Usually we post about the science that explains why today’s Internet superporn has the power to initiate addiction processes in some users’ brains. The most efficient way to return to full potency is to “reboot,” i.e., allow the brain’s reward circuitry to return to normal sensitivity by stopping all intense sexual stimulation for a while. […]
[Week 5] I have just been blown away by reading the stories similar to mine, and very optimistic reading all of the success stories of these same users.
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Wolfram Schultz 1
Behav Brain Funct. 2010; 6: 24.
Published online 2010 April 23. doi: 10.1186/1744-9081-6-24.
FULL STUDY: Dopamine Signals for Reward Value and Risk Basic and Recent Data
1Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DY, UK
Corresponding author.
Wolfram Schultz: [email protected]
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Read More… from Dopamine Signals for Reward Value and Risk Basic and Recent Data (2010)
Addiction researchers speak of a phenomenon called “conditioned place preference” as being a big factor in relapse. If researchers move rats from the cage in which they became hooked on a drug to another cage and offer them the drug, they often won’t use it. But if they return them to the original cage, the rats almost always begin using again.
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COMMENTS: Another study demonstrating that novelty is it’s own reward. One of the addictive aspects of Internet porn is the endless novelty and variety, the ability to rapidly click from one scene to another, and the seeking for just the right image/video. All these increase dopamine. This is what makes Internet porn different from magazines or rented DVD’s.
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COMMENTS: Uncertainty means novelty. This complex study confirms that novelty increases dopamine. It also explains that the more uncertain the reward the stronger the learning. Internet porn is different from porn of the past because of the endless novelty – which means endless squirts of dopamine. Addiction at it’s core is learning & memory. Switching […]
A forum member shared this:
Trying to simply change your mind to something else is not enough. It’s a bit more involved then that and here is how you do it (and the way which it was taught to me)
Image your self in any scenario (let’s pick one for this example — giving a formal presentation in front of many people outside on a beautiful day)
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There’s no simplistic answer for this, as everyone is different. However, there are some typical signposts:
This book by Robert Glover is often recommended by recovering men to each other. Here’s one guy’s review:
Today I picked up a book that was recommended by forum member workingonit called No More Mr. Nice Guy. It’s about so called “Nice Guy” syndrome.
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