Porn induced erectile dysfunction question

[nxyvn Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close nxyvn]

I'm curious to understand would this just be down to porn itself? Or could things like masturbation over pics on Instagram or tiktok videos be under this as well? Or sexting? I'm trying to stop porn but I have carried on looking at girls in a sexual way on Instagram or tiktok and I sexting a lot.

[TeoDeles Senior Member Member of the Month July 2018 Find all posts View Profile Close TeoDeles]

First of all I never understood why people do things in extreme.
Why masturbate in extreme? Why eat shitty food in extreme? Why drinking alcohol in extreme? Why drugs in extreme?
All the things that are giving pleasure for a person is good to be done on moderation because otherwise it will become boring...
If you do something ( that is also bad for your health) all the time... there will be a time that you will get borned doing it and you will lose this pleasure.
Moderation is the key to keep this pleasure forever and without hurting your body.

Now the other thing I never understood is why people when are masturbation are doing it like wrestling with their dicks...
Why do you have to apply such an intense grip?? why do you have to do the strokes like a speeding buller? Where is the pleasure in this??

Now to get to your question...
The reason why extreme masturbators are having erectile dysfanction is because
1) They are abusing their dicks with high speed and intense strokes so they are creating micro injuries
2) They are making their PF tight because if you masturbate all day long is like doing kegels marathon.
3) They are ejaculating so many times per day that the system can not recover in order to raise the hormons that are needed in order to have a decent erection.

Anything in life that becomes extreme shows underlying mental issues. So the person have to fix them.

[Big Al AdministratorPEGym EditorMale Enhancement Coach Rep.PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Big Al]

The following should be of interest to you: The Detraining Effect: Understanding and Reversing Negative Habits To Improve Erection Quality and Sexual Confidence

[nxyvn Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close nxyvn]

So I've gone porn and masturbation (until cumming) free for 18 days now. I used to struggle to get my dick erect without watching porn or thinking of something dirty. But now I'm able to get hard without even thinking about something dirty. I've masturbated like 2 to 3 days not how I used to but to see whether I can get an erection and I can get it to full erect. Also I'm taking the 5 G's and also doing some pelvic floor exercises, kegels and reverse kegels so not sure if the results are from no porn or one of the others or a mixture of everything.

My aim is to never watch porn again and to not masturbate. I would like to last longer in bed as well and I know my bad masturbation habit of jerking as fast as possible to cum quickly has messed that for me.

What do you think my next steffdps should be? When I used to have sex in the past I would lose erection during sex and I don't want that happening any more and I would only be able to thrust a few times until I would usually get close to PONR which then I'd stop and start again after a bit which would annoy the girl. I don't want to start ballooning or edging until I am in control of my desires which I am but would like to last longer without masturbating.

[Big Al AdministratorPEGym EditorMale Enhancement Coach Rep.PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Big Al]

So I've gone porn and masturbation (until cumming) free for 18 days now. I used to struggle to get my dick erect without watching porn or thinking of something dirty. But now I'm able to get hard without even thinking about something dirty. I've masturbated like 2 to 3 days not how I used to but to see whether I can get an erection and I can get it to full erect. Also I'm taking the 5 G's and also doing some pelvic floor exercises, kegels and reverse kegels so not sure if the results are from no porn or one of the others or a mixture of everything.

My aim is to never watch porn again and to not masturbate. I would like to last longer in bed as well and I know my bad masturbation habit of jerking as fast as possible to cum quickly has messed that for me.

What do you think my next steffdps should be? When I used to have sex in the past I would lose erection during sex and I don't want that happening any more and I would only be able to thrust a few times until I would usually get close to PONR which then I'd stop and start again after a bit which would annoy the girl. I don't want to start ballooning or edging until I am in control of my desires which I am but would like to last longer without masturbating.

What is your stamina training routine like?

[nxyvn Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close nxyvn]

Currently I'm not doing anything in all honesty. I'm planning to stay porn and masturbation free for longer and once I'm at a place where I know I won't go back then start edging and ballooning. Is there any other methods you'd recommend that doesn't involve masturbation?

[Big Al AdministratorPEGym EditorMale Enhancement Coach Rep.PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Big Al]

Currently I'm not doing anything in all honesty. I'm planning to stay porn and masturbation free for longer and once I'm at a place where I know I won't go back then start edging and ballooning. Is there any other methods you'd recommend that doesn't involve masturbation?

Kegeling will help, but unless you're sexually active- and if you plan of developing sexual mastery- then some form of edging should be implemented.

[xander19 Member Find all posts View Profile Close xander19]

I'm in the same boat as you. I do believe it is the same as porn. Depends on your habit, for me, it started to be like an "usual" thing, looking up pictures to masturbate to when I was bored, constantly. That definitely doesn't help.

" I have carried on looking at girls in a sexual way on Instagram or tiktok and I sexting a lot." That's no bueno, I'd say its the same as porn, just a little softer lol.

[Jay1983 Senior MemberMember of the Month Apr 2014, Sept 2016 Find all posts View Profile Close Jay1983]

Didn't know that seeing in sexual ways was a bad thing. Who would have thunk?



Don't make yourself sexually numb because of certain delusions.

[Physdoc Retired Moderator Member of the Month July 2019 Find all posts View Profile Close Physdoc]

I don't see anything wrong with visual sexual stumuli, regardless of the source. Where things can go wrong is if a guy gets into the habit of masturbating just for the sake of getting to an orgasm and orgasming before being fully erect. Or masturbating way too much. Or only being able to orgasm if looking at porn. It's all about moderation. And I don't think "moderation" means going to the other extreme of banning yourself from porn.

[watersnake Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close watersnake]

I think this 'what is porn' conundrum speaks to the super sexualization of mass media and our society. If you beat off you will still be horny the next time you open your phone.

[Romero MD Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Romero MD]

Hi everyone. Hi nxyvn

My Master's Thesis at the end of medical school was a systematic review about "Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction". I analyzed 248 scientific papers, and I wrote 52 pages.

Pornography desensitizes (down-regulation) the limbic system (the brain pleasure system) in exactly the same way that cocaine does. Pornography consumes and eliminates postsynaptic dopamine receptors in the nucleus accumbens, decreasing its ability to activate the erectile penile system with weaker stimuli (real sex, with a real woman).

It is a behavioral addiction that affects your reward system in exactly the same way as a chemical addiction. If you are a cocaine user (pornography, several porn stars, extreme and progressive diversity), your brain will no longer be interested in soft drugs (sexual intercourse, with only one real woman).

And, moreover, just like ANY other drug addiction, pornography also decreases your executive functions, the ability to control impulses, the ability to concentrate and your memory, by decreasing the connection of neurons from the limbic system to the hypothalamus and to the prefrontal cortex. It is an addiction. Period.

And, yes, if you masturbate while watching a lot of women on Instagram, or if you masturbate while reading hardcore erotic literature, although it is not as harmful as video pornography, it will also have some desensitizing effect. You are training your brain to have erections with stimuli that are too artificial or too diverse. Which you rarely have in a normal sexual relationship. So, what happens when you are with a real woman? Erectile Dysfunction.

"Romero, what if I only watch porn 5 minutes a week?" - Smoking 5 cigarettes a week is not healthier than smoking 50. It is just less harmful.

Before the emergence of Online Pornography (2006), the prevalence of Erectile Dysfunction in men under 40 was 2-3%. Currently, it is 33% (data from 2014). No, it is not stress. No, it is not anxiety. The psychological stress of new generations does NOT create a 1000% increase in the prevalence of erectile dysfunction in just 8 years.

Porn is a complete demon. Period.


P.S.: Sexting with your wife or girlfriend is not harmful. You are not creating a stimulus that is too diverse or too artificial (visual, auditory or hardcore). Sexting is healthy for your relationship.

[Romero MD Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Romero MD]

There is only one thing worse than porn videos. Porn Captions Gifs.

In which you can see a different woman, in a different story and in a different sexual act (which are, typically, the most hardcore 3 seconds of the video from which the gif was taken), every 10 seconds.

They are the absolute overdose for your limbic system.
Your brain (and your penis) were not created to withstand that type of stimulation.

[Big Al AdministratorPEGym EditorMale Enhancement Coach Rep.PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Big Al]

Hi everyone. Hi nxyvn

My Master's Thesis at the end of medical school was a systematic review about "Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction". I analyzed 258 scientific papers, and I wrote 52 pages...

Would love to read this!

[Romero MD Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Romero MD]

Would love to read this!

Thank you, Big Al But my thesis is not written in English
I never published it in an international medical journal, so I never translated it...

However, there are very good articles already published! Which I used as a foundation for the main text:
1 – Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review with Clinical Reports
2 – Eliminate Chronic Internet Pornography Use to Reveal Its Effects
3 – Habitudes masturbatoires et dysfonctions sexuelles masculines
4 – Unusual Masturbatory Practice as an Etiological Factor in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction in Young Men
5 – Pornography Induced Erectile Dysfunction Among Young Men
6 – Hidden in shame: Heterosexual men’s experiences of self-perceived problematic pornography use.


They are all great readings. The first paper is a masterpiece. Perhaps it is too heavy on anatomical and physiological knowledge, but it is really good.
And the second is the upgrade of the first.