Difficulty maintaining erection during edging but not during sex

[Dr. Feelsgood Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dr. Feelsgood]

Hey there. How about a fun first post about floppy dick?

I have PE likely due to rushed porn+masturbation habits adopted as a 12-year-old. I'm 27 now. Yikes.

While edging, I struggle to get a decent erection of 80-100% EQ. I can get to 40-50% consistently after a minute or two, but getting past that requires very fast stroking or intense visual imagery, Even then, I may not get a solid erection. I tend to find that if I get a decent erection, it becomes fairly easy to keep it -- or at least fluctuate +/- 15% EQ through physical stimulation alone because I feel almost no pleasure from edging until I get to 70%+ EQ.

I quit looking at porn for a year and a half but started peeking again recently to stimulate erections during edging (I know that's generally considered a no-no). I *never* have any issues getting to 80-100% EQ in any sexual situation, nor have I ever, so I don't know that I have ED, per se, but when I read about people here edging with high EQ through physical stimulation alone, I have to wonder...

Any thoughts on my situation or methods/techniques to get me to an easier erection during edging? I feel as though if I could achieve that, my road to recovery would be much shorter. Thanks!

[hardcore958 Member Find all posts View Profile Close hardcore958]

I'm the same way. It's because porn is already a "glorious" thing wired in your brain so youre trained to respond sexually to porn. As backwards as this sounds, sex is literally real life porn. So obviously your arousal is escalated dramatically because of the bad habits. You have what's called Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction (PIED), but thankfully it's probably the easiest form of ED to cure. You've trained your brain to respond solely to visual imagery so without that visual imagery right in front of you you don't feel a thing. Sometimes mental images can spark arosual but that's no better because you're essentially still watching porn in your head. To cure this you need to obviously quit porn use but also rewire your brain to respond naturally to pleasure and the female body. I wish someone would have warned me how much porn messes up your perspective on the female body.. Porn obviously features "perfect" (you know what I mean) bodies and praises them and that worship is addicting to the male brain and teaches that sex is strictly a visual, unrealsitic bangarang.

Long story short, quit porn and your body will adapt to realistic pleasure and arousal over time.

[Pegasus AdministratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero ☺ Admin of the Month Mar 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close Pegasus]

I'm the same way. It's because porn is already a "glorious" thing wired in your brain so youre trained to respond sexually to porn. As backwards as this sounds, sex is literally real life porn. So obviously your arousal is escalated dramatically because of the bad habits. You have what's called Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction (PIED), but thankfully it's probably the easiest form of ED to cure. You've trained your brain to respond solely to visual imagery so without that visual imagery right in front of you you don't feel a thing. Sometimes mental images can spark arosual but that's no better because you're essentially still watching porn in your head. To cure this you need to obviously quit porn use but also rewire your brain to respond naturally to pleasure and the female body. I wish someone would have warned me how much porn messes up your perspective on the female body.. Porn obviously features "perfect" (you know what I mean) bodies and praises them and that worship is addicting to the male brain and teaches that sex is strictly a visual, unrealsitic bangarang.

Long story short, quit porn and your body will adapt to realistic pleasure and arousal over time.

I like your post hardcore , only thing is he claims to be a year off porn. Op have you had your test level checked.?

[AlpineNewt Senior Member Member of the Month Sept 2014 Find all posts View Profile Close AlpineNewt]

Hmm.. It's always been the other way around for me.

[longerlastingnoob Senior Member Member of the Month Jan 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close longerlastingnoob]

I *never* have any issues getting to 80-100% EQ in any sexual situation, nor have I ever, so I don't know that I have ED ( ??????? ), per se, but when I read about people here edging with high EQ through physical stimulation alone, I have to wonder...

You answered your own question there.

Eq when edging without anything will improve over time as you get used to it. Porn is generally seen as bad but it's just a video of people fracking, its how you perceive it, use it, react to it, that determines whether it's bad, good or whatever.