Need to quit porn... haven't been getting morning wood at all

I’ve put how I feel about porn in my progress report and it’s rather poisonous. I didn’t have EQ issues from it but instead I expected too much from my wife because of it. It can poison a relationship fast and then the real EQ issues will kick in. I hope you get it straightened out.

Definitely a real nuance. Porn can reinforce or establish new fetishes that are independent and/ or likely in opposition of your partners desires. Been there.

You can either take break to recover reaction, or try to increase intensity. Its not so uncommon for couple to have different levels of sexual desire. Sometimes woman is hungry and wanna have sex 3-5 times each day. Surely its hard for man to keep tempo up. But after some time it becomes like natural reaction and starts to get erection as by timer. And maybe not up to 30+times/week, but still significantly more than before.

That`s why if you feel you don’t have any urge after night, you might actually be interested to shorten recovery period than prolonging it for better sensations.

Is it really strange to people what I am describing? People are saying porn should not affect morning wood. But imagine if you watch porn and beat off 5 times in a day then go to bed, I would definitely not get morning wood because my sex drive is depleted. Would this happen to other people? If it was just beating off without porn or having sex with someone, it would not be as harmful to your sex drive but porn is a stimulus your brain can’t handle as well. Look at yourbrainonporn, a website for more. Commonly, 90 days of quitting porn is quoted as the recovery time to go from a damaged sex drive to a healthy sex drive

Interesting, so takes 90 days to clean your mind from porn. So porn is something very bad for our health?

I have the same problem than you, I’m addicted to porn, and is very hard to quit, I have not had an erection in the morning for months

Read this other thread: Porn: Poison with the labels that beg you to lick them

I agree with most of what he says. Good luck in your quest to stay porn free.

Why don’t you do an erection self test? You may be having night wood and not remembering it.

Erection Self-Test: Purpose, Risks, and Procedure

Erection Self-Test
Medically reviewed by Daniel Murrell, MD on November 22, 2017 — Written by the Healthline Editorial Team

What is an erection self-test?
An erection self-test is a procedure a man can do by himself to determine if the cause of his erectile dysfunction (ED) is physical or psychological.

It’s also known as the nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT) stamp test.

Why is an erection self-test performed?
The test is done to confirm that you experience erections at night. Men who have a normal physiological erectile function experience an erection during normal sleep.

According to the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, the average healthy pubescent male will have between three to five spontaneous erections a night, lasting 30 to 60 minutes each.

Physical, emotional, or mental problems can lead to ED. This test helps determine if your ED is caused by physical problems.

The test is considered outdated. There are a variety of ways that it can be conducted. More reliable tests, such as NPT testing using a RigiScan, are now available.

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How to prepare for an erection self-test
You’ll need to buy four to six postage stamps. The denomination of the stamps doesn’t matter, but they should have dry glue on the back.

Stamps are the most convenient option, but there are other alternatives. If you don’t have stamps, you can use a strip of paper. The strip of paper should be 1 inch wide and long enough to go around the penis with a little overlap. The paper can be secured with a 1-inch piece of tape.

Abstain from alcohol or any chemical sleep aids for two nights before the test. These can prevent erections. You should also avoid caffeine to make sure you have a good night’s sleep.

How an erection self-test is performed

—-Steps

Change into briefs or boxer brief underwear before you go to bed. Take enough stamps to circle the shaft of your penis.

Pull your flaccid penis through the fly in your underwear. Moisten one of the stamps on the roll and wrap the stamps around your penis. Overlap the stamps in the roll to ensure they’ll stay securely in place. It should be snug enough so the stamps break apart if you have an erection. Place your penis back inside your shorts and go to bed.

For best results, sleep on your back so the stamps aren’t disturbed by your movement.

Do this three nights in a row.

——Results

Check to see if the roll of stamps is broken when you wake up in the morning. You could have had an erection in your sleep if the stamps are broken. This could indicate that your penis physically functions properly.

——Risks

There are no risks associated with an erection self-test.

Sta-kool,
I have never done that, but in my mind I need to quit porn anyway.

Even on the tiny off chance that it doesn’t affect my EQ during the night, I have for sure noticed an effect on my daily hang, confidence and mood. So I should quit for the boost in these. I am also almost certain that it does in fact affect my night/morning EQ because I remember waking up with semis in the past during times when I had gone without porn for a few days. Recently, I have been relapsing a lot in the past few weeks and there is a total lack of wood when I wake up.

Even if I am getting night wood while watching porn, I want to also quit so I get night AND morning wood. Any kind of wood is good for EQ and to bring circulation down there so more is better in general I am pretty sure.

Yes, you should def quit porn, you have nothing to lose. As I posted earlier:

I wanted to put the erection self-test info in your thread both as a suggestion to you to try if you are concerned, and for future readers of your thread who are not sure if they are having night wood or not.

To reiterate, nocturnal erections are an automatic physiological process that ARE NOT affected by psychology. etc.

I don’t mean to belabor it, but what you are writing is not based on science and is misinformation.

Even the Your Brain On Porn site notes this. They clearly distinguish between nocturnal and daytime erections:

Testosterone necessary for nocturnal erections, but waking erections depend on dopamine.

Again, best of luck getting off porn! I know it has helped many people here :cheerlead :

Sta-kool,
Thanks for the response. I am realizing that some terms are somewhat confusing. The term nocturnal wood makes sense. However, does morning wood fall into the class of a nocturnal erection that you just woke up during, or does morning wood count as a daytime erection? I always thought of it as the first. For that reason, I assumed that since I was getting less morning wood, I was also getting less nocturnal wood. That is an interesting distinction, I didnt realize they were based on different mechanisms. However, doesn’t porn affect your physiology by depleting neurotransmitters, and possibly testosterone? I guess I am not sure if porn actually affects one’s testosterone. I am saying that I believe it may, which would then affect nocturnal erections. But I could be wrong.

Thank you for calling me out. I understand it is frustrating when people act as if they are speaking the truth when it is opinion. Sorry if I spread any misinformation, I do not know too much about this.

Sorry Sta-kool, I am being lazy. I didn’t read your link to YPOB previously but I did now. That link details the difference and helps me understand it better. Thanks for that link.

You’re welcome!

No need to apologize we are all learning!

Hi sta kool,

Thank you so much for giving a sound explanation for testing for self to confirm that how to free from ED. I am able to get consistently strong erection at night that last for more that 15 mins. Usually I wake at night due to erection . I have observed that this nocturnal penile tumescence till early 20’s and after that rearly I had NPT. Now I am in mid early 30’s I had mild ED and by early 40’s I had severe ED. I read about food supplements about L arginine and L cirtuline with lysine helps you to overcome ED. I took these supplements daily 2 to 3 grams before bed preferably on empty stomach, so that I had light early dinner. Lysine I took in the morning 1gram on empty stomach with 1 Liter of lemon water. I also did moderate exercise daily about 20 to 30 mins of cardio vascular and yoga after taking lemon water.
Gradually My sex drive improved in 8months and I started to have NPT after 10 months and after 12 months NPT became consistent every night and strong. Penile girth also increased by 0.5 inch.

Testosterone improved by 170% in a month time when I started to use full body vibration machine such power fit for 12 to 15 min with 3 min intervals. Best way to used power fit is after you finish all your routines cardio vascular and yoga, set the power fit at frequency 10 reps per sec for 3 min. Stand with your feet apart and with knees bend and arms stretched forward at your eye 👁 level and buttocks stretch back ward and keep your torso vertical upright and maintain this poise a long as possible. Try to stand on your palm of your feet by raising the balls of your feet in air for 30 to 60 secs during this routine on power fit vibration machine at rev freq@10 for 3 mins . Then rest for 30 secs. Repeat the at rev freq@15 for 3 min with same posture as mentioned above. Then rest for 30secs. Repeat this cycle for rev@20 , then rest , then @30 then stop 🛑. Make this part of your everyday routine to boost your health daily. Your sleep routine will improve.

Greetings PEinjuryfree,

Janus Here,

Pleasure to meet you,

I saw this forum and I thought I’d toss two cents in to see if it would be any use to you. The biggest, and I do mean absolute biggest, problem I had with porn came down to plummeting dopamine levels. I noticed that whenever my dopamine levels started free falling my body would actually force me to watch porn or binge on salty or sugary foods. It wouldn’t let me sleep, think, or even enjoy food. I remember during the extremely bad parts, I lost all will to eat or move. Finding motivation was like trying to find water in a desert. The only thing I ever found which finally made it possible for me to make it through it all was Mucuna Pruriens. On a whim, I bought some of the powder from bulk supplements one night. When it arrived, I didn’t touch it for almost a week because I was so apathetic to life in general. When I finally got around to trying it, it was like someone gave color back. Almost like everything had turned into a grey haze and I didn’t realize it. Within 30 or so minutes, I felt—well alive. I haven’t cut the habit entirely, it still catches me from time to time. That said, instead of going days before giving in, its weeks now. Seriously good feeling. The best part is I don’t really feel the urges anymore. Almost like mini attacks now more than anything. Its really weird.