By Sarah Klein, Health.com
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
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Neuroplasticity means structural changes in the brain that lead to learning, unlearning, and memory. Addiction involves very powerful learning and memory, thus significant changes in the brain. These changes involve key chemicals (such as DeltaFosb) and alterations in synaptic strength. It can pretty technical. For a great explanation on neuroplasticity see Norman Doidge on pornography. […]
Here is some general information about addiction. Understanding Internet porn addiction means understanding addiction mechanisms. All addictions involve hijacking of the same neurocircuitry, and run on the same neurochemicals. A basic physiological principle is that drugs do not create anything new or different; they simply increase or decrease normal brain functions. In essence, we already […]
Comments: One of the latest and best reviews of dopamine’s role in addiction. Volkow is one of the premiere experts in addiction, and the current head of NIDA. 
Volkow ND, Fowler JS, Wang GJ, Baler R, Telang F.
Neuropharmacology. 2009;56 Suppl 1:3-8.
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Read More… from Imaging Dopamine’s Role in Drug Abuse and Addiction (2009)
Answer yes or no to the following seven questions. Most questions have more than one part, because everyone behaves slightly differently in addiction. You only need to answer yes to one part for that question to count as a positive response.
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Rebooting is our term for the reward circuitry regaining its sensitivity. You will find numerous rebooting accounts here, and many links to accounts of porn-induced ED and recovery on the ED & Porn page.
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“Remember the first step is hard, but the second is actually the hardest.”
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Have a look at “The Road to Excess,” Chapter Six from our book Cupid’s Poisoned Arrow: From Habit to Harmony in Sexual Relationships. It deals with porn recovery. Here’s the chapter summary, and a link to PDF of the entire chapter.
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Beware the brain numbed to pleasure Are you gauging the value of your relationship by how often you have sex? Is your mate starting to react to your every gesture of affection as pressure to “get it on?” If so, you may be victims of a primitive brain mechanism that promises satisfaction—but delivers its opposite. […]