About circumcision and sensitivity

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Camouflage

Active Member
Hi,

I am struggling with a low sensitivity & delayed ejaculation problem. I have very little feeling in my penis during intercourse. Although part of my problem is probably porn induced, I do feel that circumcision has decreased the sensitivity of my penis. I was cut as an adult for medical reasons. I am curious, are other people experiencing low sensitivity & delayed ejaculation because of circumcision? Or are there many non-circumcised people who also have porn induced low sensitivity?

Even though I feel that circumcision plays a part in my problem, abstaining from masturbation has helped me to some degree. Therefore part of the problem is related to brain and porn. But still after a year of rebooting (with some relapses) I am not where I want to be. I am still not guaranteed to finish during sex, and I can't feel anything from blowjobs or handjobs.

Any thoughts?
 
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Numez

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relapses may slow down your progress. it takes around 1-2 years on average for full recovery (no relapses). if you add a relapse here and there or even just MO, it can slow things down. i remember 2-3 MO sessions got me back into full blown PIED.

i experienced low sensitivity a lot of times and i am not circumcised. it is part of rewiring during reboot.
 
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Hopeful1

Member
Hi, it's a good question.

I'm not circumcised, but have low sensitivity problems and up to now had delayed ejacualtion. I say 'up to now' as after 36 days of no sexual release, my wife and I had sex. Good fun. Sensitivity was quite good and I came okay. But, sensations could have been better. I had a 70% erection which is bloody annoying after the good signs I'd had recently. Anyway, to your question....

I guess that circumcision could desensitise you as the foreskin is not able to play its role in protecting the glans. I've often wondered whether circumcision would help me with my lack of sensitivity but I'll reconsider that.

It seems that P induced ED is truly the cause of lower sensitivity. From my perspective, it was the result of a nightly habit of masturbation which occasionally was so furious that I'm certain it was the cause.

After 36 days with nothing at all, I could safely say that things were more normal, and I could certainly see how 90 days would be even better and, say, a year would be almost out of this world.

My best advice would be, try not to worry about it, take the weight off your mind, put your penis into storage and do some other stuff for a while. That's easier said than done, for sure, but it will help.

The reason i say that is because your anxiety will not help matters. It will compound things. Give yourself a long break and if you can handle the withdrawal, things will get much better.

I'm still longing for a raging boner to return. It's making me anxious, and so it's taking a long time to arrive.

Good luck. Keep going, and set yourself a goal.
 
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Camouflage

Active Member
Thanks for the insight! It is interesting to hear that intact guys may struggle with this issue as well. Perhaps my problem is also more up in my brain rather than down in my penis.

I have been porn free pretty much for a year now, and I have had several long (>30 days) streaks of no M. But I have had sex regularly (1-4 times per week) throughout the reboot. Perhaps this has slowed my healing down?

If I have 30 days of nofap under my belt and then have sex, it is super easy to orgasm. But if I do it again the next day, it is not that easy anymore. And if I continue to have sex the next day, it gets more and more difficult to finish. Therefore I feel that nofap solves my problem only temporarily. This is why I am suspecting that I may have some physical issues related to this as well (namely my circumcision).

But do you guys think that by continuing my reboot (and perhaps going hard mode) it would be possible to increase my sensitivity permanently so that I could have sex every day without it lowering my sensitivity back to numb?
 
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Numez

Guest
frequent O during reboot can definitely slow things down. try Oing just once per week for few months. you will return permanently to normal if you slow down with Os. few days in a row sounds like too much during reboot.
 
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Hopeful1

Member
Yep, I agree with Numez. Circumcised or not, I think that you can O-ver do it! The body needs recovery from stressful exercise - and M'ing is pretty tough work on the little guy. A break is good.

I guess in a way it's like drugs. The more you do, the less fun they are. The more you look for sensations, the less they become. Vicious spiral. So, go clean, detoxify, rebuild and it becomes more fun.

 
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Camouflage

Active Member
Hahah Hopeful! :D I guess you are right about "O-ver doing things." But it is weird, because I have friends who can have sex multiple times per day without any problems. They don't seem to be affected by this "spiral" that you talk about. But perhaps they haven't had their senses numbed by porn to begin with..?

If I temporarily cut the number of O's (and therefore the number of sex sessions) to 1 per week, can I increase it back to 4-5 per week later? Because my girlfriend really wants to do it more often than once per week...
 
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Numez

Guest
your friends are not rebooting. after full reboot you will be like your friends. until then, stick to 1 per week, occasionally go for 2 times in 1 week to check out how you feel. just take it slowly and gradually.

i had sex many times without O, you can try it too. if you can separate O and sex, you can have sex few times a week and O only once.
 
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Camouflage

Active Member
Ok thanks! That is something to consider! Just out of curiosity, when you have sex without O, do you fake it to your partner? Or do you explain the situation to her? I am asking because I am a bit embarrassed about all this with my partner. We haven't been dating very long, and sexual dysfunctions is not an easy topic to discuss...
 
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Nomorepornfromtoday

Member
Do you guys think regular exercise could slow down recovery then?
Just curious by something that was said earlier in the thread about giving your body a rest and i've been literally beasting myself since starting my reboot.
Another thing, is it really wise to have any orgasms during reboot? i'm not so sure about that from what other people have said across the site, surely it slows down recovery of the brain and nerve damage to the penis right?
 
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Numez

Guest
im not sure how much exercise helps with specifically PIED but it is definitely recommended to start doing it regularly. almost everyone i see here who are trying to quit are exercising. there is something about working out that helps you in quitting porn and you should keep/create that advantage.

my advice is from my personal experience. dont O first 1-3 months and then reintroduce it (only during sex) starting once per week. i think once per week is safe enough not to get too bugged down. go for few months like that and then increase it to 2 to see if you are ready. just be gradual and remember that you can try to have sex without O. 
 
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