So is this sort of thing normal for a flatline?

Ok I suspect this is maybe normal but it has me a little freaked out.

I've been porn and masturbation free for about 6 weeks and it has been going really well. Very little desire to use porn or masturbate. I'm sure if I went and started the desire would come back but I dont want to and it has been great.

I have been seeing a lady for a while and i've explained my past with porn to her and the problems it has caused and she is remarkably patient and understanding.

We have been being physically intimate a bit and I have been able to get an erection but it would fail after 3 or 4 minutes typically of intercourse. No doubt PIED is part of the issue, and also being overly in my own head isn't helping either. It was improving, I was lasting a bit longer each time, but then over the last week it has gotten a lot worse and i've been more or less unable to maintain much of erection for any time at all and struggle to get it up much. I don't think there is anything else going on and I dont want to go near to porn to do the experiment. This was a bit of a disappointment to the new girlfriend who thought things were improving.

She is understanding but the whole thing is a bit of a source of annoyance for her. Which I completely understand. She doesn't particularly like the idea of being the only one to finish the race.

Anyway, what i'm wondering. Is this normal or wildly atypical? Any suggestions of addressing or resolving the issue? Give up on trying to have sex with her for a while? I don't really know what to do.

Being porn free has been great, i've noticed more than a few improvements, and honestly if I was stuck at this point, it would cost me my relationship but i'd still rather be here than be stuck in the misery that is porn addiction. But it would be reassuring to know there is light at the end of the tunnel. Any advice?

6 weeks is very little time. It could be that you need more time to reboot things. I don't think you need to cut off sex, in fact having a girlfriend to have sex with I think is very important to "rewire" yourself back to real girls. I would just be patient, please her in other ways while your penis isn't working. Hopefully it will start working again once your brain realizes how beautiful real life women really are.

Thanks Zandiz. I figured 6 weeks was short.

ITs actually been a bit better over the last week. But it goes up and down a bit.

She is a little concerned or frustrated because she feels like she is being selfish. I do keep reassuring her.

It takes time to see. I am almost 300 days in and i know i am not cured. But i can tell you i can see a difference as time goes. Put the past behind you, stop masturbating, stop viewing porn. Take a break from social media which can cause triggers btw.... focus on the real deal.