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Morning woods and full erection

Discussion in 'Porn-Induced Sexual Dysfunctions' started by GottaMakeIt, Nov 25, 2018.

  1. GottaMakeIt

    GottaMakeIt Fapstronaut

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    Hi,

    Been here at forum for a while now and things have generally improved for me since I started with nofap. I never got fully addicted to porn and have been P free for over 3 maybe 4 years but I never stopped masturbating ever since. Only after some time I realized that continuously masturbating without watching porn does not get you anywhere.

    In the past year or so, I managed to get nice streak with one that reached 144 days, while others were between 90 and 120 days. Overall, I noticed a lot of improvements but three main issues are absence of morning wood, inability to get 100% erect and insomnia, which is not too bad anymore.

    It is really frustrating not to be able to get continuous morning wood and get 100% fully erect after so many good streaks. When I relapsed after 4.5 months (just one orgasm, w/o even cravings for binging), it was not because of craving but because I got into a stage when I see a beautiful woman at the office my libido goes through the roof. But my dick is just not responding - although I have to admit that sensitivity vastly improved.

    Has anyone been there and can give some feedback? Could use some encouragement/feedback. I am getting opportunities from ladies but I do not want to go for it until I recover as I feel that orgasm (any kind) sets me back. I could be wrong with this.
     
  2. Peiskos

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    I think a lot of guys on this site have the expectation that simply seeing a beautiful woman in public is supposed to give them an erection and that’s just simply not how it works, at least not for me and I consider myself to be entirely healed.

    I also don’t get morning wood every single morning. The real test isn’t getting hard when you simply see a beautiful woman in your office from afar, it’s getting hard when you hug her or cuddle with her. So just know that because personally I don’t get erections when I see hot women in public..but at the same time I know for certain that I’d get an erection and keep it if I were cuddling and getting naked with her.

    I have a girlfriend, do you think I just get erections in public when just looking at her? Not at all. Physical intimacy and touch is what is supposed to initiate the erection.

    This is kind of what makes it hard to gauge where one is in their PIED recovery. I would expect someone addicted to porn to simply get erect at the sight of porn online but that isn’t natural. It’s all about rewiriing your brain to get hard to the touch of a woman.
     
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  3. GottaMakeIt

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    But is actual sex recommended at all then? I cannot tell whether this whole PIED thing stems from poor chemical balance that gets set back during recovery with each orgasm (does not matter whether from M or Sex) or from long term wiener abuse (assuming no injury). I do not masturbate even that much, unlike about a year ago when I did it on a daily basis.

    Sorry for asking you so many things but this type of information seems to lack here and on YBOP the most.
     
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  4. Peiskos

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    Personally in my opinion sex or at the very least the act of simply being naked with a woman in bed is beneficial in PIED recovery, you don’t even need to be naked actually. I found simply cuddling fully clothed wth my girlfriend to be immensely helpful in my recovery.

    Because it gives you that exposure to the real thing you’re trying to rewire your brain to get erect to. People may have varying opinions but I view orgasm with an actual woman to be healthy and good for you, compared to masterbation orgasms which I view as unhealthy and harmful.

    No problem, you can private message me btw if you have any questions.
     
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  5. GottaMakeIt

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    Thanks a lot. The thing is when I just make out with a girl I get erections. Again, they are not as they used to before I got hooked to porn but at least they are erections (60%) while making out. But when I had sex they remained at 60% and sometimes I would lose them during intercourse. PE does not help either.

    There is another post with some guy saying you need to rewire your neural pathways to the real thing and that having real sex is highly recommended. I do not have a problem with that. But I feel like orgasm even with a girl messes me up. Another thing to consider is this - how would sex benefit my morning wood, if morning wood is related to chemical balance? I would not expect that real sex would re-balance my brain chemicals while masturbation would not but I could be wrong here since you have first hand experience.

    Even a post on YBOP says you do not need to have sex in order to rewire (although there is no evidence). I do not try to counter your argumentation, just to make sense out of it because I am scared that having more sex could set me back, that`s all.
     

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