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I’ve known my situation for about 8 months now. I started nofap because of PIED and I’m trying to get rid of it. Funnily enough my twin brother had the PIED too we just never really talked about. We laughed about how if we just mentioned it to each other we could have started this a lot sooner. Well 8 months later he took a more proactive approach and is now cured, he now has sex like 4 times a week.

I myself endured multiple relapses and am still pushing through. I’m officially on 30 days even though my counter doesn’t say that. The thirty days have been somewhat challenging as I haven’t had any wet dreams or nothing like that. I will say my confidence has improved. Yesterday I DM’ed a girl on twitter just randomly held a convo and some light flirting later I got her number and will meet her up this weekend.

I’m gonna try for sex and see what happens. If I get dead dick I just know I have to go longer. Either way I have my brother as proof this shit works. I won’t fail this time. LINK

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I Finally Orgasmed During Sex

I finally did it.

For our whole relationship (5 years), I had never orgasmed inside my girlfriend. On my 7th day of NoFap, I was so sensitive and so horny that it happened.

If you want it and you stick to it. It will happen.

I cant wait to see what the rest of NoFap has in store for me  Thank you everyone for supporting me and each other. We are doing this together.

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I cured ED with 40 days of no porn

Sorry for my English. I’m 18 and tonight I had sex with a girl for the first time, last year I failed what would be my first time having sex, after that I had always been scared to try something again, but tonight after 40 days without watching porn (and masturbated 4 times) everything felt natural and I finally did it. It was amazing, it did not lasted that long, 3/4 minutes but I’m super happy and I think porn could be really dangerous in young age.

Thx guys

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It might not seem like much, but it’s huge for me, cause before I basically couldn’t get properly hard without porn. Small steps

I climaxed for the first time without porn

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60 days and I’m finally seeing morning wood

As someone with SEVERE PIED this is very encouraging. The only times I have seen any sort of penis activity in the morning is when I PMO’ed the night before or when I have been on long enough NoFap streaks. Maybe another 120 days for my PIED to be cured?

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27-year old – 45 Days – Libido Through The Roof – Improvements and Regrets

Hello. Not sure if I am posting in the right section, since I consider the genuine success story is when you have sex with a female, which is something I have yet to pluck up the courage to try again. Anyway, I thought I should get my story out in the open and also talk about my 45 days of no PMO. Any comments, feedback, agreements and disagreements are truly welcome and appreciated.

Let me start by saying how thankful I am to this community and this website. I really thought I was lost and alone and that my problem would stay with me forever. However, the site has provided me with vital information and explanations, and reading the success stories has motivated me no end to get rid of this disease.

I am 27. PIED has cunningly sneaked into my life four years ago (after about two years of high-speed internet). I used to be a heavy drinker and also went through some tough times four years ago, so I prescribed my failure to perform three or four times to those things,as I never had any performance anxiety. I had a successful intercourse a few times (mostly with pills), but I felt deep inside there was an issue as my libido was rather low and it almost felt artificial as it would truly wake up only when watching new sick stuff on the internet.

I thought the things were improving about a year ago when I was able to perform and felt really good about my erections for a few weeks. However, end of November last year, I ended up at some girl’s place and again failed. Now, I did drink about 0.4 litres of vodka and smoked some weed and could blame it on them and it passed since the girl was with me all the time and saw my intakes for herself, but deep inside, I just knew the problem is there and it’s real. So, as soon as I found this website, I knew instantly: That’s it, this is the issue.

It has always been easy for me to get girls. This is not to boast, but to stress how FRUSTRATING it is to have them offering to give you a ride home, come and ‘cook for you’ or ‘show you their new underwear’ and you have to either deny them or make up some things because you know it’s unlikely you’ll be able to perform. I am telling you, it’s an absolute nightmare. For all we achieve in life, if we suck in the game of love and sex, we are nothing as men (unless you are an Einstein, a Hawking or a Gandhi, etc). Anyway, I decided to embark on this road and hope for the best.

Here is how it went.

Days 1 to 7: I felt urges, but resisted easily. I knew I would feel like a loser if I gave up so early. Got a few morning erections. Nothing during the day.

Days 7-28: Flatline. The funny thing about this flatline is: I realised I had been in flatline for four years. It felt almost 100% same. It’s just that in the past I would watch 10 porns at once and think: Wow, I am so horny! I rock! I had one wet dream (Day 25)

Days 28-45: Libido came back stronger than ever. The real healthy manly libido, an almost prehistoric innate urge to penetrate a female. The only natural libido directed solely to the human contact. I cannot begin to describe how good it feels to be back again. I am not going to elaborate too much on how relieved and powerful I feel, because I know this is a lifelong thing, I am only on day 45 and I have yet to put this into practise with a girl. Wet dream – Day 40.

Regrets: This kind of libido can be a struggle sometimes. After touching myself a bit (not edging or M, just literally touching myself for a few seconds at a time), I could no longer bear it and I MO on days 37 and 44. The first time I didn’t use my right hand at all, because I think, while PMO is the real culprit for our problems, sensitizing yourself only to your hand is also an issue. The second time I did use my right hand and I feel guilty about it. But, the morning erections are there, I feel good, capable and in control and I think I will put myself to test in a couple of weeks with some girl.

Anyway, to sum it up:

The Good:

45 DAYS NO PMO (not a single motion picture crossed my eyes or even my mind)

Regular morning erections (sometimes lasting for up to 20 minutes in almost unchanged solidity)

An increasingly touch-sensitive manhood (I modified my post to include this since it happened moments ago while I urinated and I believe it is a strong indication of improvement)

Through-the-roof libido

Attraction to and imagination of regular girls

Libido-boosting diet: Each day: Olive oil. Fish oil. 10 pieces of nuts, peanuts and almonds. Natural nettle-based circulation-boosting drops. L-Arginine (some people say it does nothing, but even if there is a placebo effect, it is good enough for me at this stage). ZMA (some people say it does nothing, but even if there is a placebo effect, it is good enough for me at this stage). I cycle the last two, so as not to create a resistance to their possible effect. I would recommend including the libido-boosters in your diet. On a mental level, you will feel more in control and as if you are ticking off more useful things during the day. On a physical level…well, they are boosting your libido and work great with no PMO.

The Bad:

2 MOs
Read escort reviews for a few days (this is now ironed out thanks to K9 blocker)

There you have it, that was my story in short (as short as I could tell it, really, there are so many other details regarding my struggles but maybe some other time, when this is all over for sure). As I said, I would appreciate comments, feedback and ADVICE and also if someone could tell me if two MOs and a couple of hours in total that I spent reading the escort reviews could put a significant dampener on my road to complete recovery.

All the best. Stay strong, this thing works!

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I am cured of PIED but I still have DE. Been a year of no porn and starting nofap last week. No porn definitely works and I hope nofap will do the last little bit for me and allow me to have orgasms from sex. Either way sex is pleasurable again and I’m very happy with what I have achieved. And I’m in my early 20’s too btw.  LINK

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What benefits have you noticed since quitting porn?

I had PIED, and that’s not a problem anymore. Also, I feel like I gained a massive amount of time in my life that would be otherwise wasted on porn. I really like my lifestyle without porn, and this was one step further in becoming a person I’m proud of.

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i just came without porn and cried

I guess I want this to be a message of hope to others. I discovered I had a porn addiction when I realised I couldn’t cum without it and it simply became habit for that one feeling every night. since then it was my goal to break the addiction.

so yeah. I just came without porn and cried. I guess I’m feeling emotional but I’m honestly proud of myself. I can actually use my imagination and I not trying for ages to make myself cum. I actually act when I feel horny and not just when I want the feeling of an orgasm before I sleep.

please don’t give up. there have certainly been moments even up until now where I want to watch it. just once more. but that is what destroys a moment like this. I’m proud of you all for being here!!!

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I’m on Day 141 of no PM.

I had successful sex last weekend and it was a positive experience. I never really had ED problems, but I did have delayed ejaculation problems, weaker erections, and all of the low confidence/lack of focus stuff. I feel like I still need to rewire (I’m thinking I’m probably going to need a consistent partner) but I feel mostly healed. Sex came very late at night and after a long day of drinking and I noticed that my erection wasn’t as hard as I would like it to be. That was understandable, I was still extremely sensitive, my recovery time was good and it was a good experience for both parties. Right now, I feel 85-90% even after close to 5 months.

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I went from being unable to achieve an erection whatsoever even with porn, to orgasming in 30 seconds in real sex. LInk

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Trust me man. Listen to what I have to say and you need to seriously control the urge to watch porn.

I’ve watched porn for over a decade. I started having trouble keeping it up, lost my morning erections, my dick felt softer and “dead”. During sex I could only keep it up for a little bit of time, and then it would go soft. Even masturbating, I couldn’t be fully hard anymore.

I gave up porn and it got a little worse due to my brain rewiring, i felt like shit, and I thought giving up porn did nothing but make it worse (Flatline).

Now, finally, about 3 weeks later, erections are coming back. More and more, and I’m feeling like I did when I was 18. You have to be active during this time of being pornfree. Your mind will be on it, but you have to get off facebook, get off instagram, and do productive things.

I GUARANTEE your erections will come back in full effect after 30 days of not watching porn. Well, maybe 60 days if its really bad. But my PIED lasted for about a year and was only getting worse until I finally said no to porn.

Im sitting at about 5 weeks now, and I achieved all of this while still having sex with my girlfriend. I would advise to not fap either, but if you must make sure it’s without porn, and its NOT more than once or twice a week.

EDIT: Sex was hard to manage the first couple weeks, I had loss of libido, and trouble with erections still. The first two weeks I went completely no PMO and sex maybe once during those 2 weeks. LINK 

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It works

Hey guys. Had ed from porn for about one year before I figured out what was going on with porn. I could literally have a woman in a bed, ready to go, and I could not get it up. Viagra worked perfectly but I hated using it. Found ybop, and stopped porn. One month ago. Between weeks 3 and 4, my libido started returning, along with the hard ons in the morning, and with real women. They’re not 100% yet but well on their way.

So glad I found this site

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I will be frank with you; a couple of years ago, after I’ve been rebooting for a while, I bought a sex toy exactly because of such an rationalization. It soon became obvious that I’m becoming addicted to it and that I’m using it as much as I used porn before. That’s why when I met a girl I liked I destroyed it and threw it away.

Also, when I finally had the opportunity to have sex the real woman’s vagina still felt pretty foreign, even though I used the toy for a while before I tried real sex. I can’t say that it didn’t help at all (maybe I would do even worse if I hadn’t used it), but if it did help the results weren’t very noticeable and moreover it’s a very slippery slope – with this kind of mentality you might start rationalizing going to prostitutes because of a similar rewiring agenda.

You might sense that I’m kind of arguing against sex toys and prostitutes, but not for morale reasons, rather due to the fact that these things are a lot like porn in the sense that they are super-stimuli of the real thing (the sex toys usually provide a stronger sensation with much more control than in the case of real sex, and prostitutes offer an easily accessible high degrees of novelty) and that can get quite addictive in a very similar way as porn does.

I think that if you’re going pornfree because you have PIED, then even Gary Wilson says it’s probably best to severely limit (or abstain from) masturbation for a limited time. If you do this while staying away from porn for a few months an erection shouldn’t really be a problem, but PE probably will be.

The good thing is that the PE goes away after the first couple of times you have sex, by which time your brain has a pretty good imprint of how a REAL woman’s vagina is supposed to feel. At that point your golden, and sex feels great.

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I’m shocked to say I have honestly made it this far. 40 days down I definitely feel like a new man and my life has adjusted significantly. I’ve been flatline for a while now I feel like I’m returning to the first time I touched my gf’s boob and got a boner in class. After PIED I couldn’t perform with a completely naked female. The discipline has been awful torture. If I can make it this far so can you. Road to a healthy and full life is almost at arms reach. May the force be with my fellow fapstronauts. Day 40! : ) LINK 

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ED cured?

I took a cold shower after my run and felt great. After I got out the shower I thought about a girl who I have a crush on and almost immediately got a erection. I think I might be cured. 78 days hard mode?

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Yeah I had that as a teenager. After learning it was the culprit years ago I started my slow recovery. After about 2 years of eventually being completely free of porn I was able to try with a new partner and it worked out.

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This works! And i can tell you, i relapsed so many times, i never managed to last a month of no pmo-ing. I still am not where i should be, but i definitely feel a great change. When i started, i couldn’t even get hard on porn. That is how i was addicted to porn and how masturbation and watching porn had become a daily habit for me, not something i did because i was horny.

I also feel generally more confident. I want to flirt with girls. I want to be more attractive. I want to be a better basketball player. I want to go out and have fun and party hard. It is really something that will change your life. Just be confident, patient, never forget the fact that you are an addict, that you will not have a normal sex life if you don’t do this, but when you pull throw, you will be a better person.

To experiment a little, i tried touching myself yesterday and i got an erection, no problems, it wasn’t at 100% but it was at 90%. I decided to masturbate. No porn, no imagination, nothing. It was great. I can’t remember when was the last times i enjoyed masturbation and the orgasm that much. I have no chaser effect today whatsoever and i am still getting spontaneous erections when i am flirting with the girl i am supposed to go out. I told her yesterday after masturbating that i was thinking of her, and she told me she blushed.

I got hard immediately in that moment. Its something that hasn’t happened to me in a long time. I feel happy, confident, and i think my no PMO journey is finally coming to an end. I have to admit, it is one of the hardest things i did in my life, especially since this forum was the only support i had throughout these 6 months of abstaining, relapsing, abstaining, relapsing and so forth. I think my story should be an example – it doesn’t matter if you relapse, the only thing that matters is to keep going and be persistent.

This thing can be cured. I was hopeless when i started, heavily addicted and plagued by ED problems. Now everything is changed. I feel like a better person after this ordeal.

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Success!!!!!

Had successful sex for the first time today.  I have only been rebooting since May the 12th after trying to lose my virginity and failing. Well today I am no longer a virgin! Still had a little trouble not getting fully hard but with more time it should get better. You have no idea the weight that is lifted off my shoulders.

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Erection during my physical exam…

I’m 33 years old with PIED that’s been a member of nofap for almost 2 months. I was able to compete 25 days hardnode on my first attempt. Day 26 I received a blowjob and ended relapsing with a 24hr PMO binge. I am now on day 6 of second attempt.

I had a doctors appointment this morning for my yearly physical. I was sitting in the room, instructed to strip down to my boxer briefs and wait for the doctor to arrive. Doctor enters, asks a few questions, then he proceeds to start the examination. Ears, throat, chest, then lastly, the dreaded balls check. I was told to drop the briefs and he went to work. Checking my balls and having me turn my head and cough. Then uncontrollably I started have an erection. As embarrassing this was, it also gave proof that Nofap is actually working for me! My penis is super sensitive now! (In a good way!)

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No fapping/No Porn

I too discovered this site about a month ago. After no porn for a month, I found myself able to maintain much better erections in bed and i enjoyed sex so much more. I can’t quite quit fapping but I tend to only do it once or twice a week now, after a 5 day build up or so I feel like a sexual predator. Unfortunately I’ve relapsed recently back into porn for the last week, so back to day 1 now.

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I actually remember having this discussion in my college health class 10 yrs ago, and agreeing w the argument that pornography can desensitize you during actual intimacy. But I was 18 at the time and my dick would get hard if the wind blew the wrong way. So naturally I figured I had nothing to worry about. I started watching porn when I was 10 years old. My dad always had tapes around the house and my best friends dad practically had a library of porn. It was very accessible. Then the internet came along and amplified that accessibility.

Now I’m 28, and I watch it almost every morning. It’s practically my morning ritual to wake up & jack off to porn. And just like 1 guy said in his comments, it’s almost impossible for me to jack off w/o porn. When I was young I could just use my imagination, but that does nothing for me anymore. For about the past 2 years I have noticed that during intimacy I have a tendency to lose my hard-on if I’m not constantly changing positions, or engaging in something different than what we were just doing. At first I thought that it must be the condom that was desensitizing me, so I literally went on a quest to find the perfect condom.

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Hey gang, names nick.

Just introducing myself as I’m new to this forum. I discovered ybop a month or so ago and was so relieved! I thought there was something seriously wrong with me and finding out that there are other guys like me out there makes me feel better. I’m 23 and had my first bout of erectile dysfunction a few years ago and have had shattered confidence since! I was going to make appointments with urologists, i was sooo scared i didn’t even know what to do. Because without my dick, i don’t wanna live!!! Lol i fell into a depression before my ed started from a long-term breakup.

I started watching porn every night and jacking it alot. It got to the point where even when i was with a smokin hott chick, i couldn’t stay hard. It got worse lately but have been pmo’ing for at least 8 years. Thank god i found ybop because i became INFORMED. I think there needs to be some serious awareness regarding this stuff among young men. I’m already feeling better down there and actually fucked like a champ the other day! Lol Thanks again guys and see you around.

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(Age 50) I was mostly an erotic story porn user. I stopped three months ago, cold-turkey. My actual machinery works very well these days. Erections happen quickly and last a long time, compared to the old porn days. I’m pretty much always ready.

I’m on Day 141 of no PM. I had successful sex last weekend and it was a positive experience. I never really had ED problems, but I did have delayed ejaculation problems, weaker erections, and all of the low confidence/lack of focus stuff. I feel like I still need to rewire (I’m thinking I’m probably going to need a consistent partner) but I feel mostly healed. Sex came very late at night and after a long day of drinking and I noticed that my erection wasn’t as hard as I would like it to be. That was understandable, I was still extremely sensitive, my recovery time was good and it was a good experience for both parties. Right now, I feel 85-90% even after close to 5 months.

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The reboot process works like charm my progress has been improving rapidly.

Wish i can explain it better. Started January relapsed after 1 month (experimenting relapse with PMO) and the result was clear it set me back. Then after additional 1 month relapsed to just MO, and it didn’t set me back like PMO did. Now 1 month and some days extra (3 months plus in total) I am getting erection spontaneously at least not 90% used to be 80% last week or so. And when i watch mild romance or kissing in a movie scene instantaneous erection (this was not possible b4 even with regular porn; it had to be hardcore for me to get excited then.

Right now i believed i am cured but I doubt because i am improving every week. Anyway my goal is to hit 6 months. I plan to abstain 100%. I have built the tolerance to avoid relapse and it was by prevention. Only use my phone to check emails and use PC for strictly Home works and watching espn3 and so on.

I am on a great diet plan so i bet that helps too. I almost took supplements but i quit after a week or so in order to be sure that my progress is intact. Morning wood is occurring more frequent. This thing works as far as am concerned. For some people having anxiety u have to completely relax – do not put too much stress on urself b4 sex.

Pretend that u are trying to please the chick or something and not urself this will help reduce the anxiety. I know it is tough but my earlier problem was semi erection during sex or even b4 because my condition now is 50% better then. So anxiety wasn’t an issue and i will not let it get me bcos it can actually become a problem. Also some people are afraid of getting a chick pregnant and when they want to perform their fear will definitely catch up with them. U must think positively. I will update next week.

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Nofap works!

Obvious throwaway, I felt the need to share my success with nofap. I am recovering from PIED, and until recently had not orgasmed with a woman for about 6 years. You sort of keep digging yourself into a hole with PMO. Well I moved to a new city and decided to turn this strikeout streak around. After some swiping on tinder I met some girls and started having sex, but had to fake it until about a month and a week into no PMO, I was able to orgasm (after having sex for maybe 30 minutes). My recovery is continuing and I’m seeing more improvement. I wanted to share my success to help motivate you all. If you’re in my position stick with it!

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90-days update

Hi all, I want to give you an update about my journey so far. I’m 90 days into the rebooting process now with no porn, no masturbation and a few orgasms from sexual intercourse.

It’s all getting better now. The first days I was extreme horny without the possibility to have an erection, but then this all faded away and I slipped into the flatline.

Then the nighttime erections gradually came back and I realized a single wet dream.

Two days ago I had wonderful sex with no pressure at all, I have to admit I used Levitra but I’m pretty sure I don’t need it. But it gives me some confidence I would need at the moment.

I didn’t had a full boner when having foreplay, but it was easy to get one with a little help and lube, and then it was very hard and long lasting, also I had very good feelings and absolutely no pressure. I didn’t had sex for two weeks before this and I thought I would not be able to last long because of this, but I lasted really long and it was very satisfying for the both of us.

I think the true rebooting began later because I had thoughts about porn that were hard to fight, I don’t have this thoughts or fantasies any more now.

The nighttime erections are a bit weaker now and don’t appear every night, but I think this is because I smoke a lot of cigarettes again since three weeks – I will stop this weekend.

I write this go give those interested confidence for their rebooting travel. I believe this is possible and a lot of things are already better.

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Reddit NoFap – A little over 5 months since I stopped watching porn

I came back to this subreddit to check in and see how things were going. Happy to see the large number of fapstronauts, and even more happy to see there is a TED talk that discusses the effects of heavy PMO abuse.

In the TED talk, they mention for younger guys that it can take up to 5 months to fully reboot, as opposed to the older generation who didn’t start on internet porn in their brain’s formative years.

I was disappointed, but then logged in and checked my counter. I’m over 5 months. This gave me a huge shot of confidence. I’ve been avoiding talking to the girls I like mainly because I feared I wouldn’t be able to please them when the time came. After my 90 days, I did begin to M every now and then, but have not seen a single video of internet porn since Day 1.

I am no longer afraid to approach the women I am interested in out of fear of malperformance. This is a huge step for me, and it has taken me quite a while to get here.

I wish you beginners and mid-rebooters the best of luck. The grass truly is greener on this side of the addiction, and I feel better about myself now than I have in the past 5 years.

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Reddit NoFap –Girlfriend Asked Me if I Took Viagra – Post Porn ED

by rebirth232

Just wanted to share since it made me feel pretty awesome and will give others some inspiration hopefully. After spending most of the attempts to have sex in the last 7+ years not being able to get it up because of porn induced ED I’m finally feeling normal.

I’m enjoying having good sex with my new (and first serious) girlfriend at the age of 21. Been having sex with her a few times now and recently I was having sex and was focusing on not cuming. Every time I was about to I would change positions or slow down, but kept focusing on not cuming. I feel like I went for 40+ minutes and probably even more, giving her multiple orgasms until she couldn’t take it any longer (got to admit, it was hard to keep it in me).

After we finished she asked me if I had taken viagra or anything like that, which was a pretty awesome thing to hear after struggling with ED for my entire life. I told her that I’m trying not to cum because of the draining effect it causes and would rather try to not come when possible, which also keeps me extra horny and ready to go for her.

In the end, that didn’t last too long as we had sex in the morning and I came, but nonetheless, I’m happy with where I am now and she is totally fine with me trying not to cum for my reasons.

In the end, I’d like to say that anyone who is struggling with porn induced ED to keep at it and don’t give up. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Also, don’t beat yourself up if you reset here or there, just accept it and get back on the path to being the person you want to be.

SimpleRy

SimpleRy

I agree. The thing is that orgasming during sex is normal and healthy, which is why you don’t feel drained or depressed afterward. Fapping is solitary, not physically active, and usually makes you long for things that aren’t real, leaving you feeling inadequate and unsatisfied.

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I am in my 4th week of rebooting.  At age 60, I was long time porn user, as much as three times a day.  My wife was feeling insecure and I was feeling self loathing.  I has been a journey of hope to find that my wife helping with my addiction.  Last week I was spontaneously aroused with foreplay to a solid woody and me both enjoyed the powerful time it gave us, and the knowledge of future wonders.

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 First one night stand with no ED

First I should say that I’ve done 90 days already. I’m a 23-year-old male and in the past have had many opportunities to have sex with very attractive women and always failed to get an erection. It appears that things have changed. Not only did I have sex successfully with no problem, but I was also completely drunk. I’ve always had problems getting hard when drunk, even with SO’s.

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I had ED in my first 3/4 relationships which really lowered my confidence. I’d been fapping with and without porn since I was 12ish and during my first sexual encounter at 19 I just couldn’t finish. Fast forward to 25 and I was still having the same problems but I didn’t understand why. Anyway I did Nofap not Pornfree on and off for 2 years, my longest streak being 150ish days and during that streak got a girlfriend and well, it worked!

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 Social anxiety and bs negative thinking —-> out with the trash. How do you learn to be more emotional, lol??

Sensitivity and motivation rises like the sun without falling like the moon. Erection with girls….-Massive- Can even self-induce while thinking about girls in winter clothing. Motivation for working out, going out, ability to take care of dorm cleaning, laughter, smiling, positivity a result of training other than abstinence, no. Ability to sleep like a baby and wake alert without caffeine stimulation (though I do indulge in coffee due to the beneficial acquired taste).

Its hard to ignore the correlation between all these harmonious benefits and the strict PMO abstinence.

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36 year old male recently divorced. When my wife left me, I wasn’t ready for it and I missed her terribly. I had urges that I wanted gone, like wanting to still have sex with her. So I turned to PMO. Well I jerked myself into oblivion. Suffered from all the symptoms. ED pills even stopped working. My life sucked. I was depressed but I could never put my finger on the problem. Visited psychiatrists and urologists. No one had the answer. So when I saw others in the same boat as me, it hit me like a ton of bricks. I knew right away I was an addict.

Fast forward to today. Today is day 38 of no PMO. My friends, this process is the truth. My life has changed in every way imaginable. The fog has lifted and I’m so focused its ridiculous. No more depression, no more anxiety, music sounds better, I’m even stronger in the gym. I feel inclined to tell you all this because it’s not an easy road but the end result is amazing. It hasn’t even been 60 days yet, which is my goal. Stay strong. The motivation to have a better life keeps me from relapsing. Nothing worth having is easy and this is no exception. Trust in the process and you will be so happy you did. I promise.

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(Comments – Older guy with lots of sexual experience who recovered faster than normal)

LINK – Hard reboot, 3 weeks in success on most fronts

Hi everyone,

30 year old here, I am writing with a success story and hopefully can inspire others. I won’t bore you with my history, because we all follow pretty much the same path. Daily M, and P watching, problems in bed, from staying hard, to even getting it up to delayed Os. I’ve had these problems for most of my life, except for the times where I’ve had a steady girlfriend and wasn’t watching as much P.

Currently I am dating two girls, so this is re-booting with partners. Sex was once a week with each girl, so of course in the between time I’d PMO daily. 3 weeks ago I had such a tough time staying hard that I knew I was in trouble. It finally hit me. Scoured the YBOP website and decided to abstain immediately.

First week was fine, except for occasional fantasizing, which is as dangerous as actually watching P. After a week, I had sex with one of my partners and my intention was to no O at all. Well, I was so hard, and almost ejaculated vaginally, which hasn’t happened to me in years, that I finally Oed. Only once.

A couple of days later I was with my other partner and the same problems came back. I knew I need to abstain for as long as I could. End of second week, relapsed with M, but no P or fantasy, which I think helped. Well after 3 weeks I feel great, morning wood is starting to come back, I am actually turned on by real sex and real women and can stay hard long enough to finish a woman several times (think 45-60 minute stretches). I feel great overall.

Some things that may or may not have helped. I started supplementing with ginseng, multi-vitamins, fish oil and protein shakes with amino acids. I read that they help regenerate important amino acids and such. I also would slap on moisturizer on the head and shaft to soften the skin and bring back sensitivity. I think all of this may have helped me recover faster. Especially the sensitivity that came back in my dick has been amazing. I can actually ejaculated when having vaginal sex, rather than have to masturbate after penetration.

If you have any questions, let me know, I will try and help as much as possible.

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LINK – thomaslewis May 20, 2012 

Hey it’s easy. Stop beating off so much and your **** will be back to normal buddy.

You’re talking to the living breathing example of this. Used to be addicted to foot fetish porn and couldn’t get it up for actual sex. You have no idea how embarrassing that is. Then I got into a situation where I couldn’t look at porn for a month and a half, and couldn’t beat off either. I took it as an opportunity and rarely bat off. I think I did it like 3 times in a month and a half period. HOLYYY SHOOTTT, was waking up rock solid erections. It was like the old days again!! I’d have to focus all my energy into making it go back down because it would HURT!! MAN!! I THOUGHT MY LIFE WAS OVERRRR!!! Then I stopped beating off and looking at internet porn

They say masturbation is okay, and doctors even encourage it. The truth is, masturbating is NOT okay. It should be considered a LAST RESORT option. When you beat off, you deplete your sexual energy, and this trickles down into many aspects of your life. Just like buddy’s dad says in American pie: “it’s not a game”

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From a forum:

I’m 45 years old. I kicked PMO cold turkey around Dec last year.

You said, “The difference in my sex life has been dramatic and for the first time in 12 years or so I’m getting sustained erections without touching. I feel like 16 again!”

I feel pretty much the same way not 16 but maybe 21 or so lol. I have not relapsed but I will admit I’ve had some pretty intense tests of my will power. I still experience periods where I flatline I feel completely dead down there. Other times I feel like I felt in my 20’s I try not to dwell on it as to not give my self a complex about it.

I promised myself that I will save it for the women. I do not have a steady GF at the time, so its really hit and miss. But when I do stumble upon some action I’m not consumed worrying about if I can raise the flag. The alone keeps me on the right track.

I have not masturbated or viewed porn since I started my reboot process. I’m very happy with the new me.

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Its been 3 months

I thought all this nofap was bullshit, i started around 3 months ago because I use to have times where I wouldnt get hard easily. Now I get the hardest erections Ive ever experienced. My dick feels huge and I feel good stopping my porn addiction. Still going strong , this is just the beginning!

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Day 27 ED report

Well, this is the furthest I’ve ever made it.In the past month I’ve started seeing a smoking hot new girlfriend. I don’t think that has anything to do with nofap, but I have seen improvements with my ED.

I’m not fully pleased with how it’s going, but I have to be realistic here. I was dealing with barely being able to get hard at all for girls in the past. Now I’m able to get hard when I have sex and that is such a huge relief for me.

It isn’t where I’m getting random hard-ons all the time, but all I care about is when it comes to having sex.

I’m dealing with PE a bit probably because I’m not fapping, but it isn’t every time I have sex. This morning I had sex and the PE was pretty bad. I only lasted a few minutes. The sex feels incredible though. So many more sensations that I was used to when fapping all the time. I’ve also noticed that I’m having ridiculously huge loads!

I think the biggest thing for me is that I’m able to get hard for her. I was so worried about that. I was going to take that for granted and focus on the PE I sometimes experience, but I need to stop and remind myself that before I started nofap I would often not even be able to get hard for sex.

It’s definitely all the encouragement I need to stick with this and see where it goes. Hopefully it continues to improve and I never again have to deal with ED ruining my sex life

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No porn and an occasional fap

Hi guys, just wanted to pop in and share my experiences with something not many people are doing. First some background: I’m 27 and I’ve had only one gf, but plenty of casual sex partners, I’m not big on the commitment part. I had ED some years ago but managed to shake it off somehow. My problem in sex has always been not being able to orgasm with my partner…. came only a few times inside a girl (and never with a condom, which I considered impossible), the rest was “manual”. Another problem I was not aware of at the time was that I didn’t stay 100% hard throughout the sex, but at the time I thought it was normal.

I thought the solution lies within finding a regular sex partner (aka girlfriend) and then a good friend showed me /nofap about 2 months ago. I’ve never been a big porn guy, so giving it up has been easy for me, 2 months clean now  However, I tried the NoFap road but couldn’t handle it past 7-10 days. The brain fog I get at that point where I want to just stick in into any girl that walks was too much, to the point that it was affecting my ability to work. If I had regular sex I’m sure it would be easier, but since that is not the case I have been sticking to one, maximum two faps per week, and never to porn.

So I just finished off a 3 day fuck marathon with one of my girls (first sex since I started all this) and the results are in:

1) I get hard fast and stay fully hard until the deed is done. I had no idea what I was missing or how hard I could get!

2) I am now able to orgasm inside and together with my partner, in any position… and yes, even with a condom.

3) I recuperate much quicker after sex and I’m ready to go again both mentally and physically. Before it used to be that I had a brief period of literally hating the person I just had sex with until things went back to normal in my head. Very weird, but glad I don’t have this anymore.

So there you go. I’m not here to make conclusions, but I thought it would be useful to share my experiences and hopefully help someone achieve the same goals as I have.

As for me, the next goal is finding a nice girl to enjoy regular sex with and keep cutting down on them faps.

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Yay I think my ED is cured

NoFap is the way. I’ve been doing NoFap in hard-mode, and the main reason was ED-problems (though I see now how porn really fucked up my life). I’ve tried to have sex three times for the last one and a half year, with only one moderately successful hard-on.

Yesterday I had sex with a girl and I had no problem getting it up, I was a little worried that the condom would explode when I came, but that didn’t happen either fortunately:) I had some DE problems on the second run, but I guess that’s OK.

Just wanted to share my little success-story with you guys. Stay strong and horny

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Well, it has happened a lot. It has been almost three month since my last blog entry.

First I have to say to Marnia,and all other members: Thanx, your support means a lot to me, and second: REBOOT WORKS GUYS!

All you need is loving partner,trust and patience. My gf and I stopped PMO addiction together,quitted phone sex,and started having,good and passionate sex. The result? The baby is on it’s way, and we ‘re getting married in two month.

Problems? Well, guys reboot is ongoing process and it takes time to gain confidence. A week ago I went on the porn site and I started thinking: “What is this crap, it is not a true sex, what do I needed this for anyway?”  And I went of the site, and installed porn blocker (MetaCert), because man is weak and needs help to avoid a “just one peek “situation, to win an addiction. I remember one day,a whole day of sex,I think I orgasmed 13 times. Sometimes, thoughts like: “Will it get up?” emerge the surface, but they vaporise in the passionate sex.

Few days ago, I had wonderful sex in the morning and in the night I couldnt get it up. Perhaps I was exhausted from multiple sex every day, perhaps my head is full of wedding preparations pressure, perhaps I felt that sex was something I have to do, a task that I have to perform, which I did not.

Sex is about relaxation and enjoyment,not a task and reboot is a process that takes time and it has it’s ups and downs, but the main thing is: REBOOT WORKS.

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NOFAP 27 Days In

Hey guys, I thought I’d contribute to the ever growing scientific research community of NOFAP, lol. I got into this because I was experiencing ED with girls while having sex, and also severe delayed ejaculation. I could pretty much only cum if I jacked off with a strong death grip; getting off inside a girl was almost impossible for me.

My tipping point for getting a handle on this was when I was with this really cute Japanese girl; I had never had one before, so I was excited to fuck her, but I just couldn’t get hard. I had to think about porn, and even as she was riding me, I just felt soft at best. I was like screaming at my penis inside my mind — wtf is going on??? But yah, needless to say — she was very much disappointed and pretty much resisted any future advances for sex again (even though we still hung out once in a while).

After that, I began reading up to see if anyone else had the same problems as me, found YBOP and then this community. I decided to join the movement, and it’s been 27 days so far. I deleted my porn collection, threw away all my toys and I keep myself busy with gym and work to take my mind off sex.

Here are some of the things I noticed during the last 4 weeks or so:

Week 1: – First few days, you don’t really think much of it – 4-5th day – you crave porn – but it’s kinda mild so you can fight it off

Week 2: – Depression starts to hit in – like you think about how you’re alone and you’re not where you want to be in life yet – You start really wanting to watch your porn — like half my days were consumed with me wanting to PMO but really fighting myself to resist and read NOFAP for motivation. I read a lot of your guys’ stories – which were kinda similar to mine, so I felt encouraged to stay away – I cemented everything by deleting my porn, by day 12 or so (that was a huge step – but once it’s gone, it’s gone – and you can’t go back) – To circumvent my depression, I made goals for myself and reorganized my schedule so I could better achieve them

Week 3: – I continued to feel pretty depressed, but I kept myself busy with going to the gym and focusing on work (like actually learning stuff, doing my job instead of wasting time – trying to be a better achiever). – I also went out more, using Meetup.com and finding parties on Facebook to go to, to meet new people. – I also worked at Starbucks more (instead of home, I freelance) so I could be around people and not feel lonely/isolated – I started hitting up women online more seriously (before I’d just give up at the first few rejections) — like my game was better, even though I was getting blown out a lot, I didn’t let the rejections phase me, and eventually got 2-3 numbers from semi-cute girls.

Week 4: – I’m waking up daily with massive hard-ons. I feel tempted to MO, but I don’t (it’s super hard to resist just touching though — but I keep myself from turning it into full on edging. If anything, I’m just more admiring how nice it looks, lol) – I have several dates lined up for the weekend — but I’m needy as fuck, and I feel as though I might scare my girls away by being too needy for sex – I really, really want sex — it’s weird, because before with porn, I wouldn’t really care if I got laid or not.

Now it’s like a serious DAMN BRO, when are you gonna get laid thing that bothers me whenever I’m alone or without some work to do. Talk about HARD MODE. – As a result though, I’ve been super persistent on the online dating sites, really pushing for more dates — at least one a night. So far I’ve only had one date, but the girl wasn’t that attractive in RL, plus the logistics sucked. Better luck next time? lol.. – I also am approaching girls more in the day — I opened girls at Starbucks, then at a mall — so far got one number with this HB German, but she flaked later so I’m still trying to work it…

Pros to doing this: – I’m becoming more persistent. I think that’s a good thing, because I usually didn’t care before or was pretty unmotivated in life. – Even though women give me a lot of bullshit, I feel like I can weed the ones who suck out faster and not waste my time — that’s actually a good thing, because I’m finding ones who are cool much faster.

– This keeps me from becoming one of those cynical misogynist types — u know the ones who spend all day on the Internet hating on women and everything else?

– I feel like I’m actually setting goals for once and meeting them.

Cons to doing this: – You become needy as fuck — which scares off women. However, you can overcome this and make your game even better than before. (I also think you become more honest too with your intentions — like your intent is clear from the start so she feels it too) – You could literally spend a whole day in depression — be prepared to ‘throw away’ a lot of days – I would NOT recommend NOFAP to anyone who is in the middle of a serious project at work or school; the stress will probably destroy your grades or career lol. You need a lot of time to dedicate to this and just to go through the whole emotion.

– I got through this because I’m able to clear out my whole schedule and just focus only on 3 things in my life: 1) Freelance Work 2) Gym & 3) Ladies. If you have more than that going on — it may be difficult.

TL:DR – NOFAP is HARD. You will cry a lot and seriously question your life. But in the end, if you are someone who wants to succeed in life — you’ll find a way to survive and come out stronger.

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Almost a month, my girlfriend was super patient and I learned about being mindful which helped out a ton, only time I go soft now is when we have too much sex. I had been an avid porn watching masturbating horn dog for over 10 years of my life too.

nopornnomo

I had PIED for about six months. Took about 5-6 months to get completely over it, but I think at after about 2 month, it became more of an anxiety issue about not getting hard that took over because I’d have hard erections at other times. I’d have good days and not so good days. If anything happened during sex that distracted me or if I started to loose it, I’d start worrying. But now it’s gone. It just takes time away from PMO and you’ll get back to normal.

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Hey man. Did you ever have PIED? I’m trying to get over ED at 20 years old. :/

Link – I had ED yes, I couldn’t get it up my first time. On this streak I have had sex once and I had no problems getting it up. But I was also very close with the girl I had sex with.

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PIED Bye Bye

I started NoFap because of my PIED and DE. 27 years old discovered Internet P and M in my pre teens. Was PMOing least once a day for over the past 15 years or so.

I don’t know if I’m lucky or what but I haven’t had many of the things described. Such as being introvert or depression etc. I’ve been with a lot of girls, always look people in the eyes, successful, able to talk to anyone etc. I’ve just always had a 50-50 chance probably more like 80-20 chance of getting an erection. I’ve had girls say “what are you gay?” Things like that.

So today is technically day 21 but I have news. On day 19 I ended up getting an HJ and was about to finish in like 5 mins. Sensitivity is way up. A few hours ago I had sex and was about to hold an erection the whole time. I didn’t finish. Now it wasn’t 100% but I would say it was a good 85%. On day 19 I would say it was around 70%.

Now I am still going to continue on at least a 90 day quest, but I haven’t used P or M in these 21 days. I have no urge to do it either. I wake up with really strong urges not to use P and M but just to hook up.

Either way I am putting this down in my book as a major success. Being able to get an erection, hold it, even when I had to go get a condom, and the entire time is awesome.

I think it helps by explaining it to them what is going on so I don’t put so much pressure on myself to perform and disappoint them if it doesn’t happen.

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Went 63 days with out masturbating

I managed to go 63 days without masturbating which is a personal record for me, previously the longest I had gone was about 14 days. I masturbated in the closing minutes of October 31 and managed go all of November and December 2016 with out masturbating before finding myself lying in bed, grinding the mattress after watching two videos. My streak started on November 1, 2016 and ended on January 3, 2017.

I’ve been a bit stressed lately and honestly this felt good and it took the edge off but as I’m sitting here coming down off the orgasm, I’m having extreme amounts of clarity (as well as a pounding headache) …..First, the 63 days I went without masturbating was more about endurance instead of quitting porn, in those 63 days I still looked at pictures of naked women and still peeped videos daily, despite not masturbating, so I was bound to fail at some point….I guess showed a great deal of endurance but didn’t make any real progress.

On the positive side, I did notice the effects of greatly reduced brain fog, stronger erections and being able to get hard from normal, realistic things and normal realistic looking women, instead of anything related to the fantasy of porn. Which I think is a good thing.

Still, I’m kind of proud of my 63 days, even if it was more endurance than progress away from porn but I do want to take the next step and I want to really cut the porn out because I fully believe that if there was no porn. I’d probably be pushing towards day 64 right now.

So I’m gonna start another streak and this time try to keep my hands in their place and my browser on something PG.

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READ THIS!! My Journey (Super-Successful)

Greetings fapstronauts, I just recently joined this sub and I quit PMO cold turkey since March 14 so it’s been a lil over a month number wise maybe 36 ish days and I am just going to give a brief recount of my story so far. You can actually go through my previous posts as well to actually follow my journey in more detail, all my worries and question since Day 1.

So in this span I recall suspecting that I had PIED and a slight addiction because porn was a routine thing to me and I would honestly just watch b/c I couldn’t think of anything better to do. Big Mistake. I stopped watching on march 14 b/c I was watching porn and had a rock erection but did not ejaculate; minutes later I got a call from a former fwb and could not perform. I was disappointed and she made me feel horrible on top of that. So since that incident I swore off on PMO.

However in the beginning even though I stopped watching P I was still looking at arousing content on IG and websites like WSHH and such. And although I wasn’t watching porn I still got a slight tingle the same sensation when I would watch P just not as strong and I realized that this was not helpful even though it wasn’t xxx content it still was pretty damn close and mimicking.

Things that I noticed changed, my flatline occurred the very next day I decided to stop and I feel like it went on for 2.5 weeks. This period was frustrating because you have pretty much no sexual libido or desire to do anything. During this time I did my best to get out of my room and just interact outside and enjoy the sun since I am fortunate enough to have good weather. It really made a big difference. I was also doing kegel excercises and regular excercises not everyday but at least 3 times out the week. I also feel like my thought process and mind were clearer.

The first thing I realized that was different and was so amazing was that I began to have vivid dreams that were sometimes wet dreams best thing ever! I realized that I was depriving myself of sleep with my PMO habit and sleep is and essential process at least aim for 7 hours nightly. I know these are things that y’all probably here all the time but in my case I seen these benefits in a progression and I have not relapsed yet but there was one close call.

So yesterday was my 21st birthday, and I celebrated as you should on your 21st by drinking. But not only that the girl that I am talking to now came over and we had amazing sex even though recently we struggled on multiple occasions because I was either having PIED, Performance Anxiety, or Stressed as hell from college; It probably was a combination of the three. And after a few failed attempts at sex on my part I even told her that P could be a reason that I’m not getting erect and she was real upset but surprisingly understanding. So if you have a girl yeah it’s embarrassing but it’s so much better once you get it off your chest and now you’re on the journey for you and her.

And I don’t believe alcohol was completely the reason, I got a full erection while she was grinding on me and when I went to grab the condom and put it on it stayed firm it did not die away at all. We had sex and I came then we were just laying down when she started teasing me again in a sexy position, but she didn’t have to touch me and she was clothed just from my pure imagination and excitement I was erect again and ready to go in 10 mins or less! And that was the whole goal for me to be able to get erect naturally with minimal physical stimulation how it should be.

I get more aroused just by thinking and it’s the greatest feeling fuck porn! It is not as satusfying as you thinking wow she’s cute and your dick responds to a female in reality not on a screen. But that’s just my experience and I plan to only move forward from here and I was a regular PMO’er.

Sorry this post was so long but I just want to hopefully inspire someone b/c I keep seeing these stories about relapses and I understand it’s hard but you guys have to make that step to ferociously avoid PMO. This is in my experience where you just feel like a whole new person and not a shadow or a shell of yourself. This was my first attempt so you can do it a relapse is not worth taking back control of your own mind, dick, and life. GOOD LUCK fellas!

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Day 38 and my life is totally changed.

Hi, I am from Muslim majority country where getting sex is something really really hard. Anyways coming back to the topic and making things short. I have been masturbating from past 10 years. I am 22 right now. I had been facing all the nightmares that porn could ever give to anyone. No wet dreams, no morning wood, no friends ( not even males), no girl to even talk to even on fb. I was in severe ED. Tried to have sex with two prostitutes in past yet had no erection in bed and it made me even more of a jerk believing the fact that I am no more a man in the world.

I started NoFap 38 days back with my full dedication and believe me what ever I am about to say is gonna be real.

I have got some wonderful friends, great ones who would die for me. I have got 3 official gfs. One I got from fb, one is a friend of my friend, and one is from a random meeting. I had my date in this period after a big time. Even I was having alot of anxiety still got my kisses and hugs. Another meeting with the same girl and I had solid erections and she masturbated me. The third time we met on bed was awesome; we kissed and hugged for more than an hour and she gave me blowjobs and masturbated me yet she couldn’t give m a release, I was hard the whole time, and she said did you take any medicines? I said nah… I didn’t fuck her because she was on periods.

Another benefit is that now I start to love my self, I have started gym and eating clean( mostly vegetables, no sugar and oil). I see myself beautiful now, and not the ugly useless freak. My life is like totally changed.

Perhaps I am still on flat line as my erections are not strong and urges are just bearable. But guess what today I had my first wet dream of my life. I am just so happy thinking about getting married in next 5 years.

I love you NoFap and everyone here who has supported me.

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24M, severe PIED for 3+ years. Lost my virginity last night to the love of my life. Huge confidence boost. Just wanted to share, feel free to AMA.

I’ve been at this nofap thing for 3 years after many failed attempts at having sex. I may have never accumulated a huge streak, (I think 87 days was my max) and I still have a long way to go, but this disease can be cured. Don’t forget why you started.

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Day 32 Recap Recovering from PIED

I started NoFap because I was becoming dependent on porn to fill my sexual lustful needs. When having sex with my girlfriend I just was not turned on at all, I was not getting aroused like the way I got aroused with porn and could not figure out what was wrong with me.

Now that I look back, I was watching some extremely weird porn, to get the dopamine rush.

I saw this video and got inspired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhqx7yctQVk

Days 1 -Day 10 I was in complete flatline, I did bot feel anything sexual at all; I felt my penis was completely dead. Felt the need to watch porn just so I knew that I was able to achieve an erection.

Day 6 Girlfriend tried having sex with me, I was at the very bottom of a flatline and depressed, I couldn’t feel anything sexual whatsoever.

Day 12 Experienced a wet dream. I can’t remember the dream exactly but it was me having sex with a girl and I ejaculated while having sex with her.

Day 16 I began having weak morning erections maybe 50 to 60%, still in and out of a flatline and feeling depressed, I was down on myself but began to feel that I was able to see light at the end of the tunnel.

Day 19 Experienced a 60-70% erection in the morning, later that day kissed with girlfriend and felt my erection coming to life while kissing with her. Did not have sex.

Day 20 Started to get urges to PMO(porn masturbate orgasm), used that energy at the gym.

Day 21 Noticed that my erections where stronger in the mornings. Noticed significant progress from day 17 to day 21.

Day 23 Felt like I fell into a flatline and felt a bit depressed and down on myself again.

Day 24- Day 32 Feel my erections getting harder and harder without the need of watching porn. Staying busy socializing with friends and enjoying the small things in life, like a dragon fly flying by my window every morning. I have noticed significant progress in the last few days, feel good about myself and starting to regain confidence.

I will continue to post progress, NoFap has really helped me out and I don’t think I would have found a solution without NoFap.