Introduction EEG study: “Modulation of late positive potentials by sexual images in problem users and controls inconsistent with porn addiction” (Prause et al., 2015) Claim: To this day, former UCLA researcher Nicole Prause boldly claims that her solitary EEG study “falsified the porn addiction model.” Reality: The results indicate habituation/desensitization in the more frequent porn […]
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So I made it to 90 days a few days ago. This is actually the second time I’ve done 90 days. I’ve battled with porn addiction for over three years. I wasn’t actually aware that I was addicted at first, but after I discovered that I had PIED, I decided to give up porn and […]
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Expert Rev Neurother. 2019 Sep 23. doi: 10.1080/14737175.2020.1671824. Zajac K1, Ginley MK2, Chang R3. Abstract Introduction: The American Psychiatric Association included Internet gaming disorder (IGD) in the 5th Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and the World Health Organization included gaming disorder in the 11th revision of the International Classification of […]
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Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2019 May;19(2):e142-e147. doi: 10.18295/squmj.2019.19.02.010. Taha MH1,2, Shehzad K3, Alamro AS2, Wadi M2. Abstract Objectives: This study aimed to measure the prevalence of Internet use and addiction and determine its association with gender, academic performance and health among medical students. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between December 2017 and April […]
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I started NoFap in 2018 and it’s been a long and agonizing road . But no success story is complete without a struggle. Many of you may read this post seeking encouragement and I have to say the greatest encouragement for any man or woman doing this is the control you will gain over your […]
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Author (s) Cervigón Carrasco, Verónica Tutor/Supervisor; University.Department Giménez-García, Cristina; Universitat Jaume I. Departament de Psicologia Bàsica, Clínica i Psicobiologia. Date: 2019-07-11 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10234/183813 Publisher: Universitat Jaume I Abstract Introduction: The increased use of Internet in society has boosted new forms of addiction. Because of its public health concerns, one of the most important is cybersex […]
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If someone would have told me sometime ago, when I was ignorant of the dangers of porn, that it could cause serious sexual dysfunctions and disconnect myself from others, I would have thought they were some evangelical lunatic or something. I would have thought they were pretty sex negative and regressive, not open to new […]
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COMMENTS: In Spanish, except for the abstract. Average age was 65. Contains surprising findings that thoroughly support the addiction model: 73% used porn 24% reported WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS when unable to access porn (anxiety, irritability, depression, etc.) 50% believed porn use interfered with their lives ————————————————————————————————————————————– Signos y síntomas de adicción al cibersexo en adultos mayores […]
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When I regained the joy of life again, the realization that I previously had blamed all of my shortcomings on others (and other things and circumstances) started to sink in. I slowly became more and more convinced that my previous destructive and negative thinking and attitude had been the causers of my previous tribulations, struggles […]
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Physiol Rev. 2019 Oct 1;99(4):2115-2140. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00014.2018. Volkow ND1, Michaelides M1, Baler R1. National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Abstract Drug consumption is driven by a drug’s pharmacological effects, which are experienced as rewarding, and is influenced by genetic, developmental, and psychosocial factors that mediate drug accessibility, norms, and social […]
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