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Poll on how often you get morning woods and when does it finally heal?

Discussion in 'Porn-Induced Sexual Dysfunctions' started by seaguy44, May 28, 2020.

How often do you get morning woods (erections) on average?

  1. 7 days

    5 vote(s)
    19.2%
  2. 6 days

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  3. 5 days

    3 vote(s)
    11.5%
  4. 4 days

    1 vote(s)
    3.8%
  5. 3 days

    5 vote(s)
    19.2%
  6. 2 days

    5 vote(s)
    19.2%
  7. 1 day

    1 vote(s)
    3.8%
  8. Never

    6 vote(s)
    23.1%
  1. seaguy44

    seaguy44 Moderator Assistant

    Hey Brothers,

    My doctor wants me to monitor my morning woods (erections) because he says it's an excellent barometer of health (I.e. healthy testosterone, good heart health and many other healthy things). We are actually supposed to have DAILY morning woods according to him. That is supposed to be normal for a normal healthy male. Right now my morning woods on average is only 3-4 days a week and the morning woods sometimes are weak, sometimes are strong. I'm not sure why that is the case.

    My own morning woods sometimes are very good, other days aren't good. So this is one of the reasons I'm doing NoFap is to monitor my morning woods so that will tell me how healthy I am generally.

    I'm also curious to know for those who has finally recovered to have daily morning woods, how long did it take for you to heal in order to get that? Please feel free to comment on that so I would have some "general expectation" on when my morning woods should be normal.

    So I'm creating a poll for this. Feel free to comment. Be respectful. The poll will be private with no names being revealed out of respect to everyone although the result poll will be announced.

    Thank you!
     
  2. OhWhenThe

    OhWhenThe Fapstronaut

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    Before nofap I was getting them hardly, if ever.

    During my only real reboot of length I got my first one 20 days in, had them for 10 days straight and with each day they got stronger/longer-lasting. After that they went away for a bit and would come and go but by day 60 they were virtually every day and rock hard, assuming I slept ok. Since relapsing multiple times MW went away completely, every morning back to waking up totally limp. I'm now 8 days in again and have had them for the past 2-3 days but not at 100%.

    I think science/doctors are behind on this subject, maybe I'm an outlier(I don't think so) but in my case at least there is a very obvious correlation between porn/fapping and the lack or total absence of morning wood.
     
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  3. It has been years since my last morning wood. I mean, sometimes I have morning woods, but with 30% erection. Loss of morning woods it's a symptom of PIED but science doesn't knows that.
     
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  4. sicknessrecovery

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    I get them but only when i wake up,if i stand up they fade,probably it's part of the recovery process,the reboot it's not only 90 days,it takes much longer but for sure we all are gonna be healed,if the source was cut out,the problems disappear,not as fast as we wish but they do,and that's excellent already,it's not worth losing your erection in front of a woman just for some momentum pleasure in front of the computer,not worth the depression and the anxiety
     
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  5. Free your mind

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    Wish I'm a psychologist or neurologist. There is so much room for the real research as it's new and unknown field.
    I've never traced my MW, but know that I had none when I wa PMOing. Now after almost 100 days of nofap I have it I guess 2-3 times a week. I should trace it...
     
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  6. seaguy44

    seaguy44 Moderator Assistant

    Today I woke up with a weak morning wood. So that's frustrating. That tells me I have to still heal and figure out what's wrong
     
  7. oldpunk

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    My understanding is that morning wood is driven by testosterone & friends whereas erection when awake (and aroused) is driven by dopamine. For example, I suffer from PIED but I still get morning wood regularly, almost every morning (depending on how well I have slept or course). Based on my subjective experience having morning wood doesn't really tell much about recovery. At least not in my case.
     
  8. I have the same issue. MW everyday of the week.
     
  9. seaguy44

    seaguy44 Moderator Assistant

    Even through you have PIED, you still get regular morning wood? Are they weak or solid hard? In my case, I have PIED and my morning woods are somewhat weak, sometimes solid hard, but never consistent.

    From what I understand, the best time to have sex is in the morning because of the morning woods. So that's why my doctor told me to monitor my morning woods for this reason.
     
  10. MixerAwersome

    MixerAwersome Fapstronaut

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    hey guys,my problem is completely different.
    When I was using PMO I had regular morning wood on daily basis.but as I have started No PMO hard mode,I'm not getting Morning wood ☹️.
    What is wrong with my body?
    I'm really worried about this.
     
  11. I think it has to do sth with the mood
    When i do a lot of meditation and make my body relax, i have a lot of morning wood
    When i get in to negative thought and am aware of negative emotion in my body, i have less
    Doing the reboot can be quite stressfull at the beginning. That might be the reason
     
  12. oldpunk

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    Yes, I have morning wood on most mornings, but as I said I believe they are driven by testosterone (and very likely some other hormones too). My problem is erections with my loved one; dopamine signaling just doesn't get through because my brain is so sensitized for porn and desensitized for everything else (like living person). The strength of my morning wood depends on the day. If I sleep well they are quite hard, it not then they are weaker. We are not machines after all.

    Of course it's nice to wake up having strong morning wood (and to see that physically my dick works), but in my case it doesn't tell much about actual healing process. Plenty of patience and rewiring needed.
     
  13. seaguy44

    seaguy44 Moderator Assistant

    I wonder if my testosterone level is low? Maybe I should recheck my testosterone level. My doctor emphasized that our dicks should be hard daily for morning woods and also for sexual encounters too. He puts this way, back then in cavemen, they don't struggle with this issue during sex. Biologically, nature designed for us men to have easy penetration during sex. I agree with you on that plenty of patience and rewiring is necessary for this.
     
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  14. seaguy44

    seaguy44 Moderator Assistant

    I'll try that approach. Maybe I should meditate more and see if that makes the difference?
     
  15. seaguy44

    seaguy44 Moderator Assistant

    I'm not sure. Your body could be just resetting and healing. Monitor it for a few more days. You also could be in a flatline right now?
     
  16. MixerAwersome

    MixerAwersome Fapstronaut

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    what is flatline?
    Is there something wrong in suddenly starting nofap hard mode?
    I just need answers to my problems.
     
  17. seaguy44

    seaguy44 Moderator Assistant

    I had an interesting observation.

    I went to sleep one hour earlier than my usual 11pm. I went to sleep at 10 am. I woke up with a good solid morning wood (not the best, but pretty good). So I think sleep is one of the factors that can cause healthy morning woods.

    This is what my doctor meant when he said that penis is a barometer of your health. Now I suspect that healthy sleep is one of the factor for stronger morning woods. So that's an area of my life I'm going to explore more: better sleep habits.
     
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  18. seaguy44

    seaguy44 Moderator Assistant

    flatline means a period of time during noPM0 when a man lose his sexual drive and lose the ability to have erections. That is NORMAL because it's just a way of body's healing. It will last perhaps only few days or weeks or months then after that, the sex drive is much better and erections are much more healed.
     
  19. MixerAwersome

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    yeah,I'm in a flatline.Thank you so much for the explanation bro.I think I need to relax now.
     
  20. seaguy44

    seaguy44 Moderator Assistant

    Yeah enjoy the vacation. It's the best time to focus on yourself bro. No worries about girls. No worries about sex drive, etc.. just focus on you
     
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