This is a great article about an actual patient with HOCD, but it skirts the issue of people who are using porn as a way to ease their anxiety. Users may have to stop orgasming to the porn to which they wish to desensitize themselves, or they’re giving their brains conflicting signals.
By Fred Penzel, Ph.D.
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Said one former user:
VPN is tougher, but for proxy servers try this [from http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm#Proxy]
Proxy and the Windows HOSTS file
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Here’s a tip from a recovering user:
My phone has been a thorn in my side for a little while now with having accessibility to porn on it. I upgraded my iphone a few weeks ago, but I conveniently haven’t messed around with the settings so I could have access.
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Certain personality traits are associated with an increased chance of having an addiction. Risk-takers and those with impulse-control challenges are in this category.
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I’ve decided to stop taking Cialis. I’ve only been using it for a few months but it’s quickly become such a crutch that it’s a little scary letting go of it. After paying more attention to my body I’m convinced my erections are perfectly normal for a 48-year-old, but with Cialis I am able to […]
COMMENTS: Coolidge effect is behind the power of Internet porn. The Coolidge effect is declining interest in with each copulation (lower and lower dopamine). Sexual novelty overrides this habituation with renewed excitement caused by higher dopamine. Novelty is what makes Internet porn so different from porn of the past.
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Definition: In biology and psychology, the term Coolidge effect describes a phenomenon—seen in nearly every mammalian species in which it has been tested—whereby both males and females exhibit continuous high sexual performance given the introduction of new receptive partners.
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By Jason Feirman
If you walked into your therapist’s office and he told you to stop taking Prozac and start eating more fish, you’d probably think he was crazy. But a study has found that a combination of common food components might be as effective in treating depression as traditional drugs.
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Dopamine release in ventral striatum of pathological gamblers losing money. Linnet J, Peterson E, Doudet DJ, Gjedde A, Møller A. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2010 Oct;122(4): 326-33. Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. [email protected]
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