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Deconstructing digital desires

Deconstructing digital desires

Student Internet use raises questions regarding social media’s addictive nature

A local counsellor is seeing social media transform into an isolating experience.

“We had a student at Queen’s who kept online gaming and was spending a lot of time in his room. He had horrible hygiene and his studies were going down the drain,” gambling counsellor Chris Myers said.

The online gamer was initially unconcerned about his habits, Myers said.

Frozen with Fear: How Oxytocin Gets You Moving

 Frozen with Fear How the Love Hormone Gets You Moving

Feb 10, 2012 | 2:48 PM ET | Luke Yoquinto, MyHealthNewsDaily Contributor

My Guide to Successfully Stop Fapping (over 200 days)

A reddit noFap post which can be found here. Takes a different approach than what our guys suggest.


 Eliminating fapping from my life has been the most difficult journey I've ever undertaken. What makes this task so difficult is that everything surrounding fapping is extremely addictive. Also, quitting is something we more or less have to do on our own.

another 90 day report by a reddit fapstronaut

Hey r/nofap,

The reveared 90 days has made its appearance on my badge today. SUCCESS!

Low dopamine, the cause of relapse to smoking

 Low dopamine, the cause of relapse to smoking

The writer has posted comments on this articleANI | Feb 9, 2012, 06.00PM IST

At-risk teens benefit from fish oils

Study to determine whether fish oil can help prevent psychiatric disorders
February 8th, 2012 in Health

Testosterone ‘blinds us to other’s views’

Testosterone ‘blinds us to other’s views’

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Patients brains may adapt to ADHD medication

 Patients brains may adapt to ADHD medication

 01/02/2012 16:53:00

 New research reveals how the brain appears to adapt to compensate for the effects of long-term ADHD medication, suggesting why ADHD medication is more effective short-term than it is long-term.

Guy tells girl he no longer watches porn

I have a quick story to share concerning this issue. I've been a little worried myself lately about how girls will react when I tell them that I don't fap/watch porn. Well, last night a girl texted me asking how my weekend was, yadda yadda. We texted for probably a couple hours. Anyways, at one point she asked what I was doing and I told her I was watching a movie. She said, "if you want real entertainment why not watch porn? " I think she was trying to get me to sext with her or something idk.

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