J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011 November; 20(4): 265–276. Bryan Kolb, PhD1 and Robbin Gibb, PhD1 Monitoring Editor: Margaret Clarke, MD and Laura Ghali, PhD Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract Objective: To review general principles […]
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How the Brain Gets Addicted to Gambling Addictive drugs and gambling rewire neural circuits in similar ways By Ferris Jabr | Tuesday, November 5, 2013 When Shirley was in her mid-20s she and some friends road-tripped to Las Vegas on a lark. That was the first time she gambled. Around a decade later, while working […]
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Genes Brain Behav. 2005 Feb;4(1):31-44. Bradley KC, Boulware MB, Jiang H, Doerge RW, Meisel RL, Mermelstein PG. Source Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Abstract Sexual experience, like repeated drug use, produces long-term changes including sensitization in the nucleus accumbens and dorsal striatum. To better understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the […]
Hi nofap Im 17 yrs old from the Netherlands, a person that became inspired to improve his life. English isnt my first language, if you dont understand something just ask. I could share how Ive felt and all that shit… depressed,breakup,wasting time etc. Like many of the other stories. I just dont feel like writing […]
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Just typing some thoughts on my last year. 22 October 2012. This was the day I started to put this addiction behind me. I’ve tried stopping before that. But never really put my whole heart into it. This day last year I was depressed, not thinking about suicide but wishing I was dead, that I […]
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When I first came across this sub months ago, I thought the whole premise was silly. But I’ve been on a personal self improvement streak, like my own little personal path to zen, and I decided that there must be something to this based on what all of you guys say. Holy shit. No fapping […]
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Using brain imaging, NIMH researchers have produced direct evidence that people prone to depression — even when they’re feeling well — have abnormal mood-regulating brain circuitry. This makes them vulnerable to relapse when levels of certain key brain chemical messengers plummet. Wayne Drevets, M.D., of the NIMH Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Gregor Hasler, M.D., […]
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Sticks and stones: Brain releases natural painkillers during social rejection This is a brain image showing in orange/red one area of the brain where the natural painkiller (opioid) system was highly active in research volunteers who are experiencing social rejection. This region, called the amygdala, was one of …more “Sticks and stones may break my […]
New theory of synapse formation in the brain Reorganization in the visual cortex: before (left) and just after damage to the retina (centre), and in a later phase (right). Most of the neurons in the zone where images are projected from the damaged retina can achieve their original …more The human brain keeps changing throughout […]
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I have been browsing this forum for 3 years ever since my visual snow started. This is my first post where I wanted to share my story and road to recovery. My visual snow started when I was in 2nd year University. At this time, I launched two internet companies in the past and was […]
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