The funny thing is that even though I haven’t made a straight month or even 90 days or year without the old behaviour, the benefits I’ve felt have been possibly the most transformative change that I’ve made in my life. focus – after about 2 days after each relapse, my focus becomes clearer and it’s […]
Read More… from Age 25 – 1 year of stops & starts: still experienced many benefits
Curr Psychiatry Rev. 2012 Nov;8(4):292-298. PDF -Internet Addiction: A Brief Summary of Research and Practice. Cash H, Rae CD, Steel AH, Winkler A. Source reSTART Internet Addiction Recovery Program, Fall City, WA 98024. Abstract Problematic computer use is a growing social issue which is being debated worldwide. Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) ruins lives […]
Read More… from Internet Addiction: A Brief Summary of Research and Practice. (2012)
by Ann Engelland, M.D. Some of the many emails that enter my inbox daily–and some I actually look forward to are from the professional Listserve I belong to through the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine or SAHM. Today there is a lively and provocative discussion about adolescent pornography access and even addiction to pornography. […]
NEW SMYRNA BEACH — The Typical Story: Peter is a married, 35-year-old. His wife, Susan, is a sales rep., who spends several days each week on the road. Both report that their sex life was great until just a few years ago, and Peter is not sure what happened. He used to look forward to […]
Read More… from Sexual dysfunction: The escalating price of abusing porn
By Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D. and Richard P. Brown, M.D. Humans are incredibly adaptable, brilliant learners. Advances in neuroscience show that we have a brain that is capable of changing itself [1]. While this confers enormous survival advantages, it also burdens us with unintended consequences: We can be reprogrammed to take pleasure from and crave […]
Read More… from Reprogram With Healthy Habits and Warm Fuzzies: Trumping Addictions and Compulsions
The new research into the Net’s negative effects. Tweets, texts, emails, posts. New research says the Internet can make us lonely and depressed—and may even create more extreme forms of mental illness, Tony Dokoupil reports. by Tony Dokoupil | July 9, 2012 1:00 AM EDT Before he launched the most viral video in Internet history, […]
By Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S Mark’s Story Mark is a married, 35-year-old realtor. His wife, Janet, is a pharmaceutical sales rep who spends several days each week on the road. Both report that their sex life was great until just a few years ago, and Mark is not sure what happened. He used to look […]
Read More… from Sexual Dysfunction: The Escalating Price of Abusing Porn
By Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S Mark’s Story Mark is a married, 35-year-old realtor. His wife, Janet, is a pharmaceutical sales rep who spends several days each week on the road. Both report that their sex life was great until just a few years ago, and Mark is not sure what happened. He used to look […]
COMMENTS: A unique study. It follows first year university students to ascertain what percentage develop Internet addiction, and what risk factors may be in play. The unique aspect is that the research subjects had not used the Internet prior to enrolling in college. Hard to believe. After only one year of school, a small percentage were classified […]
Hey r/nofap, The revered 90 days has made its appearance on my badge today. SUCCESS! Many other 90day fapstronauts have made wonderfully eloquent and inspiring posts, talking about their personal battle and the benefits they’ve recieved from the nofap journey. At this point, I may not have much origonal content to add to the nofap […]
Read More… from Age 25 – 90 day report: Time to start my engine.