Gaming disorder: Its delineation as an important condition for diagnosis, management, and prevention (2018)

J Behav Addict. 2017 Sep; 6(3): 271–279. Published online 2017 Jul 26. doi:  10.1556/2006.6.2017.039 PMCID: PMC5700714 PMID: 28816494 Saunders JB1, Hao W2, Long J2, King DL3, Mann K4, Fauth-Bühler M4, Rumpf HJ5, Bowden-Jones H6, Rahimi-Movaghar A7, Chung T8, Chan E9, Bahar N10, Achab S11, Lee HK12, Potenza M13, Petry N14, Spritzer D15, Ambekar A16, Derevensky […]

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Internet addiction with coexisting psychiatric diagnosis (2018)

Ind Psychiatry J. 2017 Jul-Dec; 26(2): 243–244. doi:  10.4103/ipj.ipj_79_14 PMCID: PMC6058444 PMID: 30089977 Manoj Kumar Sharma, G. Ragesh,1 Thamil Selvan Palanichamy, Ameer Hamza,1 Prabha S. Chandra,2 and Santosh K. Chaturvedi2 Internet addiction has been seen among users with psychiatric disorders.[1,2] We present information about cases diagnosed with internet addiction coexisting with other psychiatric diagnosis in […]

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Studies reporting findings consistent with escalation of porn use (tolerance), habituation to porn, and withdrawal symptoms

Introduction Compulsive porn users often describe escalation in their porn use that takes the form of greater time viewing or seeking out new genres of porn. New genres that induce shock, surprise, violation of expectations or even anxiety can function to increase sexual arousal, and in porn users whose response to stimuli is growing blunted […]

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Psychometric Properties and Factor Structures of Chinese Smartphone Addiction Inventory: Test of Two Models (2018)

Front Psychol. 2018 Aug 6;9:1411. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01411. eCollection 2018. Wang HY1, Sigerson L1, Jiang H2, Cheng C1. Abstract There has been a growing concern of excessive smartphone use that interferes with people’s daily functioning, most notably among youngsters. The Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI) was constructed to assess this type of information technology addiction. Although the […]

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Debunking “Why Are We Still So Worried About Wat­­ching Porn?” (by Marty Klein, Taylor Kohut, and Nicole Prause)

Introduction This critique has two parts: Part 1 exposes how Nicole Prause, Marty Klein and Taylor Kohut completely misrepresent their solitary bit of “evidence” to support the article’s core falsehood – that “compulsive pornography viewing” was excluded from the new ICD-11 “Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder” diagnosis. Part 2 exposes the startling omissions, false claims, research […]

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Age 19 – PIED: Quitting porn has helped me a lot both directly and indirectly to be happier with myself and approach relationships in a healthier way

I reached 90 days recently, and just a few weeks before my 20th birthday, which is kind of shocking to me, partly due to how fast the time has gone. At the start of the year I tried to focus on myself more, which inadvertently led to reduced porn use, mainly due to staying out […]

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From internet pervert, lone loser, struggling with depression to meeting new women, earn 3x money and having passion for life.

I made it guys. 90 Days hard mode no PMO. From being a internet pervert, struggling with huge huge depression and severe suicidal thoughts, cheating girls on chats, feeling like a killer, lone loser without any communication skills and so afraid of everything now I’m meeting new women, earn 3x money I had, have passion, […]

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Age 21 – 90 days no pmo success story: subtle yet life changing transformation!

I’ve just completed 90 days of no porn, no masturbation and no orgasm, except from with my girlfriend. I hope my story will provide motivation for everyone out there who is struggling with addiction and porn related problems. I’d like to emphasize the fact that the changes I’ve noticed have been subtle. I haven’t experienced […]

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