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[HELP] Do I even belong here or I should see a doctor?

Discussion in 'Porn Addiction' started by BroM@, Apr 18, 2016.

  1. BroM@

    BroM@ Fapstronaut

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    Hello guys, male 17, soon 18. Virgin and I have a question do I even belong in this forum? Please read
    First, I think I AM a porn addict, but I'm not sure are my problems due to porn?
    I was jacking off to porn 2-5 times every day, I like to watch full porn ~30 minutes and I got pretty good at lasting for even longer periods, got kinda proud of it.
    Problem started recently like few weeks ago, when I noticed that when I watch porn, my penis is not errect when I see a thumbnail, I need to *play* a bit until I get it up and when I do it's NOT thick and fully errect as it used to be. It's maybe like 70% errection/thickness I used to have, my penis used to be rock hard and it would stay like that, it was almost impossible to bend it when in full errection.

    Since I'm a virgin and no girlfriend I can't really test it if interaction/sex with a girl would make my old errection come back, my point is, I read PIED definition, but I can't get full errection with porn either!!!

    So my question is this, this weak errection when watching porn, semi thickness now I have due to my excessive porn consumption or maybe I have some other health issues;

    For god's sake this is an issue that happens to 50+ yr men :(

    P.S: I'm not fat or out of shape, I'm very physically fit, I got to gym, lift, have abs, I don't use any steroids or suplements. Normal food, I eat meat, no special diet (not vegan,etc..), I don't do drugs, I don't even drink!!!
     
  2. BroM@

    BroM@ Fapstronaut

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    To anyone wondering how I got here by googling problems similar to mine and I found TEDx talk about porn by Gary Wilson, and since I am redditor I quickly researched ur subreddit but I didn't really find answers I was hoping for

    Any sort of reply/feedback from more experienced members is really appriciated.

    P.S: I didn't really know where to post this cry for help so I posted here, hope I didn't break any forum rules.
     
  3. traveller22

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    Welcome BroM.

    I'm not a medical doctor; however I can say with certainty that if you decide to go ahead with a hard reboot & stop PMO, you will begin to see some changes in your body. It might take a few weeks or a few months, but it will certainly make a difference.

    Have you spend much time on yourbrainonporn.com? If not, head over there & start doing some reading. PMO wires our brains in some strange & unfortunate ways - re-wiring your brain will take time & given that it's the biggest sexual organ in your body, it makes sense that you're having issues.

    Erectile issues are not limited to older men. Millions of younger men have issues with it, for a variety of reasons - some physical but for the majority, psychological - not that we can separate mind & body.

    Lets clarify one thing: If you were jacking off to P 2-5 times a day, you ARE a porn addict - no doubt about it. Don't think you're one - know you are one.

    You don't have to be a PMO addict forever & I am pretty sure your mind-body will find it's natural balance.

    First, reboot!

    Welcome to the tribe.

    T22.
     
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  4. BroM@

    BroM@ Fapstronaut

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    I'm not sure I posted question very well, but I'll try to rephrase?

    I can't get full errection and thickness anymore even when watching porn, is that cause of big porn consumption or maybe I have health issues?

    That's what I'm the most concerned about, cause I don't see other posts here about this problem.

    P.S: I understand I am porn addict I've been using it for past 6 years and last year on almost daily basis, but I'm more worried that now I can no longer maintain errection without porn and now even with porn errections are not what they used to be.
     
    Last edited: Apr 18, 2016
  5. traveller22

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    Hey BroM.

    I understood your question & that was my response. What I meant to communicate is that by the sounds of it, you've been doing a lot of PMO over the last while. If that's the case, then there's a very good chance that PMO is the cause.

    Ultimately it's your brain that causes your dick to get hard. PMO has re-wired our brains in ways that science is only now starting to understand. I therefore don't think that at this stage, you should assume that it's due to a medical problem.

    From what you've described, it seems far more likely that PMO is the underlying cause. To find out, you need to go without PMO for 1-3 months.

    Does that make sense?

    T22.
     
  6. BroM@

    BroM@ Fapstronaut

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    Aha, alright, thx, I really hope you're right..
     
  7. traveller22

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    Look at it this way. If you are a PMO addict - based on what you have said, I'm 99.99% sure you are - then you will never have an optimal sex life & level of intimacy with your significant other, while you are addicted to PMO.

    First you need to find out the answer to the question, "Am I a PMO addict?

    Once you have established that, you know where you stand & can begin walking the road to recovery.

    I wish you wisdom & insight, as you work through this.

    T22.
     
  8. nitsuj0786

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    I might can shed some light. I'm not sure if you have watched the porn experiment or not but it explains what porn can do to the body and mind. If you watch enough porn you can get pied so bad that not even porn will get it up. Do you still orgasm with porn even when it is soft?
    If that is the case you very much need a reboot, this problem will reverse. But that means no masturbating to porn and no watching porn of any kind. No porn videos, images, or reading material. Don't even masturbate or the reboot won't work. Read more of the forum too to learn more about it.
     
  9. BroM@

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    @traveller22: I appriciate your help.

    @nitsuj0786: Thank you, but I already read watched this, I only got nervous because most of guys here complain that they can't have errection while having sex, and I panicked because I started to get not so firm errections while watching porn, not sex. I understand now there are levels of PiED and I'm probably in the high end one.

    I already took baby steps I am 3 days into reboot.
     
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  10. traveller22

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    Keep going BroM. Impressive erections will be yours after some good PMO-free time!

    :)

    T22.
     
  11. Brandon Johnston M.Ed

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    It's not uncommon for individuals to become sensitized to the images that they see on a daily basis. I would assume that your brain has become less entertain with the porn. Generally speaking through the process of addiction, your neuro pathways may desire more intense porn to get the same fix (ejaculation.) Without this fix, it very well may stand to reason you cannot get an erection. With that being said, there are medical complications that lead to erectile dysfunction. If you are experiencing other developments or have intense anxiety about this, it wouldn't hurt for medical consultation.
     
  12. Jmb

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    You have severe PIED . I had it also my dick was dead with or without porn. Made it 90 days and it works now.
     
  13. I was in the same boat. Erections were absolute rubbish by age 17 with porn. Any kind of porn, it didn't matter.

    I started watching daily at age 12, for hours every day. By age 16-17 I could no longer get an erection without direct manual stimulation, and if at any point before orgasm I quit stroking myself, I went completely limp in a matter of approx 30 seconds or so. The erection quality was horrid as well.

    There was nothing medically wrong with me. It was all porn and wanking.

    I've been porn free for over a year now. You could bend steel on my erections. ;)
     
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  14. Watching that much porn & masturbating has desensitized you, but like others have said, abstain for a few months or longer and you'll be as good as new again.
     
  15. You yourself are saying that you are a porn addict.
    What has happened to you is that you have become too used to the stuff you watch. It doesn't have the same charm over you.
    That's why you are not getting fully erect.
    You need to abstain.

    Just try it and you'll see the difference.
    One day you'll wake up a hard morning wood like a healthy male ought to.
     

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