Comments: Study compared computer gamers to non-gamers. Researchers found the gamers had reactions to pictures (cues) in a similar ways as drug users have to pictures (cues) of drug use. More evidence that their brains had changed.
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Read More… from Specific cue reactivity on computer game related cues in excessive gamers (2007)
In this section on Addiction Withdrawal & Recovery we have materials related to withdrawal from substances. You can also check out symptoms associated porn withdrawal. This page contains 3 studies that reported withdrawal symptoms in porn users and sex addicts. Over 30 studies reporting findings consistent with escalation of porn use (tolerance), habituation to porn, […]
Comments: Prairie voles can form pair bonds (social monogamy) as can humans. Only 3% of mammals can pair bond, which occurs in the reward circuitry of the brain. In this study it was found that the ability to pair bond makes animals more vulnerable to addiction. Addictions hijack the bonding mechanism, which runs on dopamine.
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Contains both the lay article and the study below
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Read More… from (L) Prairie Voles: The Social Drinkers of the Rodent World (2010)
It’s a healthy way to up your dopamine when you’re feeling down. Many things produce beneficial levels of dopamine without the risk of creating a dependency, so saying music is “like a drug” is a bit over the top.
This guy said:
Just one thing I’d like to suggest. I chose a soundtrack for this moment of my life, and by the average age of this forum, many people will identify with this.
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Comments: Scientists lowered dopamine in a healthy young man. He experienced an array of symptoms. Porn addicts often experience similar symptoms (or more mild versions) during withdrawal, or in between porn sessions. The symptoms may result from low dopamine receptors (D2) instead of (as well as?) low dopamine.
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Read More… from Subjective Experiences During Dopamine Depletion (2005)
This section is concerned with the power of strong emotions to:
1) create stronger memories or linkages,
2) stimulate the reward circuitry.
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Media-Newswire.com – Everyone knows the type. Maybe it’s you or someone close to you. We’re talking about the kind of people who act without thinking.
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Comments: The difference between novelty-seeking and impulsivity is explained here. And how each is associated with increased chances of addiction.
Impulsivity and a Predisposition to Addiction
FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2008
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Year in Review
Here’s a recap of nine months of rebooting progress with some ideas mixed in the hope that it is of use to someone. I’m currently at 56 days without MO and P. The world does look different after sticking with this process for some time and the orgasm lenses come off.
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