No porn question.

[RalphPhoLauren Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RalphPhoLauren]

In regards of trying to get my EQ back, should I not see any pictures of videos of nude women completely? Or just when I masturbate. Just looking for some clarity on this.

[Scizorist Member Find all posts View Profile Close Scizorist]

I've tried quitting porn to get my EQ back however in my experience doing so it actually decreased my EQ. Without porn it's very hard to muster an erection using only your imagination (which I was unable to do), and if you're not getting erect regularly that's going to decrease your EQ. Porn + edging (without ejaculation) = better EQ... in my opinion. Have the discipline to only ejaculate 1-2 times per week.

[RalphPhoLauren Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RalphPhoLauren]

The entire point of no porn is to get your erection quality back. I've heard that it can take a long time to get your erections back without porn. Just gotta stick with it.

[Scizorist Member Find all posts View Profile Close Scizorist]

May I ask how did your lose your EQ in the first place?

[hero_man Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hero_man]

You should take more days off without porn. Porn over arouses you and you ejaculate much faster, and it might lead you to premature ejaculation. After one week without porn I was able to edge 15 minutes and after 10 days 20 minutes only with my imagination.
You should join 90 days without porn challange. Here is the link:
https://www.pegym.com/forums/progres...anti-porn.html

[RalphPhoLauren Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RalphPhoLauren]

@Scizorist I have noticed over the with past women, that I lose my erection very quickly, and that sometimes have been attracted to a woman but not gotten or been able to main an erection with them. I feel that you should be able to get an erection knowing you are going to have sex, or thinking about sex (not all the time but a good amount).

@hero_man I don't watch porn when I masturbate. I use my imagination completely and have been able to edge up to 20 minutes dry handed. I have gone to porn sites and watched a few clips or vids in these past couple of days though. My question is, is even just seeing a couple of pictures on a social media, or even watching a porn clip or two every couple of days or so defeat the purpose of the no porn? I edged yesterday matter of fact and started out flaccid, because my imagination does not give me an erection, but I eventually got erect enough to masturbate.

[hero_man Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hero_man]

@Scizorist I have noticed over the with past women, that I lose my erection very quickly, and that sometimes have been attracted to a woman but not gotten or been able to main an erection with them. I feel that you should be able to get an erection knowing you are going to have sex, or thinking about sex (not all the time but a good amount).

@hero_man I don't watch porn when I masturbate. I use my imagination completely and have been able to edge up to 20 minutes dry handed. I have gone to porn sites and watched a few clips or vids in these past couple of days though. My question is, is even just seeing a couple of pictures on a social media, or even watching a porn clip or two every couple of days or so defeat the purpose of the no porn? I edged yesterday matter of fact and started out flaccid, because my imagination does not give me an erection, but I eventually got erect enough to masturbate.

I would suggest to cut out porn completely. And purpose of no porn is to not watching porn videos or viewing porn related pictures. I guess fully clothed women does not count.

[RalphPhoLauren Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RalphPhoLauren]

I understand, its just unfortunately, i'm on twitter quiet a bit, and with the people I follow I see a good amount of pornographic images each and everyday.

[Scizorist Member Find all posts View Profile Close Scizorist]

I tried the whole no porn thing for awhile but wasn't able to muster optimal erections for edging, not due to my inability to get good erections, it's just that I had no stimulus to cause the erection. I also don't see much of difference between using your imagination to garner erection vs pictures / porn. Porn becomes a problem when it causes you to overwork your unit and ejaculate too often, you need to have the discipline to know when to quit. This is only my opinion.

[AlpineNewt Senior Member Member of the Month Sept 2014 Find all posts View Profile Close AlpineNewt]

I tried the whole no porn thing for awhile but wasn't able to muster optimal erections for edging, not due to my inability to get good erections, it's just that I had no stimulus to cause the erection. I also don't see much of difference between using your imagination to garner erection vs pictures / porn. Porn becomes a problem when it causes you to overwork your unit and ejaculate too often, you need to have the discipline to know when to quit. This is only my opinion.

I would think that if you can muster an erection with porn but not with imagination then there is a huge difference between them surely?

[Scizorist Member Find all posts View Profile Close Scizorist]

I would think that if you can muster an erection with porn but not with imagination then there is a huge difference between them surely?

I said I wasn't able to muster "optimal" erections for edging, never said I couldn't get an erection without porn. And what I meant when I said I don't see much of a difference between them is the fact that with pictures / porn you're using external stimuli and with imagination you're generating your own internal stimuli. Regardless of what you use you're always going to "watch" something externally (pics / videos) or internally (imagination). Once again this is my opinion only.

[Koh Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Koh]

I said I wasn't able to muster "optimal" erections for edging, never said I couldn't get an erection without porn. And what I meant when I said I don't see much of a difference between them is the fact that with pictures / porn you're using external stimuli and with imagination you're generating your own internal stimuli. Regardless of what you use you're always going to "watch" something externally (pics / videos) or internally (imagination). Once again this is my opinion only.

The difference is with one you're doing nothing, with the other you're training your brain to be more self reliant and your imagination is much more accessible and only limited to how creative you are.

[AlpineNewt Senior Member Member of the Month Sept 2014 Find all posts View Profile Close AlpineNewt]

I said I wasn't able to muster "optimal" erections for edging, never said I couldn't get an erection without porn. And what I meant when I said I don't see much of a difference between them is the fact that with pictures / porn you're using external stimuli and with imagination you're generating your own internal stimuli. Regardless of what you use you're always going to "watch" something externally (pics / videos) or internally (imagination). Once again this is my opinion only.

Oh ok, my mistake.
However I would still say they are quite different. To expand on what Koh said, with imagination you can conjure up a whole experience in your mind and use more senses not just sight and sound. You can almost feel as though it's actually happening.
I generally start off remembering past sexual encounters (the better ones) as vividly as possible and later move on to things I would like to happen. I don't just play a porno in my head, I experience it as much as possible.