How long does a normal erection last?

How long does a healthy, fully-functioning, rebooted, normal erection last?

If you M to sensation only, once you let go, how durable is it before it drops down?

I allowed myself to "test" today in my reboot to see progress (doing this as little as possible, like 2 week increments minimum). By "test" I mean M to sensation-only (e.g. I was reading studying for exams at the time so no fantasy either). That's bc lists of 'normal function' say you should be able to achieve rock solid erections just to touch (no porn, no fantasy needed). Success with this seems like the clincher to know if you?re more-or-less healed for ED. Bc then, in the moment with a real woman, even if the dopamine neurons aren?t super-firing in arousal/imagination/anticipation/fantasy to get an erection, the physical act of arousal/rubbing alone is enough to achieve a strong erection that can do the job.

I used a consistent, not too fast, not too tight grip stroke and got fully hard relatively quickly. Yay me! After letting go, after about 30sec at most it dropped down to kinda a half chub. I could give a few strokes and pump it back up - the blood would get coarsing and pulsing again, but would last only about another 20-30sec once I let go again. ...Compare this to if I'm looking at a vid or pics like when I relapsed a few weeks ago and I stay fully hard pretty much indefinitely without touch. But I guess thats bc youre still aroused visually/fantasywise. While here there's no arousal bc it's not your mind and you've taken your hand off, so logically it will deflate. Jw what ppls experiences are. Is my test about normal and I'm ready, or do other ppl have far longer durability and maybe I'm still not quite as receptive to physical stimulation as I should be/still a bit tied to the visual/fantasy/porn response. Thakns guys!!
 
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