As multiple stories before me have shed light on, mine is not much different. Addicted to porn, low self confidence, low esteem, thought why even push for girls when you can just jerk off and then chase your life of dreams. Even though my mentality was at right place (Quitting weed and alcohol). I could […]
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As my title alludes, after countless attempts and failures spanning over 2017 and early 2018, I have done it. I have gone 90 days without PMO. Over the past 90 days, I’ve experienced it all; The highs of success and the way you feel almost indestructible, and the world is your oyster. To the lows […]
Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2019 Jun 6. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12406 Serin EK1, Durmaz YÇ1, Polat HT2. Abstract PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to determine the correlation between smartphone addiction and dysfunctional attitudes. DESIGN AND METHODS: This descriptive study was conducted with the students of Nursing/Midwifery Department of a state university from March 01 to April […]
Front Psychol. 2019 Apr 26;10:911. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00911. eCollection 2019. Finserås TR1, Pallesen S2, Mentzoni RA2, Krossbakken E2, King DL3, Molde H1. Abstract Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) was recently included as a condition for further study in the fifth and latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The present study investigated whether […]
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Transcult Psychiatry. 2019 May 13:1363461519844356. doi: 10.1177/1363461519844356. [Epub ahead of print] Snodgrass JG1, Dengah HJF 2nd2, Polzer E3, Else R4. Abstract Extending classic anthropological “idioms of distress” research, we argue that intensive online videogame involvement is better conceptualized as a new global idiom, not only of distress but also of wellness, especially for emerging adults […]
Published online 2019 Apr 26. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00268 PMCID: PMC6498759 PMID: 31105605 Wei-Hsin Lu, 1 , † Wen-Jiun Chou, 2 , † Ray C. Hsiao, 3 , 4 Huei-Fan Hu, 5 , * and Cheng-Fang Yen 6 , 7 , * Abstract Background: Deviations in reinforcement sensitivity and frustration-related reactions have been proposed as components of the […]
Behav Addict. 2019 May 23:1-8. doi: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.24. Alimoradi Z1, Lin CY2, Imani V3, Griffiths MD4, Pakpour AH1,5. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Social media use has become increasingly popular among Internet users. Given the widespread use of social media on smartphones, there is an increasing need for research examining the impact of the use of such […]
Choi, Youngkeun. Cogent Business & Management just-accepted (2019): 1622177. Article: 1622177 | Received 21 Nov 2018, Accepted 18 May 2019, Accepted author version posted online: 21 May 2019 Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate if workplace victimization arouses employees’ internet pornography addiction and how it influences their job satisfaction and organizational citizenship […]
Introduction In various comments, articles and tweets Nicole Prause has claimed that not only did Prause et al., 2015 falsify “a core tenet of the addiction model, the cue reactivity biomarker,” but that “a series of behavioral studies replicated by independent laboratories [falsify] other predictions of the addiction model.” Prause cites her 2016 “Letter to […]
World Psychiatry. 2019 Jun;18(2):119-129. doi: 10.1002/wps.20617. Firth J1,2,3, Torous J4, Stubbs B5,6, Firth JA7,8, Steiner GZ1,9, Smith L10, Alvarez-Jimenez M3,11, Gleeson J3,12, Vancampfort D13,14, Armitage CJ2,15,16, Sarris J1,17. Abstract The impact of the Internet across multiple aspects of modern society is clear. However, the influence that it may have on our brain structure and functioning […]
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