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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In addition to helping protect us from heart disease and cancer, a balanced diet and regular exercise can also protect the brain and ward off mental disorders.
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As a former porn addict for two years, I can attest that porn addiction is like a chisel hitting at a rock repeatedly, slowly breaking it down. That is what pornography is essentially doing to your brain through an extended period of time. It takes a long time for the effects to be noticeable, but when they are, it is devastating.
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Said one guy:
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At best, drugs like Viagra and Cialis will mask your impotence problem temporarily. They don’t “cure” anything. They only address symptoms, and they only do so for a matter of hours. Consider this man’s story:
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More evidence in humans of changes seen in animals – numbed pleasure response from overstimulation. A decline in reward activity associated with dopamine dysregulation. This is what is probably occurring with porn addiction – but no one studies it.
Weight Gain Seems to Change the Brains Response to Food
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COMMENTS: This article (see the study below) is about dopamine imbalances. Imbalances can be genetic or induced, or both. They take the form of high or low dopamine sensitivity (receptors), or high or low levels of dopamine. A common effect of addiction is having low sensitivity, yet releasing high levels in response to addiction cues. I […]
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Watch Gabe Deem’s video about using porn to get to sleep on RebootNation.org Comments from two men: More stress=more masturbation. Frequency goes way up nearing finals and before a paper is due. It’s a stress reliever and clears the brain so you can focus. Not long after orgasm (sometimes even ten minutes later) I am […]
by psychiatrist Richard A Friedman
As everyone knows, sex feels good.
Or does it? In recent years, I’ve come across several patients for whom sex is not just unpleasurable; it actually seems to cause harm.
One patient, a young man in his mid-20s, described it this way: “After sex, I feel literally achy and depressed for about a day.”
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