Front Behav Neurosci. 2015 Mar 20;9:64. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00064. eCollection 2015. Wang H1, Jin C1, Yuan K2, Shakir TM1, Mao C1, Niu X1, Niu C1, Guo L1, Zhang M1. Abstract OBJECTIVE: Internet gaming disorder (IGD) has been investigated by many behavioral and neuroimaging studies, for it has became one of the main behavior disorders among adolescents. […]
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2015 Feb 25. pii: pyv014. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyv014. Caravaggio F1, Borlido C1, Hahn M1, Feng Z1, Fervaha G1, Gerretsen P1, Nakajima S1, Plitman E1, Chung JK1, Iwata Y1, Wilson A1, Remington G1, Graff-Guerrero A2. Abstract BACKGROUND: Food addiction is a debated topic in neuroscience. Evidence suggests diabetes is related to reduced basal dopamine […]
PAWS, or post-acute withdrawal symptoms, refers to withdrawal-like misery that recurs periodically. It can be months or even years after the initial withdrawal process is complete. The term evolved in connection with recovery from substance addictions, but some people who quit porn describe a similar phenomenon. This is not surprising, as all addictions cause some […]
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Over and over again men who quit porn report physical changes that would not normally be associated with addiction-related changes. YBOP collects these seemingly unlikely reports to chronicle their existence, not frighten anyone away from masturbation. Note that the preponderance of human and animal research points to neither abstinence nor ejaculation having any significant long-term […]
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The nofap journey was one of the hardest one in my life next to my opiate/GHB addiction. When I quit opiates and GHB I still always had social anxiety, depression, insomnia and erectile dysfunction. Then one day I found this website about porn and the brain and everything made sense…. Then I quit porn and […]
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Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2008;32(1):20-39. Epub 2007 May 18. Avena NM1, Rada P, Hoebel BG. Abstract The experimental question is whether or not sugar can be a substance of abuse and lead to a natural form of addiction. “Food addiction” seems plausible because brain pathways that evolved to respond to natural rewards are also activated by […]
Introduction Legal counsel advised us to create these pages, which document Nicole Prause’s extensive campaign targeting those who point out possible harms of porn use or issues in the porn industry. “Sunshine” protects the community Prause harasses by preserving facts and permitting visitors and journalists to understand the truth for themselves. Indeed, these pages have […]
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Front Behav Neurosci. 2014 Feb 11;8:36. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00036. eCollection 2014. Zack M1, Featherstone RE2, Mathewson S3, Fletcher PJ3. Abstract Addiction is considered to be a brain disease caused by chronic exposure to drugs. Sensitization of brain dopamine (DA) systems partly mediates this effect. Pathological gambling (PG) is considered to be a behavioral addiction. Therefore, PG […]
Front Behav Neurosci. 2014 Mar 25;8:100. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00100. eCollection 2014. Linnet J1. Author information 1Research Clinic on Gambling Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital Aarhus, Denmark ; Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University Aarhus, Denmark ; Division on Addiction, Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge, MA, USA ; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University Cambridge, MA, […]
It has to be one of the strangest offshoots of the already strange web forum Reddit—an enormous virtual club dedicated to denouncing the evils of masturbation and porn and supporting those in recovery from their thrall. It’s an Internet message board that replaces the bathroom-stall tangle of negativity, sarcasm, and outright trolling endemic to the social […]