Sexual Orientation OCD – Part 3: HOCD Sub-Types HOCD Sub-Types By Jon Hershfield MA of the OCD Center of Los Angeles discusses treatment of Sexual Orientation OCD, also known as HOCD or Gay OCD, using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness. Part three of an ongoing series. There are many variations and sub-types of Sexual […]
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 […]
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I’ve been meaning to come in and update for a couple weeks now but I haven’t had time to sit down and really write something out until today. This will probably be my last update, I just want to thank the NoFap creators, community, and Reddit for changing my life. 6 months ago I posted […]
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Just grin and bear it! At some point, we have all probably heard or thought something like this when facing a tough situation. But is there any truth to this piece of advice? Feeling good usually makes us smile, but does it work the other way around? Can smiling actually make us feel better? In […]
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We are not doctors, so please seek medical advice. Painful erections can be related to all kinds of causes. A few guys have reported this symptom during rebooting: I was having copulatory ED. I am currently over 60 days into my recent stretch of no PMO, and I feel better than ever. I’ve been waking […]
Hunter gatherer clue to obesity By Helen Briggs BBC News. 25 July 2012 The Hadza live a hunter gatherer existence that has changed little in 10,000 years The idea that exercise is more important than diet in the fight against obesity has been contradicted by new research. A study of the Hadza tribe, who still […]
Does Internet porn reveal our sexual desires—or alter them? Fellow “Psychology Today” blogger Leon F. Seltzer recently completed a herculean 12-part blog series on the subject of the Internet and human sexual desire (based on Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam’s A Billion Wicked Thoughts, 2011). In his final segment, he did an excellent job of […]
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Intro With the symptoms of porn addiction I suffered over the years, I saw a GP, Specialists, Psychiatrists and a Psychologist. Symptoms being depression, anxiety, tiredness, social isolation mainly. Not one of these ‘professionals’ made the link between the symptoms I had and porn addiction. They sent me off for blood tests and/or gave me […]
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Neuroscience. 2010 August 11; 169(1): 182–194. Published online 2010 May 7. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.04.056 Friedbert Weiss,Loren H. Parsons,Gery Schulteis,Petri Hyytiä,Marge T. Lorang,Floyd E. Bloom, andGeorge F. Koob + Author Affiliations 1 Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037 Next Section Abstract Basal forebrain dopamine (DA) and 5-HT neurotransmission has been implicated […]
FULL STUDY – Am J Psychiatry 158:1558-1567, October 2001 © 2001 American Psychiatric Association Sanjay J. Mathew, M.D., Jeremy D. Coplan, M.D., and Jack M. Gorman, M.D. Abstract OBJECTIVE: The authors critically surveyed several preclinical and clinical neurobiological models of social anxiety disorder. METHOD: The authors reviewed the recent literature regarding three animal models […]
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