So direct to the point:

Masturbation does cause penile problems because repeated friction leads to inflammatory response in, but not limited to, the cavernosal bodies. Over time this is going to translate into tissue hypoperfusion which is clinically evident as less tumscent erections (less powerful erection) and less macroscopic shrinkage of the penis (e.g., if the maximal erect length is 15 cm, it's going to become like 12 cm, and so on).

Additionally, the inflammatory response might end in fibrotic changes in the tissue thus leading tethered and clumped parts in your machine.

Don't masturbate, don't watch porn, get married and have fun with your wife. It's okay for you to masturbate with her hands, but she must not squeeze it, this should be noted.

A family member recently went to a small medical office for routine check-up & blood panel. They were discussing current meds for ED and prostate health, etc., when the provider suggested a shockwave treatment and penis injections. The injections were denied but shockwave therapy considered.

The provider, in front of the patient, whipped his own member out to show results from injections. He then proceeded to perform the shockwave treatment, the patient said it lasted 5 minutes to which he very quickly orgasmed, the provider helped him clean up, then the provider immediately, again, pulled his own member out to discuss injection results, again. The patient said the conversation stayed medical but the physical movements felt uncomfortable, and he ultimately felt a little violated. He was not expecting to ejaculate right on the spot. None of this was performed wearing gloves. So the provider touched/showed himself, performed the shockwave, then touched/showed himself again.

2 questions:
- is it normal for a provider to perform this treatment ungloved & exposing himself?
- is it normal for the first shockwave treatment to cause ejaculation?

Please help me wrap my head around this story that was told to me last night.

She's starting to think that i dont like her because i cannot get hard but the issue is that i physically cant. I dont know whats wrong with me. I (27M) tried slamming it in between the fridge door to get hard but all it did was hurt and shrink. it was so cold too which in turn made my cock appear smaller (approx: 2.7 inch). Honestly i think its kind of poetic that my cock was 2.7 inches while im 27 years old. anyways are there any tips to raise libido and get my cock super hard?

I have seen a youtube video of some Indian Guru who said erectile dysfunction is caused because we today never gave our boy the sunlight.

I tried it and I feel like my boy became charged like tarjan.

Also logically it is unnatural for man to keep it dark for all our life.

So folks go get yourself sunlight there. I don't know about women through.

Hello people of this community,I have had ED for some years now I'm 21 years old and I've found peace with it.It is totally normal and I have completely found peace with it.It doesn't even bother me anymore and it shouldn't bother you eithee.Even if you have difficulty having sex you need to realise that sex is not everything and if you are a person who depends on it then something is wrong with you.

At first I thought what was anxiety induced ED. Then after some research I discovered that it was what I was drinking every day. Even though I wound have one energy drink ( Prime), it would cause things like joint inflammation, back pain, adrenal gland issues, immune issues, and most importantly, erectile dysfunction.

It is all interconnected. Also, I am taking testosterone replacement supplements (Jatenzo 158 mg) a day. So it seems maybe the trt and Prime were not working together.

So I stopped a few days ago. Third day, he worked like a charm.

So if you are over 35 and are on some form of TRT, get rid of the energy drinks and stick to coffee. The supplements in those drinks may be causing your member to go limp.

33M suffering from ED from last 3 years due to poor health issues caused by EmptyNoseSyndrome .. Should we take cialis Orally with or we need to put it inside anus to work on demand ?

If u are healthy before and you have no issues of ED. Then the venous leakage cause by excessive masterbation ,prone masterbation agressive gripping of hand on ur penis and watching porn every other day

.....this is the main reason of venous leakage.

I wanted to share a product that I just started using that created amazing results.

First, for context, I'm a 63-year-old, very fit, athletically active man. Overall, my health is good. I have no problems physiologically generating an erection. My problem is psychological. If I'm able to stay in my body and stay present and focus on what I'm feeling, I do pretty well. If I get in my head and start worrying if I'm going to be able to achieve or maintain an erection, things can go badly. I've tried generic Viagra and frankly it doesn't help very much.

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And one thing that's cool about this product is not only is it going to help with this issue, but I already feel like it's helping with general physical health and cognitive function. It's designed to optimize blood flow. There's no question I'll be keeping my subscription. For anyone in a similar situation, I strongly recommend you give this product consideration. One note, I have no financial interest in this company. I'm just a guy trying their product out who had a great experience.

How can I anonymously get rid of legal sildenafil pills without creating a victim?

This post is a bit of a reach and could be highly controversial, but title is a statement and heres my reasons why.

As of 2 weeks ago, I attempted prostate play, lubed up finger to the ass, attempted the prostate stimulation, felt something somewhat relaxing nor crazy and the sensation everyone described, 5 odd minutes. Broke my curosity and didnt really care. That was it

No orgasm, about 2/10 pleasure.

I attempted to masturbate and hours later, my dick wouldnt get hard. With vigorous stimulation and kegels, id get 25% hard in 5 minutes.

Mind you, before all this I could get 100% erect in seconds of thought.

I ejaculated soft.

For a solid week I was in shock and the deepest anxiety and depression I had felt in my life, I lost 4 kilos in a matter of days I thought I was that fucked. Theres a few old posts with multiple people experiencing the same thing and a majority been 2 years past and having very serious ED issues, some deleted there account.

Surfing and surfing I just further dug myself into the most fucked mental hole on reddit and google seeing scary outcomes I booked a doctors appointment to get a urologist reference.

At this point I was sure to have venous leak or someshit it just seemed so correct my penis would attempt to fill but nothing would happen and so on.

Its been 2 weeks, my urology app was in a weeks more time.

Very slowly but surely. I had little wins each day on the 2 week mark, and it all started coming back. Laying down I was finally able to start erection with the mind after thinking that trigger was broken, littler stimulation was needed each attempt. And sure enough, each day got better and better.

And now. 2 weeks and a few days after. I can finally get erect standing with the mind.

What I did?

A MASSIVE gamechanger, was the Reverse Kegel. All day since the incident and days after. I was excessively kegelling to get hard but it did fucking nothing. I abstained from ejaculation for a week, did some cardio, got my mind on track. And most importantly. The Reverse Kegel. I could literally be not pushing/reverse kegelling and my erections wouldnt work and my mental arousal wouldnt trigger. Reverse Kegel/Relaxed Pushing state? Bang, within seconds its like my penis has been turned back on again.

TLDR

I practiced not just constant reverse kegelling but ensuring I wasn’t in a kegelled tense state throughout the day, and it slowly got better.

Obviously it seemed to had been a pelvic floor issue, or maybe something nerve related that recovered. But holy shit. I was praying and praying and imagined how insane life would be to be back to normal. And sure enough ive built so much motive from the experience and really kickstarted my life in general. Mind you im a 20 year old healthy male.

So dont touch your prostate. Its not worth it, sure I got unlucky. Maybe il be fine next time. No. Just fucking improve your erectile health. I just introduced ED to my self through it all. Could still affect me down the line. But how many peoples ED is related to excessive kegelling tense state, thinking they have venous leak, when they can reverse kegel and have a shot at chance at beating ED?

Happy to answer questions and take on some arguments 😅

my docters say im fine and keep perscribing viagra even though it doesnt work for me Im screwed im so fucked im so screwed

A lot of people think we are over-stimulated by porn. They think we "burned out our dopamine receptors".

They assume it's like having too much salt in our diet. So if we remove salt, we can recalibrate our taste buds to normal levels. If it works like salt, this can be done in 30 days.

Yet, read the posts on NoFap. There are people who fast for 1 month, 2 months, a year, and their problems are still not fixed.

Why? Because the problem doesn't work that way.

The problem is:

Too much porn -> Too much masturbation -> Fatigued muscles

Muscles only know two things: to be ON or OFF. We've overworked ours so much, they're stuck ON. Switching them back off isn't a simple task. It takes time to fix the problem just like how it took time to create the problem.

• How many years have you been yanking your chain?

• How many days/weeks did you stay home and do nothing but edge for hours?

• What's the most number of times you cum in one day?

Our muscles are fatigued and they need to rest.

If you want to know what to do next, go here. These are the two skills you need before you can get started.

So 3 days in a row I’ve had sex with 3 different girls. Yes with condom if that matters.

Today with the 3rd girl who was actually the one I’m very attracted to, I couldn’t get it up at all! Whereas the last two girls I came quickly.

Why could this be? I’m only 22 I even take 5mg cialis everyday this should not be happening, I even use durex invisible condoms.

I do not masturbate or watch porn at all.

Do you think it’s just a psychological issue or a physiological? I know that’s the type of thing I ask a doctor so don’t flame me aha. I just hope it’s a one off, it’s awkward because she thought I wasn’t attracted to her when in reality she was insanely attractive.

Sorry for the rambling I’m just a bit of a confused mess right now I feel a bit lost

Thanks for any help

I have a update guys: I wanted to come back here and give an update because a lot of you are in the same dark place I was in.

For the past months I’ve been convinced something was physically wrong with me. Weak erections alone. Soft morning wood. No libido during the day. Needing to clench my pelvic floor to get hard. Ejaculating before even getting fully hard when masturbating. Constant self-monitoring.

I was spiraling.

What made it worse is that I had a full year of:

• ⁠Chronic stress (jobless, thesis, interviews, rejections)

• ⁠Terrible sleep schedule (completely wrecked circadian rhythm)

• ⁠25–30 kg weight gain

• ⁠No consistent exercise

• ⁠Health anxiety/OCD tendencies

• ⁠Obsessively testing myself sexually

And I kept telling myself: “It’s not just stress. It has to be permanent damage.”

Today something happened that changed everything.

This morning I tried masturbating multiple times to “test” myself. I couldn’t get properly hard. I ejaculated without being fully erect. I felt broken.

But later in the evening I went out with my girlfriend. No testing. No checking. No analyzing. Just connection, kissing, touching, being present.

My body responded instantly.

I got very hard. Naturally. Without forcing it. Without consciously clenching my pelvic floor. We had sex and I was fully hard and could control ejaculation easily. I could have gone longer if I wanted to. It felt normal. Better than it has in months.

That’s when it clicked:

It was never broken. It was my nervous system.

When I masturbate lately, 90% of it has been “let’s see if it works.” That’s performance mode. That’s monitoring. That’s sympathetic activation.

But erections are parasympathetic. They need safety. Presence. Desire. Not evaluation.

The same way my orgasms were “muted” months ago when I obsessed over them, and went back to normal when I stopped thinking about them - this followed the exact same pattern.

Stress doesn’t have to feel like panic to affect you. It can be subtle hypervigilance. Chronic background tension. Constant self-checking.

If you can get hard with a partner but struggle alone while testing yourself… that is not structural damage.

That is a nervous system pattern.

I’m not saying lifestyle doesn’t matter. Sleep, weight, exercise, pelvic tension -> all of that plays a role. But the biggest shift for me was realizing how much pressure and monitoring I was doing.

Today proved to me that my body works.

If you’re in the spiral right now: your body is probably not broken. It’s overloaded.

Give yourself recovery. Stop testing. Stop forcing. Let arousal happen instead of trying to manufacture it.

I’m not “cured” in that sense you think and you shouldn’t want to be cured either, because there was no fucking PROBLEM to be CURED with me/you to even begin with-> but I finally have proof that I’m not damaged.

And that changes everything.

Can somebody help with this or is it just not possible

If im with a girl I am attracted to i get bricked the hell up no problem. but im not always that lucky (🐱 is 🐱, yk how it is). Sometimes I just need to get the job done but I can't really get bricked. I think I should be able to get hard if a big girl is sucking me but I am not. Does anyone relate or have any advice? is this considered ed?

side note: i am new here but am on r/cumbiggerloads which talks about good resources for erection quality such as L-citrulline which helps a lot. just thought id share.

Indian famous andrologist Dr vijay govind gupta saying Venoganic Ed in youngers main reason is over mustribution and porn. He also said in podcast that 75% of patients recover by quitting masturbation and following a diet and exercise regimen. What's your opinion guys?

So me and this guy has been talking for 2 years. Our relationship was more so as a fwb. About 6 months ago I mentioned a relationship and he said he “wasn’t ready”. So recently he has been wanting to go on more dates, spend more time together, move in together and be in a relationship. I was thrown for a loop because why all of a sudden. During $ex I realized he had a hard time staying up all of a sudden which wasn’t normal. He proceeded to say it may be because of ED. So now I feel like his reasoning behind everything is because of that. Had we been in a relationship I would have been very understanding and supportive but now I don’t know how to feel. AITA for asking him is the reason for wanting a relationship now because of ED?

Gents, if you're having difficulties. Try this:

1. Stop taking Viagra if you are.

2. Eliminate all oils from your diet.

3. Steam one handful of leafy greens (kale, arugula, spinach, collard greens, chard or beet greens) for approx 5 minutes.

4. Do this 5 or 6x each day, or as often as you are able to.

5. When the greens are ready, add a little balsamic vinegar, and optional, any other vegetables to make it more palatable (for example: steamed onions, bell pepper, oregano/thyme/basil). Add a little hot sauce if needed.

6. Chew well.

Watch your ED improve.

Men with ED who are older (say, over 45 or 50) as well as women, are being brainwashed into thinking that ED is a medical problem and /or mental problem that must or can be fixed. Some ads for ED meds or clinics infuriate me, the messaging is so blatant and misleading. There's one that says : "we will make you better" WOW. As if I'm sick......

These days, we all want a fix for this or that. We are used to this kind of thinking.

ED is just part of aging ....and some men peter out (no pun intended) sooner than others in life. ie....the men who generally really can go the distance are Italians and Portuguese. And probably other ancestries from around that general latitude ..... I'm thinking Spain, Greece.....

But I digress.

We all know that women, especially after menopause, often have problems with a dry vagina. I think its often because they are just not aroused. Maybe when God created us, he didn't expect the human race to be sexually active at 50 or 60, but here we are...

If older women can't lubricate properly, well, no big deal, they will not fret about it and they may go get some lube ....but if a man can't show the same signs of arousal, oh NO!!! The Horror!!! There must be something wrong with him.

Picture a mid-fifties couple who are dating and are in the sack for the first time. He can't get it up, partially due to anxiety (which may be caused by him thinking "Ugh, she has an old-looking ugly body, how am I supposed to get hard?").... ...but guess what....how much do you wanna bet that she also is not wet?

I am in my late 50's and have ED (I can get hard with Viagra) My problem is that I just don't get aroused enough to achieve an erection good enough and long lasting enough for decent sex.

My point here is that not becoming aroused is a different topic than not getting an erection. Arousal occurs in the brain....i think that many men are running around spending $$$$ on ED clinics and viagra when the root problem is that they are just not sexually turned on by (or when with) their partner. Or they are somewhat asexual and just don't know it or don't want to subscribe to that. But everyone wants to keep the blinders on and delude themselves into thinking that there must be "something wrong with me" And women think "there must be something wrong with this guy...."

Anyway, it just bugs me that ED is a fact of life and shouldn't be surprising to anyone, but society makes it out to be such a huge problem. Part of my aggravation is due to discovering the hard way that if you are a single man in his 50's and in the dating world, women in that age group place sex at the top of their wish list ...which is just another form of delusion on their part.

Discuss.

M25. I have been a victim of psychological ED for the last years😵‍💫 The problem was always that I had too much performance anxiety and that since i watched so much porn, it got me to the point where I wasn’t able to enjoy real life connections and intimacy as much..

So what I did was:

1. Stopped watching porn❌

2. Work out 5 times a week.

3. Stop being on the phone too much!

4. Took 1 Viagra tablet before s** to get my confidence up, so that I didn’t overthink the next times😤 (Almost like jump-starting an engine to get it up and running again)

Personally, I need time to get use time to get comfortable with a girl. I also realized that I have to like this girl really much, looks wise and personality wise to be able to have s**. I have been with girls just to have s** without proper chemistry, and it just doesn’t work out!

Being on the phone too much also f* up my pathaways and dopamine levels.

Porn also ruined my pathaways. Your brain gets dissociated watching s** on the phone, and it can’t really connect to the physical intimacy with a girl. Try to feel, and live in the moment. Dont think, feel her hands, her skin and enjoy every second of it. Think of all the things you’re gonna do to her.

I think the working out part also has helped me when it comes to confidence, energy and a natural boost of testosterone. Of course, everybody is different. But all of this together worked for me!🙏🏽

I'm 35 years old and I can't cum more than once. When I cum, all excitement and libido go away, my cock is completely dead. I could have a Russian supermodel next to me and it wouldn't work.

I don't know what to do because I usually hang out with young women between 18 and 25, and they always want more. I'm embarrassed when this happens to me. I have to rest for 6 hours or sometimes a whole day to do it again.

I'd like to know if this is normal. I've taken Viagra and Cialis, but it hasn't worked. is this normal? what can i do?

When I was 20, I once came 4 times in a row, almost without resting, without any problem. But I think I'm still relatively young for this to happen to me.

If I masturbate slowly and gently over realistic looking women in realistic scenarios, as I do, then why does it tend to lead to erectile issues?

Does it condition us to prefer pixels over flesh and blood?

Does it condition us to be too used to the sensation of our own hand?

Anecdotally my erectile issues do get worse when I spend too much time wanking to porn but it's not so obvious why.

Even when I try edging, my premature ejaculation gets worse which doesn't even make sense to me.

Does it mess up your pelvic floor muscles or something?

Can anyone enlighten me as to what is so insidious about porn?

Corollary question

How do you guys cut it out and stay away from it?

Softcore porn is everywhere man... social media and dating apps can double as softcore porn.

It's so ubiquitous and difficult to avoid.

I guess I need to stop beating myself up (and off) when I relapse and just try to limit it.

Because going for a run or playing guitar or something whenever I get the urger to pull the pork doesn't really cut it. Maybe for a few days but not long term.

Anyone got any advice?

Kindly help i have been addicted to the taste of specific cheese burst pizza . Like I eat 4 slices of entire 8inch pizza 3 times a week regularly. Does pizza cause ED? Atleast many men noticed temporary trouble in erections ? Isn't the cheese , veggies and the base which is actually carb slightly healthy to some extent?