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  • PIED and Low Self Esteem — How Recovery Rebuilds Confidence

    PIED and Low Self Esteem — How Recovery Rebuilds Confidence

    PIED destroys confidence in a way that is almost impossible to explain to someone who has not experienced it. Recovery rebuilds it — completely, and from a deeper place than you had before. Here is how that actually happens. There is a particular kind of shame that comes with PIED. Not the general shame…

  • Edging During PIED Recovery — Does It Slow Healing?

    Edging During PIED Recovery — Does It Slow Healing?

    Yes. Edging during PIED recovery slows healing — and in many cases stops it entirely. Here is exactly why, what it does to your dopamine system, and what to do instead. If you are in PIED recovery and wondering whether edging is okay — whether you can stop short of orgasm and still make…

  • Why Can I Get Hard to Porn But Not My Partner?

    Why Can I Get Hard to Porn But Not My Partner?

    Because your brain has been conditioned to respond to a screen — not a person. That is not a relationship problem, an attraction problem, or a physical problem. It is called PIED — pornography-induced erectile dysfunction — and it is exactly what years of pornography use produces. If you can get a full erection…

  • Can I Heal From PIED on My Own?

    Can I Heal From PIED on My Own?

    The honest answer — from someone who tried both ways. This is the question every man with PIED eventually asks. Usually in private. Usually after months or years of managing symptoms, avoiding conversations, and telling himself he has it under control. So here is the straight answer: yes, you can heal from PIED on…

  • Is PIED Related to Age? The Truth Every Man Needs to Hear

    Is PIED Related to Age? The Truth Every Man Needs to Hear

    PIED does not care how old you are. If you have used pornography long enough and hard enough, your brain has been rewired. Here is what that means — and what you do about it. If you have landed on this page, something is not working in the bedroom. You are not broken. You…

  • Is PIED Real? Yes — The Science and Proof | iQuitPorn.com

    Is PIED Real? Yes — The Science and Proof | iQuitPorn.com

    Yes. PIED is real. Pornography-induced erectile dysfunction is real. The neuroscience behind it is real. The brain damage that chronic pornography addiction causes to your dopamine reward system is real. The recovery is real. And if you are a young man experiencing erectile dysfunction with a real partner while maintaining full erections watching pornography…