u/Early-Criticism2267

Am I just bad at edging, or am I going about it the wrong way?

Know that folks here aren't medical professionals, just curious if anybody else has experienced this before since I couldn't find anything online.

Bit of background about myself - Male, early 30s. Throughout the years, I've had a habit of finishing too quickly during sex, often within 2 minutes of penetration. I mainly attribute this to chronic masturbation while watching porn, which usually ends with me finishing in a couple of minutes, if not seconds. This began since I discovered porn and masturbation in my early teens.

With a potential new relationship on the horizon, I recently decided that I wanted to give edging a shot so that I can last longer should things lead to sex. However, over the past few days, no matter how much I try (start/stop, gripping the head, etc.), I'm always unable to hold back the sensations, and a session would be over in a couple of minutes. Is my body just conditioned to finish quickly after years of porn use, or am I going about this the wrong way?

The one positive from this experience so far is that I think I'm on track to quitting porn for good, being 1 month clean so far, the longest I've gotten. I consider masturbation to be a perfectly healthy and natural activity, and want to disconnect it from porn use.

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u/Early-Criticism2267 — 8 days ago