COMMENTS: This describes a study (Neural Correlates of Food Addiction) that is first to compare brain activation patterns of “food addicts”. Other studies have looked at the brains of obese humans. Some the women in this study classified as food addicts were not obese. The results: brain activation of food addicts matches that of drug addicts.
Here’s a very important quote:
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First off, in the beginning, I went my first 45 of 60 days without PORN, MASTURBATION, SEX, or ORGASM. I wanted to reboot correctly so I just said NO to all of it. Something completely different from the last time I tried to quit.
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Read More… from Age 24 – You will start to see everything from a wholly different perspective.
Gary and Marnia wrote this article for an academic journal called The Evolutionary Review. I couldn’t get a proper PDF of it, so here’s the galley proof for those of you who would like to read it: The Great Porn Experiment “The collision of widespread internet porn use with man’s ancient mammalian brain constitutes one […]
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COMMENTS: Simply a well done paper on addiction mechanisms.
Full Study: Neurobiologic Processes in Drug Reward and Addiction
Bryon Adinoff, MD
Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2004; 12(6): 305–320.
doi: 10.1080/10673220490910844.
Bryon Adinoff, From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, TX.
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COMMENTS:
FULL STUDY: Orbitofrontal Cortex Decision Making And Drug Addiction
Trends Neurosci. 2006 February; 29(2): 116–124.
Published online 2006 January 6. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2005.12.006.
Geoffrey Schoenbaum,1,2 Matthew R. Roesch,1 and Thomas A. Stalnaker1
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COMMENTS: This study on obesity, focused on dopamine (D2) receptors and their relationship to frontal lobe functioning. This research, by the head of the NIDA, shows that overeaters brains are like those of drug addicts in the two mechanisms examined. Like drug addicts, the obese have low D2 receptors, and hypofrontality. Low D2 receptors is […]
Read More… from Low Dopamine Striatal D2 Receptors are Associated With Prefrontal Metabolism in Obese Subjects: Possible Contributing Factors (2008)
COMMENTS: This study on obesity, focused on dopamine (D2) receptors and their relationship to frontal lobe functioning. This research, by the head of the NIDA, shows that over eaters brains are like those of drug addicts in the two mechanisms examined. Like drug addicts, the obese have low D2 receptors, and hypofrontality. Low D2 receptors […]
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Here’s a sampling of self-reports of various men who have experienced porn-related ED
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I had my first wet dream the other day (day 37) of no PMO. It’s insane the amount you cum, but it makes sense if it’s all building up in there. I took it as a sign that I’m rebooting. I won’t count it as an orgasm though as I had no control over it. […]
Read More… from Age 21 – 40 Days: Never in a million years would I have related the problem to porn.
“Interesting factoid: I just did some calculations… Assuming an average of an hour and half a day of pornography from age 12 to 27, means I’ve watched roughly A YEAR of porn. Quite possibly significantly more. I’ve been off here and there but had my share of 6+ hour days.” […]
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