Curing ED Through NoFap - My Progress

Hi thunders,

I’ve been suffering from ED for 6 years. Last year I discover it is caused by the addiction in porn… and I’ve been fight the addiction since then.

Check my story and the healing strategy:
How erection works on the brain: Motivation, Life Style, Dopamine and Porn.

Here I will share my progress. New post every Wednesday and Sunday. I want to share this experience with you. I truly believe there are many guys that may benefit from this knowledge.

It’s a 4 months treatment. Only sex is allowed, no masturbation at all.

From a completely flaccid penis (working only with pills) to natural hard as teenager.

Strategy:
1hours kegel (I’ve been doing this for a while). 2 day on, 1 off.
No masturbation
No pornohraphy
No sexting

Only real sex!

I’ve been fighting porn/masturbation addiction for a while.

My ED is much better than before, but times to times I still fall to my compulsive behavior.

Last fall was last Sunday, August 18.

For now I’m feeling ok. Controlled desire, no noticeable changes.

Let’s see Sunday.

Hi guys,
I had an awesome weekend with my girlfriend.

Friday night I took a Cialis pill, which works for at least 36 hours. We have greate sex that night, Saturday and Sunday.

Some things are different. The first effect porn addiction causes is having problems to cum. You can fuck for a lot of time as hard as you can but you won’t cum. I got used, and a bit proud, to this style. But I lost it. Now I truly have to work on different skills. I did a lot of edging during sex. I had to give more attention to hands, mounth, eyes, words…

The second thing is I truly needed to rest after I cum. I couldn’t have more than one shot. I think it would be better while I’m recovering my ED.

In the end I’m happy. Truly great sex after almost an year of severe ED, which even pills were not working.

Hi Thunders, I fell…

This quest to leave addiction in porn, masturbation and every “fake” stimulation rather than sex, is full of ups and downs.

Yesterday I fell. I have a parental control system to block all porn content in my pc, notebook and phone… But I found lots of naked women photos here in the forum. I don’t know how to deal with that when the urge comes. Should I block the forum page? =/

I wish I have control over my addiction, but this thing is strong as hell. Once my arousal is triggered, it’s hard to stop.

I edged for almost 2hours. The first 30min I was rock hard, then it became weaker and weaker.

Even when my dick is hard as a rock, I need the touch of my hands to keep it hard. Stopping masturbation is an instant hardeness killer. At least I got hard without pills. It is a very strong sign of improvement.

Tuesday I woke up in the middle of the night, having a nocturnal erection, it was something like 9/10 hardeness.

I can feel the improvement. I know it’s the right way to go, but I keep falling.

So, today, all over again, it’s my day one.

As you can see, I’m always late, but I hope to have a new post Sunday.

Thanks for the opportunity of sharing.

Thank you for sharing. Your journey is admirable and I wish you success. You say “no masturbation, sex only.” Masturbation is sex. The problem, for me, is overuse. I’d like to have a limited masturbation schedule that fits in with the “sex with wife” schedule. Maybe: masturbate 2x week instead of 7x. That’s just me. And I 1000% agree with the no-porn thing. Best of luck!

Hi Don, many thanks for your words.

I`ve learned that our brain doesn`t differentiate between masturbation, pornography and sex (my reference is the book “Your brain on porn: the new science of addiction”). But sex has lots of other stimulation that porn and masturbation doesn`t have. Your partner smell, skin, touch, eyes contact, words, moans, emotions… This explain why people start to watch extreme porn content before loosing erection with the normal missionary sex… But once you overdue the dopamine stimulation to a level that even real sex isn`t enough to get you hard, the best way to recover is the “reboot”. The less stimulation, the better. If you watch to this as a treatment, you can also stop having sex for a while. The less stimulation, faster the reboot works.

I`m not able to cut all sexual stimulation from my life for a week, how can I do a long term (half an year, maybe less, maybe more…) treatment? Also, I have a girlfriend that I care so much. She is very supportive and helps a lot. She is the one that holds the password to the parental control program that blocks pornography in my devices. So I`m trying to stop every other sex stimulation and dedicate 100% of my arousal to her.

One tip I can give you if you want to keep masturbation without porn. As explained in the book, there is no difference in sexual stimulation for the part of the brain that controls erections. If you are masturbating and using your imagination, memories and fantasizing, it`s the same as watching porn. If you read a porn story, it`s the same as watching porn… You can only masturbate if you block your fantasies and imagination. Try to be focused on the phisycal sensations of your hands on your penis. The brain is the villain here… Sincerely, I`m not able to do that. I had to stop.

I don`t know if you are trying to reboot, or if you are having erection problems. I know this: A compulsive masturbation behavior (even sex if it`s too often) will lead to erectile dysfunction. It`s a question of when, not an if. It may take months, years, dacades… But it will happen (again, my reference is the book).

My advice for every man is: Save your energy to real sex. Masturbate only when you really can`t stand anymore.

For sure, masturbating 2x a week, is pretty much a couple routine, no problem at all. You can masturbate everyday and it shouldn`t be a problem… But if you are fighting ED. Stop!

Again, thanks for your words. I hope more guys use this thread to share thoughts and experiences. For sure there is a lot to be learned in this area.

I survived today without touching my penis. I hope to post good news next Sunday .

Best regards!

Fight on. It will be a struggle. The gain is worth it.

Many thanks!

Sharing is part of the process. Accepting addiction is the first step.

You may not know, but every word of encouragement is a boost.

I hope this thread become a successful story with a lot of helpful information.

This weekend was full… Lot of things to do here and there.

I did masturbate on more time at Saturday morning. But I had a great sex day Sunday…

I was with my girlfriend, I took a Cialis pill and had a very long section of sex. Unfortunately, I can’t do the things I used to. My feeling of cumming comes too fast, so I have to slow down the pace, work on every other aspect of sex to make things right…

Sometimes it’s frustrating. I find the right spot, the right pace, I see her smile… I just need to keep doing that for 5 min… but I can’t. It was so easy and now it’s not…

In the other hand, I’m learning new skills and developing my self.

We had two sessions, morning and afternoon… A little bit more of 3 hours sex totally. It was very nice!

Hope this fast cumming thing pass over time. At least my kegel training is working. I can easily edge during sex.

Just by masturbating less, I can feel the improvement. Hope to have a clean week this time .

Brgds

Hi guys,

I must block thunders. I’m loosing the game to naked women pictures in the forum. This is addiction!

I’m gonna block thunders and I hope to check-in once a month. It’s too bad. There is a lot of threads I wish to keep, but my priority is win this war.

Till next month.

Brds

Great idea. See you in a while.

Hi guys, here I am again!

I’m still blocking thunders, but I can access it through my workstation. Impossible to see any kind of pictures here, so, no porn, but it’s ok to read and write some posts.

I have some updates and some tips for all the guys struggling with addiction.

I’ve been without porn for 13 days now. It’s the second time I have a period this long. And right now, no masturbation for 5 days.

It doesn’t look much, but for me it’s an accomplishment.

I’m getting to this point where the brain tries to overcome my willpower, the abstinence crisis. It’s when I go to porn and give it what it needs. But this time, I’m feeling stronger.

The abstinence crisis comes in a form of depression, lack of confidence. I feel like I’m a fraud, I feel like I have the shortest dick, I feel like I can’t achieve anything in my life … This is my brain hurting me as much as possible, so I finally give him what he wants. Lots of dopamine through masturbation.

This is the struggle. This is the most difficult part of the fight.

I’m taking meds for depression and it helps a lot. I still feel all these bad things pulling me down, but it’s easier to fight back. Every winning day is a day to celebrate.

About my recovery, my ED was so severe that even drugs like Viagra, Cialis, Levitra … wasn’t working. Now, I can have sex with my girlfriend. Sometimes I get a morning wood and I’m starting to have spontaneous erections during the day. Without drugs, my EQ still low. 4/10, sometimes 7/10. Using meds, it’s up to 11/10 for at least 30min, backing to 8/10 for almost two hours. Sex is great again.

Hope to keep winning today. Everyday is a new battle.

If you are struggling with addiction, find your self a psychiatrist. There are lots of medications that help and every help matters. But remember, this is your fight. The medication won’t fight it for you.

Abstinence crisis is cyclical. They come and go and they can last for more than a day. Being strong is a huge challenge, but never lose hope. Even when you fail.

I have a whole new routine to help me. Waking as soon as possible, going to gym before 6am, choosing better food, trying to be with more people around me, and focusing on helping people. Helping others is something very powerful. Your problems really decrease when you realize that you are not alone and that there are much worse and better things in life.

The process is slow, and we need time. Healing is real. Just keep fighting

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Well guys, new post.

These days I’ve been feeling down. No morning woods, no spontaneous erections… I guess I’m entering the flatline period. I felt so desperate last night. It’s so hard to keep up. I masturbated again. No porn, just a bit of imagination. Hope I find some peace in the following days.

What’s up buddy. I read your account and tell you that I had the same problems with pornography and being a Christian and being married made the situation much worse. Since I was a young man, I was already struggling with this, and I have been very ashamed in previous relationships because of weak or nonexistent erections. But, I can say that today I am cured and I went through pornography with few sequels. I now have natural erections 9/10 or 10/10 (PE also helped). Interestingly, I can watch a porn video and feel total indifference to what I see, but I prefer to avoid it altogether. Now the part that may or may not help you will also depend on what you believe. Completely avoid the triggers that cause you to fall. Avoid watching movies and series that have minimal nudity, avoid being alone while having access to computers and smartphones. In counseling avoiding the triggers of addiction is called “radical amputation”. Doing so will already condition your brain to rely less on dopamine.

There is a book that helped a lot to deal with it, he is a Christian, if you are desperate as I was and would try anything, then it would cost nothing to try it, I will tell you the Portuguese and English version of it.

Livro No Altar Da Idolatria Sexual. Steve Gallagher

At The Altar Of Sexual Idolatry, Steve Gallagher.

Steve has delved into the root cause of all sexual deviancy, and reveals with
His characteristic clarity.

Well, I wrote what I could remember, I hope it helps you get rid of this problem.

Recover and have your healthy PE.

Many thanks freelancer! Any help is wellcome!

Unfortunatelly, my trigger is not sex, is not arousal. My trigger is fear, lack of confidence, sadness, depression…

When I’m hurt, masturbation comes as a relief due to dopamine.

I’m seriously thinking in a rehab hospitalization.

When darkness comes and I’m alone, High levels of dopamine are the way my brain found to runaway from it.

But I’m addicted. My own brain creates the darkeness. My own brain makes me feel depressed, insecure, sad…

I will win this war. When it happens I’ll be a whole different man. Maybe, don’t even need PE anymore.

But for now, I feel like there is nowhere else to go. That life doesn’t matter anymore.

This fight is rough.

Again, many thanks