Morning wood during reboot

Hey.

Im sorry you havent had a reply yet. Seems to be hit and miss on the forum sometimes.

I cant say ive had your experience. Im on day 12 of reboot and have morning wood most mornings for the last week. Not sure i can quantify their strength in percentages but theyve been harder than what ive experienced through pmo.

Im not sure i can answer your query, and i certainly cant base an answer on my own experience but i have a few questions about it that might make things clearer.

First, you say you havent 'properly' used any substitutes in 3 - 4 months but what have you been doing? Have you been looking at girls on facebook or elsewhere and fantasising or mo-ing?

Second, youre only seeing substantial morning wood after an erotic dream. Is there a pattern to these? Like, do erotic dreams correlate to periods of longer abstinence?

My intial thought is that abstaining from actual sex is unhelpful - though others might disagree - as normal sex is programming your brain towards sex rather than pmo. In my understanding its just artificial sexual stimulation like porn that is problematic and actual sex is healthy and ok.

Well done on your 90+ days streak, thats really good. Im sure with that kind of willpower and determination you will see healthy erections and enjoyable, unproblematic sex return at some point.

Like i said, i dont have any concrete answers but im happy to try and help you puzzle it out.

Tom.

 

some questions;

do you smoke?
do you sleep well?
do you exercise?
do you have a lot of stress?
are you in your head while making love?

because morning wood is a strong indicator of health. especially at 26 it should be a rockhard bone. check supplements like arginine and citrulline to restore function if you are living healthy otherwise.maybe if a man is super super well endowed its more normal to not be rockhard , not sure about that last statement.

 

Id try and stay clear of scoping out women on facebook altogether. Your morning wood is coming back for you after long periods of abstinence, everyones recovery is different and just seems to be taking a while for you.
Theres not much you can do about erotic dreams but try to avoid fantasising during waking life. Easier said than done, i know, but fantasising, especially about porn, just reinforces the neuronal pathways that the addiction has created and perpetuates the problem.

The previoys poster also has a good point, consider your physical and overall health.

 

Just one comment about "especially at 26 it should be a rockhard bone": I wouldn't freak out if it's not. Everyone's different.

Good job to OP for being serious about rebooting: one year is impressive.

 

Hey,

I'm at day 75 of a hard mode reboot and after I have a sexual dream I always wake up with a hard on BUT I will say they're rarely rock hard, maybe 70%. One reason is because of my sleeping position: I sleep on my side with hips angled down and when I get hard at night it just doesn't have the space required.

Beyond that I do wake up with morning wood randomly sometimes, but maybe I just don't remember my dream from the night before and it was sexual? Regardless, I wouldn't worry about morning wood too much: just like wet dreams, some people have the experience, some do when they're in puberty and don't after, and some never do. It's different for everyone, far as I know.

 

it's normal and means you are a human. No problem. We all have them. Its a sign of health.