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22 with porn induced erectile dysfunction?

The first two times I tried to have sex I couldn't get an erection at all, one time was sober one drunk. Then the next girl was kind of a 3-night stand over a weekend with the only improvement being getting a half-erection and penetrating momentarily before it was too flaccid to go on.

Now, I've met the woman of my dreams, definite soul-mate and drop dead gorgeous...I ended up telling her about my past failures in intercourse and she joked it would happen with us but I was sure it wouldn't because theres a real connection with this girl, unlike the other two. And she's beautiful too, out of my league even...But sure enough the other night it was time and of course I couldn't get an erection...

I managed to get a decent halfer at first when the clothes started coming off and she grabbed around, but then it just wimped out and went away...

I've looked at internet porn since I was 12, now I'm 22, There have been times where the internet porn addiction got kind of bad, but it always mellowed out to calmer more normal routines, but always frequent. Sometimes I'd masturbate daily, multiple times daily, but then other times I'd go for a few days or so without any porn or masturbation.

Either way this girl is really cool and understanding and we talk about it openly with next to no embarrassment on my part anymore, I was going to see a doctor but then we decided it might be porn induced or psychological, and after that night I've written off all porn and I'm not masturbating again for a while.

My question I guess is was this enough for any of you? What was your porn addiction like in level of seriousness/frequency?

I'm hoping just abstaining from any kind of porn or sexual release for a while and only allowing myself to get off with her will work...If not I'll be crazy bummed...but I guess I'd go to a doctor...I'm just hoping porn has Temporarily (hopefully very temporarily) given me this problem and its on its way out very soon.

Any help or anything at all is appreciated, its kind of hard to talk about this stuff openly with your friends or "the dudes" and my girlfriend isn't knowledgeable or experienced in this...
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Just have to impart some good news. For over a week I've been going through a weird depression; feeling apathy, nothing excites me. Not sure which girl to focus on, I'm 35, no family, no job, hardly any friends, no girlfriend. That kind of deal.

Eating lots of more green food. Anyway, I hadn't masturbated for maybe 5 days, and I wasn't horny, but a friend online triggered me to look for porn and I masturbated. But without ejaculation. Did some kegels (PC muscle exercise) off and on, not that many, dispersed throughout the days.

This morning I woke up with hardest erection I have ever had! I mean, I'm used to it pointing slightly down but it stood like a soldier. So that's the good news. Morning wood of mahogany!
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Okay so a little freaked out just now and some expert view would be much appreciated!

Having gone through stints of no pmo (10 weeks, 5 weeks etc.) and relapsing a couple times I've decided to ensure this is the final time I quit pmo and for good. Installed porn blockers with completely random passwords etc so it's nigh on impossible to view porn and am at the two week mark. So far do good.

So here's the problem. Just gone for a number 2 and having just squeezed one out (I apologise in advance for the childish description lol) I noticed a thick stringy fluid dribbling from the end of penis. On closer inspection it was semen! I had inadvertently just can without realising it. I feel a little cheated out of an orgasm as I hadn't masturbated or even felt the slightest sensation. It didn't shoot out nor was my **** sensitive like would be normal. Just a long dribble.

Having been through 2 lengthy stints of abstinence this is something I've never experienced before in my life and an a little weirded out to say the least.

Can anyone shed some light on this please?
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The only thing I can comment on is the morning wood. I am not an expert but I think you get erections in stages of sleep. Sometimes you wake up during a stage of excitement, maybe from a random dream, and have an erection. Other times you wake up in a different stage and it's limp. It's not like people have erections all night. Just in certain stages to make sure your penis is functional.
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two weeks is just a beginning - it can take from 2-5 months, or longer for complete reversal. It gets worse before it gets better for most guys.

Google -  yourbrainonporn.com  - for more information, and this more active medhelp thread
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Mens-Health/Too-much-porn-masturbation-cause-ED/show/183203?camp=watch_list
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Hey guys...nearly three weeks in and I have started to get some morning wood but it's still not hard enough and sometimes just dissapears in the blink of an eye...and sometimes my penis is just dead,I've heard this is called "flatline" and it's natural to happen but it still is kind of unnerving....This month I'm going for complete Blood tests Just to be sure I'll let you guys know about the results :)
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Also sorry for my bad english....I'm Greek :P
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