Feels wild. Literally busted one out minutes before the new year and have been cold turkey since. Trying to at least go a few months in hope that it helps with psychological ED issues.
I’ve also noticed my libido has been down since, is that normal?
Interested to know why you think stopping masturbation will impact psychological ED?
Been doing the same thing have ejaculated since 29th of December. I tried having sex with my girlfriend and I for the life of me could not stay hard. And it’s not like I didn’t want it. Part of me thinks my brain is resetting itself to not rely on fake porn so libido, sex drive, and erections might be an issue for a little bit
Interesting thread, perhaps solo play with no porn occasionally helps things?
Efficient choc, I suggest you go on YouTube and watch, “ your brain on porn” video from 2015.
Constant use of porn trains your brain into only getting aroused by the things you do/see while masturbating to porn.
For a example, only getting aroused when “alone” only getting aroused for “unrealistic scenarios”
Eg we have all watched “ step sis…”
It’s a good watch and everyone should watch it
I just watched “your brain on porn”. Wow. Very interesting. I’ll watch it again soon to see what I glossed over…
I understand why you don’t want to watch porn. Despite rhe fact that it’s not harmful on it’s own, if you don’t use it in a good way, it cab rewire your mind-body connection. Together with the death grip, it can end up in ED. Although i don’t really understand why you stopped masturbating. If you can jerk off without porn (making sure that you don’t use a death grip - use your other hand, lubricant, etc…), i think it’s kind of helpful and you can learn and practice stuff with it. I’m having a veey low sex drive since i stopped wathing porn and i don’t really want to jerk off and it makes me concerned, but i also know that it’s normal in the beginning. Anyways, i don’t think you should stop masturbating for two months, but it’s your decision.
For the people asking why I stopped in relation to my ED:
I simply feel my erections aren’t as strong and I need to gain that stiffness back. I feel like it’s contributing to how I view my boners and myself during sex. I know that’s all in my heads and I’ll have to work around it, but I haven’t tried this method before so I think “maybe it won’t hurt to give it a shot”
I’ve tried it but I always end up falling back to porn.