Tales of Porn-Related ED 2

A small sampling from MedHelp (roughly 2000 posts on different threads) of various men who have experienced porn-related ED.

  • I’m 27 years old and have been dealing with this problem since the age of 24. It’s funny how this condition can gradually set in. I challenge each of you to attempt to discover when the condition first showed its colors. Many of you will be tempted to say “well when I was with this person I was unable to perform”. but if you look a deeper you may notice that the condition began to set in way earlier than that.

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Porn-Induced Sexual Dysfunction Is A Growing Problem (2011)

COMMENTS: This 2011 article is a bit dated, for more up to date info see the Porn & ED section, and begin with START HERE: Porn-Induced Sexual Dysfunction. Since 2011, all studies assessing young male sexuality report a tremendous rise in erectile dysfunction and low libido. See – Research confirms enormous rise in youthful ED. […]

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Are You Exiting the Gene Pool Due to Low Sperm Count or ED? (2011)

Today’s ejaculation advice may be wrong for our species For the last half-century, Western sexologists have advised men to ejaculate as frequently as the urge arises, on a par with nose-blowing. At the same time, doctors assure guys that there’s no risk of excessive ejaculation because they’ll stop when they’ve had enough. But what if […]

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Gary Wilson’s comment on Rebuttal by Reid, et al

Reid, et al are certainly correct that not all compulsive porn users are the same. In fact, I’m sure Hilton and Watts would agree that there are porn users with serious issues, such as AIDS or mental illness, who benefit from counseling and medication. We see a few of them on our forum, too. We also agree that it is not helpful to those recovering to imply they have permanent brain damage, although it’s doubtful this was Hilton and Watt’s intent in explaining the relevance of hypofrontality research.

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DSM-5 Attempts to Sweep Porn Addiction Under the Rug (2011)

Finally, the American Society of Addiction Medicine has acted, since the DSM would not. The Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders work group for the upcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is currently discussing whether to demote the proposed “Hypersexual Disorder” (which addresses compulsive porn use, among other behaviors) from Sexual Dysfunctions to […]

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