Citation: Translational Psychiatry (2012) 2, e120; doi:10.1038/tp.2012.40 S Cervenka1, E Hedman1,2, Y Ikoma1,3, D Radu Djurfeldt1, C Rück1, C Halldin1 and N Lindefors1 1Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 2Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and Division of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 3Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan Correspondence: […]
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First post here, never thought i would be posting my success here I started masturbating at age 12. Yea I know that’s pretty bad but I had no idea of what I was really doing. Fast forward a few months, I accidentally discovered Internet porn. Started off masturbating to pictures and soon after videos. I […]
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A little background (you can read some of my older posts for additional info). I’m 36 years old, no ED issues, but have felt that fapping has been a root cause of a variety of problems in my life over the past several years — everything from low energy/motivation, to depression, to brain fog, to […]
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COMMENTS: Study found that alcohol self-administration induced a pronounced accumulation of deltafosb, Specifically applied electroacupuncture greatly inhibited alcohol consumption, which was paralleled by a decline in deltafosb. In addiction blocking DeltaFosB, blocks the key effects of drug exposure. The mechanism of action suggests that electroacupuncture suppress dopamine, thus inhibit accumulation of deltfosb. PLoS One. […]
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ScienceDaily (July 25, 2012) — Raising levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the frontal cortex of the brain significantly decreased impulsivity in healthy adults, in a study conducted by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco. “Impulsivity is a risk factor for addiction to many substances, […]
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Intro With the symptoms of porn addiction I suffered over the years, I saw a GP, Specialists, Psychiatrists and a Psychologist. Symptoms being depression, anxiety, tiredness, social isolation mainly. Not one of these ‘professionals’ made the link between the symptoms I had and porn addiction. They sent me off for blood tests and/or gave me […]
Read More… from Age 47 – ED, anxiety, depression – everything’s changed
July 23rd, 2012 in Neuroscience Snack consumption and BMI are linked to both brain activity and self-control, new research has found. The research, carried out by academics from the Universities of Exeter, Cardiff, Bristol, and Bangor, discovered that an individual’s brain ‘reward centre’ response to pictures of food predicted how much they subsequently ate. This […]
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DAY 90!! Happy Independence Day! No PMO, no relapse for at least 90 days. Don’t know what day this is being free of it, quit counting. Here is my success story. Honestly guys, the support on this forum has been unbelievable! Basically a group of strangers have given me positive reinforcement for the hardest habit […]
Read More… from Age 30s – Extreme porn, anti-social – Everything changed
Hey folks. Yesterday marked my last day of nofap, thought I’d share some quick thoughts about my experiences over the last 230 days. I started nofap with the goal of recovering from porn addiction. I’d been struggling to quit porn on and off for at least a year and a half, probably more like two. […]
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Background: 26, Male, Gay. I’ve been fapping regularly since I was 16 or 17 and always to porn. I didn’t believe that porn could be detrimental to my mental health because everyone did it, but the way I used it was definitely hurting me. I had the image surfing down pat and had several bulk […]
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