What causes my erectile dysfunction?

This is a wealth of information: http://yourbrainonporn.com/porn-induced-ed-start-here

It's a combination of both but porn is probably the main underlying problem. If you have PIED then you probably won't be able to MO without P, at least initially. Bear in mind that P subs and P fantasy as just as bad as the real thing for recovery. You are probably going to need a hard mode reboot, at least initially.

 

High blood pressure, diabetes

 

You have fried your reward center, as well as your dopamine receptors.

Do you like joy. do you find that you are emotionless. Kind of numb. It is the same thing that happens to drug addicts. They need to heal their receptors before they can feel joy again.

And no… You cannot masturbate. Masturbation is still a fake hit of dopamine.

It is not high blood pressure and diabetes.

 

You can now use a sledpy time tea to relax before you lay down. If you had never done P, you almost certainly would not be asking this. Now you need to get the P out of your system. I wish there were a mental diuretic that worked here. Filling your mind with something else helps. Doing nothing, including MO, that reminds you of porn is basic to recovery. When you get an erection, you have not arrived it is just light from the end of the tunnel. There is hope, you will be OK, keep rebooting!

 

You may find you also won't be able to get hard if you try to masturbate without P.

 

The link to YBOP is very well written and informative.

I have PIED and on the road to recovery and even though I have read that article it was worthwhile to read it again to reconfirm that I will get better.
Thanks.