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Age 23 – Eight months: more social, active, involved, focused, etc

Depression and other mood swings are often inherent in porn addiction Porn addiction is quite a phenomenon isn’t it? At age 10, catching glimpses of pornography photographs every once in a while seemed to be quite a treat. Skimming through late night broadcasts of erotica on premium movie channels seemed just as taboo as Internet porn now has become today.

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Bonding Behaviors Among Pair-Bonding Crows

Nurturing Nests Lift These Birds to a Higher Perch

Crows and bonding behaviors
By NATALIE ANGIER
Amid all the psychosocial caterwauling these days over the relative merits of tiger mothers and helicopter dads, allow me to make a pitch for the quietly dogged parenting style of the New Caledonian crow.

New Caledonian crows are renowned for their toolmaking skills.

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He’s Just Not That Into Anyone

Porn addiction trumps actual partners This article appeared in “NewYork” magazine.”

Even, and perhaps especially, when his girlfriend is acting like the women he can’t stop watching online.

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Dysfunctional Reward Circuitry in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Porn addicts often report increased OCD-type thinking, perhaps due to dopamine dysregulation Biol Psychiatry. 2011 Jan 25; Authors: Figee M, Vink M, de Geus F, Vulink N, Veltman DJ, Westenberg H, Denys D

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Pathological gambling and hypersexuality in cabergoline-treated prolactinoma

Dopamine drugs can cause hypersexuality, which suggests that dopamine dysregulation is behind porn addiction Original letter to medical journal

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How I cured myself of cravings for variety

Porn addiction can create dissatisfaction with monogamy Said a forum member:

It’s a very natural instinct to want to be with as many women as possible in sexual way. The problem is that porn inflames and twists this function of our brain in a very ugly way. It gets out of conscious control and it’s turns into a frenzy.

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Effect on Ejaculatory Performance and Semen Parameters of Sexually-Satiated Male Goats (Capra Hircus) After Changing The Stimulus Female (2003)

The Coolidge effect is behind porn addiction Comments: The Coolidge effect in goats – getting excited again with a new female. In this case, also increasing the sperm count with a new female.

Prado V, Orihuela A, Lozano S, Perez-Leon I. Theriogenology. 2003 Jul;60(2):261-7. Instituto Tecnológico Agropecuario de Oaxaca, Ex-hacienda de Nazareno, Xoxocotlán Oaxaca, Mexico.

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(L) Dopamine Controls Choice (2010)

Comments: Simple article. Dopamine influences all decision-making, whether moral, ethical, gut level, you name it. Changes in dopamine receptors or dopamine levels will affect your perception and behavior. Serious addictions mess with the dopamine system.

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(L) Simple Pleasures: Liking vs. Wanting, by Kent Berridge (2004)

Comments: This article emphasizes that dopamine equates with ‘wanting,’ which can be separated from ‘liking.’ Reward is not just dopamine. It appears that dopamine is not really the reward molecule; rather it is the craving neurotransmitter. This is why someone with an addiction can crave the drug, or porn, but not really like it. This […]

AUM Meditations

Connecting with others can ease the effects of porn addiction Here’s one man’s experience:

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