Why do so many believe porn caused their ED?

[Rufian]

In most cases, is actually a combination of a physical issue and a psychological one. The reason so many young guys have ED has nothing to do with porn and masturbation, but rather psychological, the pressure society has put on men via porn expectations (watching men with bigger dicks and better performers), society, social media, etc where you see all the fitness model, gurus, sex symbols, etc, men wh oare more jacked, better looking, richer, have more women than you.

You don't have a problem getting hard with porn because first, you are alone, you don't feel judged or anxious, no pressure to impress or disappoint anyone, not only that, you are focused on the screen, on people on the screen, not you, you're not thinking about your dick or erection.

It's not that porn has desensitized you, but rather played a role in lowering your self-esteem and self-image, putting pressure and anxiety on your performance, etc, combined with social media is the reason why so many young men today experience ED, which is mainly psychological performance anxiety ED

I've been watching porn for like 2 decades. I still don't know if porn is the cause of my problem or not, for the longest time, I wanted to believe it was, but the pills are not working as well as years ago, if it was porn, then this wouldn't be the case. The pills stop working for many because the main cause of your physical ED progresses, whether this is a venous leak, arterial, diabetes, aging, etc.

People who believe in the porn theory say that pills won't work as you need to be aroused and your arousal system has been fucked by porn, yet for me and many, pills worked great for many years.

I believe porn can play a role in creating or worsening psychological ED, but this theory that porn desensitizes your brain's dopamine system, messing up your arousal and that's why you can't get hard is absurd. It's just that porn has messed with your mental health and psyche and that's what caused the ED. As people quit porn, their attitude and self-esteem towards life and women and themselves may improve which could explain why some see improvements in their ED as they quit porn

Many of these men see themselves as losers and hold a lot of negative views towards themselves in regard to porn, they punish themselves for "relapsing"

In most cases, these people have a physical issue that started it and now is both physical and psychological. As they are a small minority, millions of people watch porn

Most of these people have never had a penile doppler either. I haven't had one, but I'm going to get it before I decide on anything.

Tho they want to believe their problem was caused by something simple as watching some pixels and fapping everyday, in reality their problem is much deeper than that, in many case it has a physical factor that started it, combined with a mental health issue that is WAY BEYOND something as simple as quitting porn

[cangoforever87]

the porn thing was always a myth to me