Read More… from Age 24 – Day 50 “One year of struggling finally over!”
This guy, who could no longer use a condom successfully due to porn-induced ED, applied the recent scientific findings about how superstimuli can numb the pleasure response of the brain to his use of today’s hyperstimulating porn. He decided to allow his brain to “reboot.” Although each person’s rebooting experience is different (recoveries range from […]
Read More… from Synopsis of entire reboot, with mood chart (ED)
After 125 days of total abstinence, last night I had great sex and a lot of it – with my new girlfriend. This is shaping up to be a monogamous relationship, I have totally fallen for the girl. The sex was amazing and there was lots of it, throughout the night. I think that sexually […]
Read More… from 125 days – (ED) I’ll never go to the old habits again