Seriously, after having been a porn addict for like 7-8 years off and on… I never truly understood how bad it was for me until experiencing life without it. I can honestly say, 100% without a doubt in my mind, quitting porn has been THE single most important decision of my entire life. I know […]
LINK TO POST Last year, I decided to conduct an experiment on myself that consisted of being 100% abstinent (from all sexual activity) for as long as I could. Why? Mainly because of the vast amount of benefits reported by others who had also gone for long periods of time without release. On top of […]
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I’m in NOFAP mode since 110 days and my life has changed radically. I started when one day I met a fantastic girl (my girlfriend) and at the end of a very beautiful day spent together, she came in my place and we tried to make love… but I couldn’t perform. I was shocked, depressed […]
Front. Behav. Neurosci., 02 April 2014 | Carla Kalkhoven1, Cor Sennef1, Ard Peeters1 and Ruud van den Bos2* 1Chardon Pharma, Herpen, Netherlands 2Department of Organismal Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands Huntington’s disease (HD) is a genetic, neurodegenerative disorder, which specifically affects striatal neurons of the indirect pathway, resulting in a […]
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Front. Behav. Neurosci., 11 June 2014 | Stephanie E. Tedford1,2*, Nathan A. Holtz1,2, Amanda L. Persons1,2† and T. Celeste Napier1,2,3 1Department of Pharmacology, Center for Compulsive Behavior and Addiction, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA 2Department of Pharmacology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA 3Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, […]
Citation: Anselme P and Robinson MJF (2013) What motivates gambling behavior? Insight into dopamine’s role. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 7:182. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00182 Patrick Anselme1* and Mike J. F. Robinson2,3 1Département de Psychologie, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium 2Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Michigan, MI, USA 3Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, CT, USA It is […]
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Sci Rep. 2015; 5: 9197. Published online 2015 Mar 17. doi: 10.1038/srep09197 PMCID: PMC4361884 Guangheng Dong,a,1 Xiao Lin,1 Yanbo Hu,2 Chunming Xie,3 and Xiaoxia Du4 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Literatures have shown that Internet gaming disorder (IGD) subjects show impaired executive control and enhanced reward […]
It’s the first time since the end of 2012 that I achieve 30 days fapfree in hard mode, so I thought it was worth to share with you my experience and give some advices to whoever might feel his/her symptoms fit with mine. 1) First of all: what helped to abstain from O for thirty […]
I’m going to say a few things regarding my porn and video game addiction. I believe that every time we relapse it is because we decided our reason for quitting wasn’t good enough. Every little decision shapes our minds literally. This, I know this applies to everyone. I’ve seen a quote on the internet along […]
Neurosci Biobehav Rev. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Jan 1. Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2014 Jan; 38: 1–16. Published online 2013 Nov 6. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.10.013 PMCID: PMC3913480 NIHMSID: NIHMS544093 Agnes J. Jasinska,1,* Elliot A. Stein,1 Jochen Kaiser,2 Marcus J. Naumer,2 and Yavor Yalachkov2,* Author information ► Copyright and License […]