u/Brilliant-Syrup994

I 23M, do not get much urge/arousal on normal days,when there is no burden,no deadline,no exams or challenges/hard task my libido remains pretty low. But when i am stressed my urge to mastrubate also increases and causes excessive mastrubation.

Mastrubation doesn't feel fun anymore,it feels like a drug which i am using to distract myself from the problems and challenges which i have to face (eventually and ) on a daily basis.

Has anyone else experienced this? How did you deal with this? How did you stop the compulsion?

You might see me post multiple questions on this sub.

My intro to porn started when i was 15 years or something but it hadn't been so prevelant,it started getting worse after the pandamic,where i used to do it 3 or more times a day, althought i tried to quit from 2021 but was unsucceful,but over the years i was/am able to identify the root cause.

I am quiting in steps,

Currently i am 1 month clean of no porn,i still try to mastrubate tho only using my imagination. After completing 90 days of no porn, i would go to next phase and drop mastrubation too...

Right now as i am in the process of quitting, i have noticed that my erections don't have that zeal/fun(the kind of fire you feel in the abdomen when you are erect) anymore it can be easily deflated, sometimes i wake up in the morning and i feel no morning wood and neither any libido. I used to mastrubate on my back on the bed,my mind is trained that way and now i am scared that it won't get up when i am standing or need to perform.

I go for days ( maybe 7 to 8 )without any erections or urges and then suddenly after those days i go on to mastrubate continously for 2 or 3 days, this is extreme and i don't know how to control it,how do you control the extremeties ?