For longer, more detailed ED accounts see rebooting accounts.
This page includes shorter ED recovery accounts:
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Tag: porn-induced ED
How long will it take to recover from Porn-Induced Sexual Dysfunction?
This is the number one question we get from guys suffering porn-induced ED. However, we cannot predict how long it will take for your erectile health to return. Among those who stick with it, progression is surprisingly similar—when guys completely stop using pornography, and masturbation as well for a time, because it is initially so closely associated with porn fantasy.
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HELP! I quit porn, but my potency, genital size, and/or libido are decreasing (Flatline)
This is normal. It’s a typical phase of recovery in men who have porn-related erectile dysfunction or delayed ejaculation. We call it “flatlining.” It’s temporary, but it can be very disconcerting, because it makes stopping porn seem like the cause of ED instead of the solution. (See accounts below.)
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START HERE: Porn-Induced Sexual Dysfunction
“I think it’s safe to say my libido is back, but it was eight weeks of no porn, masturbation or erotica, and minimal fantasy.” —Recovered user
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Does porn addiction cause irreversible damage to the brain?
It’s a common and erroneous belief that addiction equals “harm” to the brain, or that addiction is caused by “damage” to the brain. While certain addictive substances (meth, alcohol) can be neurotoxic, addiction is caused by a specific constellation of brain changes that are not necessarily classified as “brain damage”. Debunking the damage as addiction […]
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Any suggestions for healing porn-induced delayed ejaculation (DE) or anorgasmia?
Many porn users report that delayed ejaculation was a precursor to their erectile dysfunction. Years of porn use can cause a variety of symptoms, which when examined, lie on a spectrum. Desensitization of the reward circuitry is at the root of these various symptoms, which include:
- Masturbating without porn is “unsatisfying,” or difficult
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Porn Use & Sex Addiction Studies
Although this section is named “Porn Use & Sex Addiction Studies,” Internet porn addiction is not really sex addiction (see Porn Addiction Is Not Sex Addiction–And Why It Matters). Internet porn addiction is considered by many experts to be a subset of internet addiction. YBOP has created several lists of porn studies. An (L) in […]
Rebooting Accounts: Page 1
Give someone a neurotransmitter and they’ll feel good for an hour; teach someone to grow more receptors and they’ll feel good all the time.–Todd Becker
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Rebooting Basics: Start Here
Rebooting is our term for the reward circuitry regaining its sensitivity. You will find numerous rebooting accounts here, and many links to accounts of porn-induced ED and recovery on the ED & Porn page.
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ED Recovery Stories 2
For longer, more detailed ED accounts see rebooting accounts.
This page includes shorter ED recovery accounts:
- The link between porn and ED couldn’t me be clearer for me. I’d follow this cycle:
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