So it's been roughly 2 weeks, haven't been counting days properly so my start day is a estimate but I know for sure it's around 2 weeks. Anyways, today I got somewhat aroused whilst still wearing my underwear which when I checked out of curiosity I was shocked to find that my erection looked thinner and a bit shorter than usual. I'm anxious about my size as is have around 4.5 inch girth and 5.5-5.8 inch length usually, so I panicked and thought maybe my mind is playing tricks. So of course I checked it out and my girth has gone down to 4 inches.. and lost some length too. I'm aware of flatlining causing a shrink in size as far as flaccid is concerned but erect I had no idea it would have an impact. Will this go away? it's really making me more anxious at moment. Please can someone get back to me with advice asap, this has my anxiety levels pretty high and honestly questioning if this is going to work for me
Erection size is influenced by circulation. If you're stressed, the vessels constrict and you're not going to get full erections. Manage your stress and fitness levels (run/go to gym) and diet and you'll be ok
I have been going to the gym around 5-6 days a week, my stress levels are fairly high due to anxiety and also have size anxiety going on which obviously seeing that shrinkage scared the hell out of me. Do you think it will improve overtime, is this just a flatline trait I'm guessing..
5-6 times is too much imo, that is also going to stress the body. Anxiety will always lead to poor circulation so you have to find a way to solve whatever is stressing you, aside from penis size. You also need to get good sleep.
I've mentioned this in my journal, a couple nights ago whilst in the bath, I noticed my flaccid length seemed shorter and my balls appeared smaller. I'm not sure about my erect size as I'm flatlining
I just try and keep in a good working out routine, my lifestyle hasn't got much opportunities to be active, so working out and some cardio is my solution for this. I do get stressed frequently over a lot of things but today has had me wondering on whether I was making a mistaking doing this Nofap thing.. I read others experience and remained positive but my erection felt fairly hard this morning but more thin than usual.. Maybe because I haven't been getting much erections during night/mornings.. I really don't know. Is it normal to be on Nofap flatline and get hard, shrunken erections?
My flaccid has been back and fourth at one point it was looking better slowly bit by bit and the next it shrinks down a bunch! Flaccid I can cope with, when I see that my overall erection has shrunk, and by such a colossal amount.. now I'm definitely worried Honestly puts me on a tipping point with anxiety as I'm already very self conscious but it's got me to the point of feeling sick thinking about it
Don't let it affect you. If it does become a problem, it's easy to fix with ici therapy (injection therapy) and even then you may not even need it since you're young. I used to work at a medical clinic for ED and I had a patient that was super stressed over his ED. I reassured him for 5 days straight, starting on a Monday that our therapy would work for him. By Friday, he was so confident that he woke up with an erection for the first time in months, maybe years. He never even took the medication but he still bought some. As long as you're exercising and eating healthy that's gonna help. He was a non-smoker, non-drinker, and frequent exerciser. If he was on meds and in poor health, the therapy would be absolutely necessary. Should you ever need ici therapy, I strongly caution you to avoid letting yourself get sold more than 10 doses of medication. At your age, anything more than that would be a straight up scam. Anyways, don't even consider that until you're with a partner. It could just be PIED. Long story short, it's normal and things will be fine especially once you're with a partner
Ok, so my flatline mode is over and I can safely say that flaccid length has returned to normal, and erect is just as good as before
Thank you, your post helped me with some reassurance, honestly been getting to the point in thinking I'm absolutely screwed. I have got a partner but not nearby so going to be a little while till I see her so want to be the best I possibly can be for her. It gives me peace at mind knowing that there is methods which can relieve me of it.. been feeling like a slippery slope for a while.
Glad to hear it buddy, haha hopefully have around the same result over here. I feel like it's possible to get multiple flatlines, one point I thought I was improving the next it's more or less siked me.
A one time erections looking smaller than normal is not a concern Sometimes you get more excited than others Mood and room temp also play in to it
Wouldn't be the first time I've seen a drop like that one was I'm more than sure due to causing stress down there. Maybe it's all to do with flatlines, which I'm guessing is possible to have multiple ones, hopefully it all improves and the idea is that I'll be able to get better blood flow down there than I ever have after kicking out the awful habbits completely out of my life
This is my only flatline so far but I am early in my journey. My flatline happened reasonably early. But it's definitely nothing to worry about. I'm actually looking forwards to me next period of it, because for me it makes no PMO so much easier
I hear ya, definitely see where your coming from but.. I do hate flatlines haha. Just try and think of it naturally I guess, pretty sure cavemen wouldn't sit around looking at sketches on rocks of other nude cavepeople and jerking off to it lol
Lmao that'll be one for the history books Edit: Inb4 thread about fred flintstone yabafapadooing in a cave
I would say give it time and try not to worry about it. I've been doing this for over a year and have had times when I couldn't believe how big my flaccid penis and balls were, and times when I couldn't believe how small they were. I used to consistently measure between 4.75 and 4.9 inches erect length. In NoFap, I hit 5.0!! Then it went down to 4 1/2 inches for a long time. Then 5 again, now 4 1/2. NoFap is full of guys reporting that they have either gained or lost size. I think it just varies at times. But what has grown, is my acceptance of and even appreciation for my smaller penis . . . I like it!
Flatline is basically your body throwing a tantrum. Works the same way as withdrawal symptoms for any drug. Whilst doing PMO your body will get used to a consistent release of large amounts of dopamine, and suddenly your taking that away from it so you can experience mood swings and other side effects. Your penis also goes into a hibernation state basically too, everyone's symptoms do vary though.