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Excerpt: A lot have happened this year. I have had a lot of tough days also. I have struggled with anxiety, stress, sadness, anger, loneliness, rejection. A lot of stuff. But I have also ran my first marathon, I got a job within my line of work despite covid making it tough post-graduation, I’m in […]
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Comment: This important paper based on recent research, gently corrects some of the misleading porn research claims. Among the highlights, the authors take on the disingenuous “moral incongruence” concept so popular with pro-porn researchers. Also see the helpful chart comparing Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder and the ill-fated DSM-5 Hypersexual Disorder proposal. Moral incongruence …Feelings of […]
Syst Rev. 2020 Dec 6;9(1):283. doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01541-0. Gary Raine 1 , Claire Khouja 2 , Rachel Scott 3 , Kath Wright 2 , Amanda J Sowden 2 PMID: 33280603 DOI: 10.1186/s13643-020-01541-0 Systematic Reviews volume 9, Article number: 283 (2020). Abstract Background Young people’s use of pornography and participation in sexting are commonly viewed as harmful behaviours. This paper reports findings from a […]
Front. Psychiatry, 13 November 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.584548 Katarzyna Obarska1*, Karol Szymczak2, Karol Lewczuk3 and Mateusz Gola1,4 1Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland 2Institute of Psychology, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, Poland 3Institute of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland 4Swartz Center for Computational Neurosciences, Institute for Neural Computation, University of California, […]
Case Reports. J Behav Addict . 2020 Nov 16;2020.00091. Deborah Louise Sinclair 1 2 , Wouter Vanderplasschen 2 , Shazly Savahl 3 , Maria Florence 1 , David Best 4 , Steve Sussman 5 PMID: 33216014 DOI: 10.1556/2006.2020.00091 Abstract The global spread of COVID-19, subsequent stay-at-home requirements, spatial distancing measures, and long-term isolation present additional challenges for persons in […]
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Taken from this academic paper written by experts: Preventing problematic internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Consensus guidance Excerpt General • Making an activity schedule for each day and week (e.g., planning in advance when one is going to work/study, engage in social activities, perform leisure activities, conduct physical exercise) and promoting a daily routine […]
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Farré, Josep M., Angel L. Montejo, Miquel Agulló, Roser Granero, Carlos Chiclana Actis, Alejandro Villena, Eudald Maideu et al. ” Journal of Clinical Medicine 9, no. 11 (2020): 3625. Abstract (1) Background: The Differential Susceptibility to Media Effects Model (DSMM) suggests that pornography use effects are conditional and they depend on dispositional, developmental, and social […]
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I’m 24 years old and I want to share my very personal experience on nofap. On 1st January this year I was maybe not depressed, but I had very serious mental problems, particulary with my private life. It’s strange, because I have good job, well grades on my studies and have not any financial troubles. […]
Journal of Behavioral Addictions Volume/Issue: Volume 9: Issue 2 Authors: Gemma Mestre-Bach 1 , Gretchen R. Blycker 2 , 3 and Marc N. [email protected] 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2020.00015 Abstract With the global expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic, social or physical distancing, quarantines, and lockdowns have become more prevalent. […]
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