[Excerpt from this article] There are also mental health benefits of weight lifting programs. A regular weight lifting program helps to overcome depression and reduce mood fluctuations significantly. The intense exercises involved in weight lifting increases the dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin levels, effecting mood improvements. However, some people may become dependent on this emotional boost, […]
How Does Exercise Improve Mental Health?
From Leonard Holmes, former About.com Guide
March 18, 2010
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Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Nov 21;16(23). pii: E4635. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16234635. Chung S1, Lee J2, Lee HK3. Abstract Individual characteristics, family- and school-related variables, and environmental variables have equal importance in understanding Internet addiction. Most previous studies on Internet addiction have focused on individual factors; those that considered environmental influence typically only examined […]
YBOP comments: Paper contains a section discussing the comments on the new “Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder” diagnosis. In the bolded section the authors are describing Nicole Prause who commented not 14 times but over 20 times. Most of her comments included personal attacks, false statements, misrepresentation of the research, cherry-picking and defamation. Compulsive sexual behaviour […]
Many individuals who cease using porn for an extended period of time report mental and cognitive benefits, such as improved concentration and focus, better grades, increased energy and motivation, social anxiety improved or gone, increased confidence, improved mood, depression reduced or gone, greater desire to be social, more intense or vibrant emotions, and increased desire […]
Salamualaykum all, I am currently on Day 43. I can officially say this current streak is the longest streak I have maintained since the start of my addiction. On top of all that, I have been living ALONE on campus in my own apartment! I am so proud of how far I have come and […]
I discovered PMO 10 years ago, been trying to quit for the past 7. Discovered reddit and r/nofap 4 years ago and it’s both hindered and helped my journey. I don’t know what more to say, which is why I’ll do this AMA; hopefully to help those in the position where I was not long […]
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Georgian Med News. 2017 Mar;(264):50-53. Khundadze M1, Geladze N1, Kapanadze N1. Abstract The aim of the study was to assess the impact of internet gambling on children’s mental and physical health and find correlation between the age, duration of internet use and type of comorbidity associated with internet gambling. The study assessed 50 patients with […]
Pardon my language, but holy shit! I never thought I would come this far, and I owe a whole lot to NoFap (Apologies in advance for the huge wall of text inbound). It’s been a while since I’ve visited this subreddit, or reddit as a whole, for that matter, but I thought I’d drop by […]
Read More… from 10 months – I’m a much healthier person; physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Can’t believe how fast time has gone since I gave my 90 day report. So much additional development and maturation even since then. The growth is exponential my brothers. Warren Buffet said that compounding interest is the most powerful force in the universe. When applied to NoFap there is not a truer statement. The longer […]