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Possible ED??
Im a 18 year old virgin and I simply cannot get up. I am definetly attracted to woman, and feel nothing around men. I do not look at porn, but i do usually look at sexual images I come across on the internet. These rarely do anything at all for me. I masturbate daily and have trouble getting up aswell, and if I do it is not for very long at all. Waking up in the morning I am occasionally hard, but again, this isnt very frequent!
please help!
please help!
ED is supposed to rare under the age of 40, so definitely get checked by a good doctor.
However, if you have been masturabting to internet porn for some time, then you may have porn-induced ED. Most doctors are sadly, unaware of this problem.
Many heavy porn users share your inability to get an erection without porn. The inability to get excited by a real-life sexual partner is called copulatory impotence. On our recovery forums, we have men in their teens with porn-induced ED.
If your ED is caused by excessive porn use, then the problem is in your brain, not your penis. ED caused by porn is not psychological, it is structural and biochemical.
Internet porn can become an addiction, and with all addictions the brain changes, or adapts. It does not matter if the addiction is to a substance or whether it is a behavioral addiction, the same brain changes result.
Today's internet porn is nothing at all like our ancestors ever encountered, with the constant novelty and genres of extreme porn. Unlike yesterday's Playboy, Internet porn overstimulates the brain structures responsible for libido, erections, and addiction.
Brain changes include a drop in dopamine receptors in the reward circuitry. Reducing the amount of dopamine receptors decreases your pleasure response to "normal" stimuli. In other words, real-life sexual partners and previous porn won't excite your brain enough to get your penis going. Turning on dopamine receptors is how you get turned on.
Here are two excellent presentations, by a science teacher, on the effects of pornography on the brain. They are non-religious, non-judgmental, and science based.
Erectile Dysfunction and Porn:
http://yourbrainonporn.com/erectile-dysfunction-and-porn
Your Brain on Porn - Porn Addiction:
http://yourbrainonporn.com/your-brain-on-porn-series
However, if you have been masturabting to internet porn for some time, then you may have porn-induced ED. Most doctors are sadly, unaware of this problem.
Many heavy porn users share your inability to get an erection without porn. The inability to get excited by a real-life sexual partner is called copulatory impotence. On our recovery forums, we have men in their teens with porn-induced ED.
If your ED is caused by excessive porn use, then the problem is in your brain, not your penis. ED caused by porn is not psychological, it is structural and biochemical.
Internet porn can become an addiction, and with all addictions the brain changes, or adapts. It does not matter if the addiction is to a substance or whether it is a behavioral addiction, the same brain changes result.
Today's internet porn is nothing at all like our ancestors ever encountered, with the constant novelty and genres of extreme porn. Unlike yesterday's Playboy, Internet porn overstimulates the brain structures responsible for libido, erections, and addiction.
Brain changes include a drop in dopamine receptors in the reward circuitry. Reducing the amount of dopamine receptors decreases your pleasure response to "normal" stimuli. In other words, real-life sexual partners and previous porn won't excite your brain enough to get your penis going. Turning on dopamine receptors is how you get turned on.
Here are two excellent presentations, by a science teacher, on the effects of pornography on the brain. They are non-religious, non-judgmental, and science based.
Erectile Dysfunction and Porn:
http://yourbrainonporn.com/erectile-dysfunction-and-porn
Your Brain on Porn - Porn Addiction:
http://yourbrainonporn.com/your-brain-on-porn-series
Go see a urologist. ED is a multifactorial condition, so you'll have to do some medical tests to determine the exact cause of your problem.
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