Comments: Study describes how excessive dopamine can not only strengthen “go for it” circuits in addiction, but also weaken opposing “stop circuits.”
Unlocking the mystery of why dopamine freezes Parkinson’s patients
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Will stopping porn solve my problems? Porn is actually a synthetic substitute for the daily pleasures that naturally gave your ancestors a sense of wellbeing—such as companionship. This means that stopping porn is not enough. You need to rediscover those natural sources of wellbeing. Unfortunately, one of the highest costs of addiction is that it […]
Feels a new level of honesty and truthfulness
Has a new level of appreciation for the marriage bond
Finally has the accountability he was looking for
Loves her more than he ever has before
Feels the level of his disloyalty and deceit more intensely
Is saddened to realize how little the marriage has meant to him
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No-porn.com conducted a survey about porn addiction. The responses of over 40,000 respondents are presented below:
Yes – 75 %
No – 20 %
I know someone who might be – 5%
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Here are the comments of various men who have made the experiment of watching porn without climax during their recovery:
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by David Wong Dec 10, 2007
Porn addiction? Please.
Let’s try a little experiment, right now. Don’t click on this link. It has a naked woman in it. Two naked women, in fact. One of them is stunning web pornstress Luba Shumeyko…
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Have a laugh at the tolerance phenomenon on Southpark. Remember, the primitive part of your brain doesn’t care what you have to look at to get off. Truly, porn content is as meaningless as cartoons. To a numbed brain, all that matters is shock value.
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This FAQ is now obsolete as the world’s most widely used medical diagnostic manual, The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), contains a new diagnosis suitable for porn addiction and cybersex addiction: “Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder.” The current state of the scientific research supports the existence of porn addiction and porn-induced sexual dysfunctions. For example, a […]
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For the time being it is, and it’s likely to remain that way. (Although women’s brains are sensitive to overstimulation, too.) Men have some characteristics that render them especially vulnerable to the seduction of Internet pornography. In 2002 Canadian researchers compared brain images of male and female subjects while they viewed erotic film excerpts. The […]
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September 14th, 2010 in Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Tranquil living environments can positively affect the human brain function, according to researchers at the University of Sheffield.
The research, which was published in the journal NeuroImage, uses functional brain imaging to assess how the environment impacts upon our brain functions.
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