dolphman74
New Member
Hey guys,
I'm 42 years old. I've watched porn since I was 10. I was sexually abused as a child and also grew up in a very abusive household. For most of my life despite these issues, I've been able to meet and form relationships that have lasted for a bit, but most have eventually failed due to the porn use and sexual promiscuity it often led to.
Over the last year I've been trying to "date" and have run into ED issues. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Very inconsistent. I've actually had this issue my whole life with new partners, but suddenly, it's far worse. Even girls I've "gotten used to" it seems to keep failing.
So I decided to make some real changes around December. I had been masturbating to porn quite regularly and stopped completely. So I guess about 2 months now I have not PMO. I don't even masturbate. I need to fix this issue.
The problem is I met a girl recently I actually really, really like. And of course, she wants to have sex fairly often. I'm at a point where I feel almost NOTHING in my groin area at all, despite how beautiful she is and how much I like her.
I've heard of the dreaded flatline and suspect that maybe the case. I also took propecia for a bit (about a month, quit about 3 weeks ago) and have only one testicle due to testicular cancer. Combine that with my history of abuse, I'm really unsure exactly what in the hell is all going on, and if this is all just an uphill battle I may never win.
I'm really hoping that most of my issue is simply PIED, that I will eventually come out of this "flatline" and start experiencing morning wood and hard ons more frequently. I was able to PIV with this new girl several times but now...it seems to be getting worse. Maybe it's intimacy issues combined with dopamine deficiency, low T...who knows.
Anybody got any ideas or words of wisdom? I really don't want to lose the girl. She's been super sweet, but I know she's disappointed. None of my other skills work on her at all, she loves PIV and pretty much only wants that.
What's weird is a year ago I met a girl like her and had NO ISSUES getting it up, even though I was PMO daily. I have a feeling when I quit PMO, I short-circuited whatever hyper-sexuality I had going and now, nothing. That and the propecia might've fucked things up for good. Hope not.
I'm 42 years old. I've watched porn since I was 10. I was sexually abused as a child and also grew up in a very abusive household. For most of my life despite these issues, I've been able to meet and form relationships that have lasted for a bit, but most have eventually failed due to the porn use and sexual promiscuity it often led to.
Over the last year I've been trying to "date" and have run into ED issues. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Very inconsistent. I've actually had this issue my whole life with new partners, but suddenly, it's far worse. Even girls I've "gotten used to" it seems to keep failing.
So I decided to make some real changes around December. I had been masturbating to porn quite regularly and stopped completely. So I guess about 2 months now I have not PMO. I don't even masturbate. I need to fix this issue.
The problem is I met a girl recently I actually really, really like. And of course, she wants to have sex fairly often. I'm at a point where I feel almost NOTHING in my groin area at all, despite how beautiful she is and how much I like her.
I've heard of the dreaded flatline and suspect that maybe the case. I also took propecia for a bit (about a month, quit about 3 weeks ago) and have only one testicle due to testicular cancer. Combine that with my history of abuse, I'm really unsure exactly what in the hell is all going on, and if this is all just an uphill battle I may never win.
I'm really hoping that most of my issue is simply PIED, that I will eventually come out of this "flatline" and start experiencing morning wood and hard ons more frequently. I was able to PIV with this new girl several times but now...it seems to be getting worse. Maybe it's intimacy issues combined with dopamine deficiency, low T...who knows.
Anybody got any ideas or words of wisdom? I really don't want to lose the girl. She's been super sweet, but I know she's disappointed. None of my other skills work on her at all, she loves PIV and pretty much only wants that.
What's weird is a year ago I met a girl like her and had NO ISSUES getting it up, even though I was PMO daily. I have a feeling when I quit PMO, I short-circuited whatever hyper-sexuality I had going and now, nothing. That and the propecia might've fucked things up for good. Hope not.