Only for these who suffer from PIED

I succeeded. I only did NoFap to overcome a clear ED I have since I started having sex in my teens, and am experiencing normal sex without ED drugs for the first time in my life. It only took a bit more than 3 months to do it. I swear, I didn't think it would work, and thought it was some physical issue with my penis. I'll write a post about it soon because I do agree there are very few topics dedicated to those with ED

 

I went without porn for more than 3 months 3 different times. Each time, the PIED went away. I was able to get erections and was interested in sex. When I went back to porn, all the desire went away and ED came back. It is real.

 

My husband had de when we got married, then at age 45 got pied. He had it for 5 freaking years! We discovered porn was an addiction. He got into recovery and 4 months clean pied disappeared. He hasn’t had it since. He is a year and 5 months clean, 51 years old and for the first time in our marriage no de or pied.

 

I don’t necessarily think masturbation is wrong or bad, the problem lies in the fact that when you masturbate you fantasize and for the porn addict this usually means porn scenes. That is problematic, as you must give up fantasy, as that is what you use to “ escape”. If you just masturbate when horny without fantasy, I think you will find it boring and not worth it. At some point fantasy/masturbation will most likely lead you back to porn.. if you want a successful relationship, then I think you will be more successful if you give up self pleasure. Relationships require that you be selfless. They require discipline, as well as love. They require that you think about someone other than self. Only when both do this is the relationship happy, healthy, and successful.

 

Does she know you have a problem with porn? If not, then perhaps it’s time the two of you talked about it. Does it cause a problem for you? I think that’s what you have to decide.