Introduction + sharing something personal!

Hi everybody!

I am new to this forum, have seen the name a couple of times in the past but have never really done anything with NoFap until this day. I am a 24-year-old guy from the Netherlands. I work as a freelancer/business owner, workout about five times a week, practise yoga, go for runs, read books ('The magic of thinking big' is my favourite), watch adventure movies on Netflix, play an occasional videogame and going out to parties with friends (when covid allows that again, at least).

I want to share something pretty personal that I haven't shared with anyone all my life (although I am open about everything else in my life), but I might encounter people on this site with the same problem: PIED (porn-induced erectile dysfunction). I think I have it; I have been with women but have never been able to get it up (properly). When I'm on my own watching porn: no problem. This is also my goal: get rid of PIED. My second goal is to become more active in the dating scene. Since porn satisfies (or used to satisfy ) my physical needs, I am less inclined to take action, I hope to change that.

I have been using porn since 14/15 I guess. I have decided to reduce the amount of porn I watch over the last weeks, but today I decided to go hard-mode (no PMO, no browsing the internet for anything porn-related) and quit forever. My first goal will be to reach 90 days, but I hope to extend that on day 89 to forever, although it seems pretty daunting at this point (but hey, think big).

If you have any tips/remarks/feedback, I'd love to hear it! If there is anyone reading this that has experience with PIED, or is also from the Netherlands, or around the same age or nothing that I mentioned at all, I'd love to connect to share some experiences!
Let's do this

 

Thank you!

 

Hey and welcome!
I had problem with PIED so a few years ago I did NoFap for 90 days.As far as I remember at first I was scared of such a problem. I was also ashamed. I read a lot of medical stuff which didn't help. But then found a website which showed the connection between porn and brain and I understood the nature of my problem. Sadly my goal was to get my 'thing' working properly and not to leave porn forever so I found myself coming back to old habits. Now I am motivated to give up on PMO completely in order to fight my addiction.
And I wish you good luck!

 

Thank you for your message! If I may ask, did your 90 days abstinence fix your PIED? I think you made the right choice to give up on PMO completely, good luck to you as well!

 

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that. Yes, PIED was fixed!