Day 104

History/Background: I'm 29 years old and next month I will be 30. I started porn from the age of 14 and I did try to leave it for 2 months in 2022 but I fail after 60 days by relapsing. Last year on June 1st 2023 after I masturbated to a erotic manhwa or you can say comic after that my dick loses the erection otherwise normally the erection still remains for a while and next morning I do get M.W.

After checking online I get to know about PIED and within a week I visited the urologist and said to him do I have PIED? And I told him that I watched a lot of porn and other porn substitute but even though he doesn't know what PIED is, he said yes. He said to live the same way I'm living including watching porn if I want to and prescribe me medicine. The medicine didn't help as expected except it helps in my M.W but for 6 months till December I was playing video games, sleeping late and eating junk food sometimes and to cope with withdrawal because there are times when I crave for porn I go to read erotic novel but I don't masturbate and I think I was edging. In between I did relapse one time in September.

Present state: On January 17 of this year I decided to start my nofap streak in the way it should be. On January 19 I joined a gym and start working out. Today is 103rd day from January 19 of nofap. On day 1 or 2 I experienced a flatline and I'm still in flatline but this flatline was different than the last time which happen in June 2023 because at that time I was complete indifferent to opposite sex. But this time I do feel attracted to them in flatline.

In the start my dick was shrivel and in the skin and small but after 1.5 months or 2 it is still down but now it is not small or in the skin all time and a bit alive or a bit of growth like reaching 1st finger size while down. I don't know how to explain but those who has experience will know I can only say this. I'm on hardmode ( I don't do PMO). If I want to masturbate my dick won't get hard by myself still now. Should I stop using my mobile phone completely to heal my flatline and my PIED? Now I'm on third day of not using it. If I were to say I only use it to watch reaction videos or comedy videos or religious videos within 2 hours timeframe.

I do need everyone's help and advice to get out of flatline and recover. Sorry for the English. Sorry for the long post.

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It seems that you are a victim of the "no porn" scam.

Whatever you have read on the Internet, doctors, scientists, and researchers agree: porn does not cause erectile dysfunction.

A 2022 study in the International Journal of Impotence Research found that “pornography use was unrelated to either erectile functioning or erectile dysfunction (ED).”

A 2015 study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine concluded that “We found little evidence of the association between pornography use and male sexual health disturbances. Contrary to raising public concerns, pornography does not seem to be a significant risk factor for younger men’s desire, erectile, or orgasmic difficulties.”

A cross-sectional study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine found “no evidence of causal links between any pornography variables and ED.”

A 2015 study found that “VSS [porn]use within the range of hours tested is unlikely to negatively impact sexual functioning, given that responses actually were stronger in those who viewed more VSS.”

Finally, a 2019 research review found that “there is little or no evidence on a causal relationship between erectile dysfunction and frequency of pornography use.” In fact, the study went on to state that "VSS [porn] use within the range of hours tested is unlikely to negatively impact sexual functioning, given that responses actually were stronger in those who viewed more VSS."

Also note that many experts dispute the notion of porn addiction and sex addiction in general. In fact, PIED and “porn addiction” are not recognized in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual for Psychiatric Disorders (DSM-V), nor by the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) – although it can fall under the general category of compulsive behaviors.

A 2014 study, published in Socioaffective Neuroscience & Psychology, addressed the claims that porn is addictive by using an electroencephalogram (EEG) to examine the brains of self-declared “porn addicts” while viewing porn. They found that brain patterns were normal, and did not exhibit patterns associated with addictions.

The International Society for Sexual Medicine says, “The notion that masturbation causes erectile dysfunction (ED) is a myth.”

Despite the solid scientific evidence to the contrary, there is a large community on the Internet that persists in claiming that porn and masturbation causes erectile dysfunction. A 2023 study concluded that the so-call “no-fap” movement may be increasing erectile dysfunction, by creating feelings of stress and anxiety.

So - if porn is not causing your problems, what is?

It's very likely that you are experiencing a lot of stress. And that stress is made even worse because of your struggle to avoid porn. And stress is proven to cause ED.

At this point, you've probably been so screwed up by the "nofap" crowd that you may need to get some counseling to get past this. But the science is clear. Porn and masturbation do not cause ED.

You need to stop wasting your energy on the nofap nonsense, and learn how to reduce and manage stress.

mateenarif

1mo

Maybe stress is the cause but I do manage my stress and boredom through porn. Porn is the only consistent thing in my life from age 14 to 29. Research is needed but I do think porn is the cause because this happens also while watching porn means loss of erection and I do get erection only when I'm watching porn means at the start of this nofap journey when I try to test. Right now I'm not PMO.