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Erectile Disfunction and questioning my sexuality

Discussion in 'Porn-Induced Sexual Dysfunctions' started by cvpr11, Nov 17, 2018.

  1. cvpr11

    cvpr11 Fapstronaut

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    Hello.

    I'm a 32 year old male who has gone through life always thinking i was straight, i've always been attracted to women, always fell in love with women and always had meaningful relationships with women. My sexual relationships were pretty normal but i've always had a few instances when i couldn't get an erection, i tried to never make a big deal about it because i know it happens to a few men, so i never thought much of it until about 4 or 5 years ago, i always watched porn, probably at least once a day and one day i found a video of gay porn and it got me really aroused, i also didn't want to make a big deal out of it because i've read online that what you watch in porn is not what you actually like, i mean i used to watch bestiality porn too and i never went out thinking i was going to have sex with any animals. But as time went on i started watching less straight porn and more gay and transwoman porn, this started messing with my head pretty hard, i was having more and more trouble getting erections and it affected some of my relationships, in one i got cheated on and i think that was a big reason why and the next one after that my self-esteem was so low and my insecurities so high that i constantly accused her of cheating even without any proof of it, obviously one day she got tired of it and left me, then i started to think that maybe i was actually gay or at the very least bi, but that didn't make any sense to me because i've never been romantically attracted to men, i don't see myself dating a man, i even tried to talk to some men online but when it came time to actually meet them i could never go through with it, not that i think there's anything wrong with being gay, i'm not homophobic in the least bit but i just didn't feel like doing it. Other than porn i don't find men attractive but sometimes i masturbate thinking about having sex with men and transexual men, i don't know if it is something i really want and i'm repressing it or if it just is something that i created in my mind due to watching porn.
    I've been dating this girl for a few weeks know and i was scared of getting intimate with her because i knew i wasn't gonna perform, i tried to avoid it as much as i could but one day i couldn't and obviously i couldn't get an erection either, this is really messing with my head and i don't know what to do, i've never been to a doctor for this nor have i ever used pills, are pills an option? I'm thinking about holding off masturbating and watching porn to see if i see a change or if these thoughts mean i'm actually bi or gay. I would like to know if there is someone out there who's been through this or something similar. Any thoughts and advice would be greatly appreciated.

    Sorry for the long text and thank you.
     
  2. BetterThanYou321

    BetterThanYou321 Fapstronaut

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    Don't worry, there's plenty of stories like yours and it's completely natural.

    When you watch porn, what gets you turned on doesn't necessarily correlate with your sexual orientation. It's proven that novelty is what gets people going the most, so it's normal that when you find something new it arouses you greatly. Like you said with bestiality, people very often go for something taboo, could be watching something demoralizing or degrading, because it's such a big turn on, but would never act up on that in real life. It's like you've tricked yourself into thinking that what porn you watch is what your kinks are. When in reality (most of the time), your brain is just used to opening an incognito window in your browser and just seeing what miraculous things you can find this time. That excites you and it's perfectly normal - you want to explore the limits. Bad thing is that leads to confusion like in your case. If you stop porn for a while (a few months) you'll see how you'll start to separate what you actually want in your life and what is just a porn scenario that excites you.
     
  3. cvpr11

    cvpr11 Fapstronaut

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    Thank you for your answer, i'm on day 5 of non PMO and my urges are getting very strong, what really confuses me is that now when i think of a woman i can't get an erection but if i think about men or transwomen i get a semi-erection and sometimes a full hard on. I keep thinking that i should try to be with a man for the first time to see if i really like it or if it's just something i made up in my mind. I even started looking at transwomen hookers online but i don't have the courage to follow through with it, I'm really confused and don't know what to do, is porn really the problem or do i have actual sexual desires with male/transwomen?
     
  4. Don't do that, at least until you've had an extended period without porn. It's almost certainly just something you and porn made up in your mind. See what you wrote earlier, which I quote below:
    You were heterosexual before porn. You're almost certainly heterosexual now. You'll almost certainly know that you are heterosexual after you've got some real time away from porn.

    Yes.

    Most probably not. But you won't know until you've given up porn for an extended period. And no porn fantasies allowed, either.

    I've had the transgendered person porn thing for many years - in fact 30+ years. The longer I stay away from porn, the less it attracts me. I barely think about it now.

    Many guys report that their tastes revert to normal when they've stopped watching porn long enough.

    See here: https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/ybo...-on-the-user/can-you-trust-your-johnson-2011/

    and here: https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/reb...n-or-gay-attracted-to-straight-porn-whats-up/
     
  5. ForABetterLife20

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    I'm in a similar boat. 19m with a growing desire to have sex with a man because of how much it turns me on with various kinds of porn. It's not good. I know for a fact it could be dangerous, not to mention unhealthy physically and emotionally.
    I had sex for the first two timet last summer, right after I found this vein in porn. I couldnt really stay hard! I was shocked. Ive always always been attracted to women, why the hell couldn't I keep a hard on for two beautiful women? Answer could be PIED, could be this, which I would call a mental PIED.
    Best answer, leave porn behind. I'm really trying to and it's not easy. I now have a girlfriend that I want to be very committed to, and it's just not going well . My studies are actually starting to suffer too.
    Porn is the problem. I went almost all of last week without it, Monday thru Friday, and it was amazingly refreshing. Then Saturday came and j fucked everything up for a whole day.
    I'm typing on my phone, so I'm sorry if I'm being kind of nonsensical. Good luck!
     
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  6. cvpr11

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    Thank you for your answer and support. I'm on day 17 now and the urges are getting less and less stronger, i've had a few erections but no urge to watch porn at all. I'm happy to report that when i get an erection now it is thinking about women. I'm still a little hesitant to be with an actual woman because i'm affraid i won't be able to perform because of my ED. I'm trying to go a very long while without porn and then and only then try to be with a woman again.

    I have to be honest i read a few articles online that said nofap and ybop were bullshit and pseudoscience, i thought maybe porn wasn't really the reason for my thoughts but i still decided to try it nofap anyway, after all i had nothing to lose, and i'm happy to say the gay/transwoman thoughts have really faded so i think it's working, i'm not watching porn ever again, i'm not thinking about sex or porn at all and when i do it's with women on my mind now, hope this keeps improving and the next step will be to see if my ED was actually porn induced, but that will take a little while longer i think.

    Thank you for your words once again.
     
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  7. Rez1986@LA

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    You are normal bro.
     
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