“Interesting factoid: I just did some calculations… Assuming an average of an hour and half a day of pornography from age 12 to 27, means I’ve watched roughly A YEAR of porn. Quite possibly significantly more. I’ve been off here and there but had my share of 6+ hour days.” […]
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COMMENTS: By one of the top addiction researchers in the world. This paper compares and contrast food addiction with chemical addiction. As with other studies it finds they share the same mechanisms and brain pathways.If yummy food can cause addiction, then Internet potentially can also.
FULL STUDY: Homeostatic and Hedonic Signals Interact in the Regulation of Food Intake
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Read More… from Homeostatic and Hedonic Signals Interact in the Regulation of Food Intake (2009)
Wow, I believe that I’m cured….I cannot believe this actually worked. I’m a bit overwhelmed to be honest. Mind you that my perception of being cured is technically theoretical, since I’ve not had the opportunity to be with a girl as of yet. I’m writing because I decided just today that I’ve weathered the horrific […]
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COMMENTS: This review is full of important addiction concepts and findings.The 2 main points – when sugar is given intermittently:
(1) rats it consume it like they would addictive drugs,
(2) the rats behavior and brains undergo changes that mimic substance abuse.
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COMMENTS: CRF is a neurotransmitter/hormone that has classically been associated with our stress response and activating the adrenal cortex. Addiction research has identified it as a major player in acquiring addictions, addiction relapse, and withdrawal symptoms. This study explored CRF’s role in food addiction and compulsive eating. Guss what? It has the same roles with […]
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COMMENTS: According to this paper, bingeing rats are a good model for human addictions – both behavioral and chemical. Feeding rats really yummy food on intermittent schedules encourages bingeing behavior. Study on the brains of these bingeing rats reveals the neurobiology of addiction for humans.
Full Study: Bingeing Rats: A Model of Intermittent Excessive Behavior?
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FULL STUDY: Brain Imaging Studies in Pathological Gambling
Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2010 October; 12(5): 418–425.
Published online 2010 July 30. doi: 10.1007/s11920-010-0141-7.
Ruth J. van Holst, Wim van den Brink, Dick J. Veltman, and Anna E. Goudriaan
Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, P. O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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COMMENTS: It’s clear from this study that pathological gambling mirrors the neurobiology of substance addictions. They found diminished reward circuitry in wins and losses, unlike normal controls. Another finding is that important personal relevant stimuli did not activate the reward circuitry. This too is found in substance addictions. The new DSM will classify pathological gambling as an addiction.
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by Mark Chamberlain PhD
Want to bond with another human being? Here are your instructions: read and reciprocate. Read a signal from them (rather than ignoring it), then reciprocate by sending a signal of your own (rather than doing your own thing, independently of what they just did). Read and reciprocate, It’s as simple as that.
Oh yeah, there is one more ingredient: repeat.
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COMMENTS: ΔFosB is a chemical necessary for addictions to occur. Both drug and behavioral addictions correlate with an accumulation of Delta FosB. Block Delta FosB and the addiction ceases. Here it is shown that sexual experience increases Delta FosB, and leads to a sensitization of the reward center. Sensitization causes an higher release of dopamine […]