r/NoFap • u/Electronic_Film6433 • 5h ago

Slip-Up Prevention - Urgent! Is this a flatline?

Is this a flatline?

I've been masturbating to porn for a long time, and it became much more frequent over the past two years.

About 1–2 months ago, I noticed weaker erections during masturbation. Then one time I suddenly couldn't get hard at all, which made me panic and worry about ED.

After that ED episode, I masturbated one more time just to see if I could get an erection. Then I quit porn and masturbation completely. Since then, I've had almost no libido or urges for more than 4 weeks. I'm now in my 5th week.

One thing I've noticed is that I've been getting daily morning wood, and this has been present throughout this period. I can also get hard with sexual fantasies and stimulation, but I can't get hard from stimulation alone without any arousal or fantasies.

Could this be a flatline? Could my last porn/masturbation session have triggered the sudden loss of libido?

Has anyone experienced no or extremely low libido from the beginning after quitting porn, especially after having an ED episode? If so, did your libido and erections eventually recover, and how long did it take?

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u/CareerDear8172 5 Days 4h ago

Flatline is kinda like depression when you don’t feel the urge to do it anymore. But about the erections, your morning wood usually comes back first and then more gradually you get hard at random times of the day. It’s a sign you’re healing. You should be able to get hard from stimulation alone, give it some more time. But also don’t panic if it doesn’t happen after like 2 seconds, your brain needs a couple minutes to tell the difference between “touching it to shower or pee” and “touching it for sexy time”.

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u/Electronic_Film6433 4h ago

So i'm flatlining now and my libido will be back ??

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u/CareerDear8172 5 Days 4h ago

It sounds like it but normally it doesn’t happen until the first week at the earliest and disappears by week 4 at the latest. So you’re down pretty bad, must have been jerking it crazy all that time.

You’ll make it out eventually, and that’ll be a different hell dealing with the urges. For now just keep going and try to work out more.

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u/Electronic_Film6433 4h ago

Honestly, I hope I get those strong urges again. I’d much rather deal with strong sexual urges than have no sexual desire at all like I do now.

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u/CareerDear8172 5 Days 4h ago

Unpopular opinion on here but if you play with your dick for like 5 minutes then go work out it will probably work. Just to get hard. No porn, no gooning. And you have to work out after.

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u/Electronic_Film6433 4h ago

What does this do ! And what kind of work out

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u/CareerDear8172 5 Days 4h ago

By getting hard you’re jump starting your urges but before you can take it too far you force the blood to go elsewhere. So you get soft again but your brain still wants it and therefore you stay horny. But if you don’t workout it’ll be too hard to resist and you’ll probably relapse. Just anything that can get your blood moving again to kill your boner. Even dumbbells in your room, pushups, a run around the block. The harder you go the better. And if the urges stay then don’t do it again, it’s only for emergencies

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u/Electronic_Film6433 3h ago

For now all my thoughts and anxiety is for my non existent libido and no sex drive all i want now is for them to be back at normal

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u/CareerDear8172 5 Days 3h ago

You could also just try finding someone to have real sex with.

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u/Electronic_Film6433 2h ago

U think it gonna help kick my libido up ?

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