need someone to help me understand

hello, im a 20 year old male. since the young age of 16 (i think) i know i have been pleasing myself. i am a virgin, and never had a giflfriend. so u can prettty much uunderstand what my life might have been like, porn was basically my way of sexual stimulation. i have gone on to the website and i have read over alot of the  articles there, but to tell you the truth, i dont even know if i have ED, or porn addiction.

im kinda lost on what i have and i just could not find a stright answer on the website.( amazing website btw, the stores are rlly moving). after reading and wondering if i had ED i tried this no fap thing and it was ok for me.  my first try i went only 10 days, then i broke. after thqt i managed a 30 day reach, and i broke again, and thenthe 5 day and well i broke yeasterday. i was so upset i decided i might aswell go and try this reboot nation.

i can tell you this tho, in the 30 day of no fap, i felt good. i am a shy guy by nature, BIG AS HELL, but shy lol. and after the 30 days i noticed i was a little more spoken up. i was not running to radnom people, and talking spoeken up, but i was able to have a small convo, if asked a basic question. i rlly am unsure if i have ED or any porn issues but i do know this. porn is not the way for me. i guess i might aswell get to the point lol. i need to know if i have ED, or a porn addiction. what are the ways or tests maybe i can perform to see where i stand. i just need to know. even if it proves i might not have any of the two, i still want to kick this fapping to the curb and start a new. i am at a time in my life where i rlly want to move foward, i need to stop being a child and just own up to what i have done, or what i may have done. i will not lie, porn was big for me, i just need to know. any help would be amazing.

THANK U ALL, and im sorry for ALL the bad spelling and what not lol.

i hope i have given enough information. this is my first time doing this ever i feel RLLY out there doing this. im to myself, and this is rlly just outthere for me. pls let me know if anything else is needed or u want to know anything else, thanks

Well an ED is where you can't get up. And I prolly won't just have the best answer for ya but I'll try to help. One thing that could help you recognize if your addicted to the porn part of it is just try to not look at it. If you can't hardly resist it. You're prolly addicted and then it's time to go after that thing. Now if you addicted to the sensualism of the masturbation which would have somewhat to do with your brain, one thing you could do is to try to not masturbate at all. Which you said you've already tried to do. If you can't hardly resist that either you're probably addicted. But keep on going even if you mess up. If you fall 7 times get up 8. Best of luck to ya man, and hoped this helped!

Hey bud,

I figured it out the hard way that I had ED due to porn with failed sexual attempts. I know this b/c 10/10 times I'd get hard while watching porn and I could go all the way, but without it I've difficulties keeping erection. But I'd suggest, if you can't resist porn, you need to give it up. Its better to start earlier than later. I was in your position 5 yrs ago when I thought I'm completely satisfied with porn and a relationship. But porn actually detaches you from REAL women - mark my words. At your age, its not too bad to start giving up. Oh and another thing I'd suggest is keep reading the struggle stories from this forum. It helps me stay focused! Everytime you have the urge, read the forum!

i hear ya man, i'm 21 and when it comes to girls i'm in the same boat as you.