Dealing with Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction: Facts, Symptoms and Recovery

Porn -Induced ED and society

Sexual disorders of any kind, but most notably Porn Induced ED, have a profound effect on the whole body. Along with emotional trauma, Porn Induced ED can destroy a family. One of the aspects most noticeable to the spouses and partners is its effects on the male performance and emotions. These factors contribute to the high divorce rate for people with Porn Induced ED. Sometimes males with PIED leaves the marriage, believing the spouse is responsible for everything that’s wrong, and other times the spouse can’t take the lack of normal marital relations and ends the relationship. Relationships are damaged, sometimes permanently, and careers are destroyed.

To complicate matters, “erection problems” are viewed as minor by the general public, since for a time before statistic data related to the problem became accessible, anyone who had sexual problems,  have been told it was because of depression. Many people mistakenly believe that watching porn can not be the reason for serious disorders. When Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction treated, the journey to wellness is not necessarily fast or smooth.While the body will usually heal in time with proper treatment, permanent heart damage and high blood pressure can occur.

Porn - Induced ED symptoms

Anxiety and depression are common, and because of Erectile Dysfunction symptoms, the patient focuses on health issues. The spouses usually have no idea what’s involved or why the patient is behaving the way he is, or how to deal with it. The result is that the male with PIED may be berated by the spouse or left alone to deal with life at a time when support from the partner is needed most of all. The final whammy is when the spouse, one who has promised to love, honor, and cherish for better or worse etc. can’t understand or be supportive either. This is the period when ED medications (Sildenafil Citrate, Tadalafil, Vardenafil, Dapoxetine or mixed Generic Levitra Super force) may help temporarily improve the sexual life.

But there can’t possibly be a more difficult task than giving support to a spouse who isn’t necessarily sick in bed, doesn’t look particularly ill, but very likely has stopped functioning in many areas of the marriage often including the bedroom as well. On top of that, how do you support someone who seems irritable or angry much of the time and might not even have any of the positive qualities left that attracted you in the first place?

If a man continually stimulates his brain with “self-sex” (which is what masturbation is) combined with porn, then he is training the neurons to bond to the screen. It will be “foreign” for his brain to bond with someone else in the future. It won’t be turned on by a real human because he will start to see his girlfriend or wife as “bad porn.” Men then get to the point where they have to watch porn while having sex in order to have an erection, which in the end, is really just masturbating inside of her. In fact, his brain will start to see anything other than the constantly changing screens of the porn he is watching as competition and actually start to create some resentment and lack of patience with that person because she is keeping him away from his porn. 

It can take 6 months to several months, depending on treatment method and individual response, for sexual functions to be recovered and for the healing process to begin, and it could be many months before full recovery takes place. It’s common for some psychological effects to remain for many years.

How to help your partner to overcome Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction

Men who are hooked on porn find it difficult to get or maintain an erection during sex. Online porn viewing is, among other things, novelty-seeking behavior: constantly clicking, multiple tabs open, always looking for the next girl, the next sexual buzz. A real woman - no matter how she looks - is only one woman. A brain trained for constant sexual novelty won’t find her arousing.

A few suggestions are that you learn everything you can about this disease, and recognize that your partner has a very serious condition and is not able to be the kind of spouse you need right now, perhaps even less than with most other serious illnesses, because of the psychological inward war to deal with as well as physical illness. This may be the greatest challenge your marriage ever faces, and if you survive this, you should be able to get through anything together. He may not understand right now that it’s just as difficult for you right now as for him, but someday he will, and will love and honor you even more for standing by him through this. Try to remember that Porn Induced ED is temporary and that it’s an illness beyond his control.

Dr. Abraham Morgentaler - Director of Men’s Health Boston and Associate Clinical Professor of Urology at Harvard Medical School says "The massive increase in consumption of online porn by young men is causing the condition that means they can’t engage in ordinary sexual relations. For these men, porn has led to erectile dysfunction and that’s led to misuse of drugs like Viagra and Cialis. And most young guys aren’t talking about it openly just yet. They’re talking about it online, anonymously, looking for answers about why their bodies are failing them. Some are even suicidal."

Healing Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction

Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction can be treated by urologists or other specialists or even by the general practitioner. The doctor may recommend medication that works by relaxing penis muscles and increasing blood flow into the penis. Other treatments include therapy, implants, surgery and lifestyle changes, like exercising regularly, losing weight and eating right.

Overcoming an addiction to pornography can be extremely difficult, as male's body craves the dopamine release, and after years of abuse, patients may have even rewired the way their brain works, and the “reward process” of releasing dopamine.

Stopping excessive masturbation goes hand-in-hand with treating the porn addiction, and for many sufferers, it is simply their porn addiction, and not their libido that drives their masturbation habits, as surprising as that may sound. When a man succeeds in treating his addiction to porn, it will become easier to resist excessive masturbation.During the recovery process, he needs to be prepared to forgo sexual stimulation for a little while. This can be longer depending on the severity of your condition.

Changing the lifestyle has obvious benefits for Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction; as man move away from his damaging habits, and make improves in such areas as nutrition, exercise, and his general perspective. This will improve his overall well-being, and aid the body in replenishing depleted hormones and vital energy