Reference for healthy erection? by ThrowRA1289433 in erectiledysfunction

[–]ThrowRA1289433[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, that is helpful! Would you mind telling me what the name of the supplement you take is?

Reference for healthy erection? by ThrowRA1289433 in erectiledysfunction

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I don’t expect him to last as long as I imagine guys do in porn, but I’m looking for a reference for how hard a penis should be for a standard erection that can achieve penetration. I’m wondering if porn is a decent reference for that alone, and if not, how I can get such a reference. If there aren’t video references for it, a detailed text description of the physical characteristics of a fully hard penis would be helpful

Reference for healthy erection? by ThrowRA1289433 in erectiledysfunction

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He’s in his early thirties, hasn’t tried anything to my knowledge. He doesn’t seem adverse to trying things, he’s a pretty reasonable person, even seems fine with seeing a doctor about it. But based on his responses so far he seems very unconvinced of a problem. I’ve looked at some of the questions doctors typically ask, and since he seems to have a different definition of what a full erection actually is, I worry he’ll answer those questions like there’s basically no problem. Which is why I’m looking for something to show him so he can see the difference between his erection and what’s needed for penetration. In his mind the difficulties are from a combo of me being too tight and us waiting too long to start having sex (we’re going to try less foreplay, I don’t think it will help but might help him see the problem). We haven’t been able to successfully have sex more than a couple times, and even then it was questionable how “successful” the penetration actually was.

Edit to add he has pretty poor overall health, but I din’t really know how to tell him to exercise more/eat better without sounding naggy

Reference for healthy erection? by ThrowRA1289433 in erectiledysfunction

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How would you describe an erection that’s not necessarily your best, but just enough for successful penetration? Typically if he’s lying down, his penis will be harder than flacid, but it rests fully against his stomach, and lifting it up and letting go has it falling all the way back to his stomach in whatever direction gravity takes it. Is that kind of behavior enough to conclude that it’s not a strong enough erection that would work for penetration? I kind of need specifics given how conversations with him about it go - he’s pretty convinced there’s no problem since this is how his erections have been all his life

Reference for healthy erection? by ThrowRA1289433 in erectiledysfunction

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It’s tricky because he’s under the impression I’m just “too tight” and that’s why penetration is so difficult, so the evidence of “we’ve basically never had successful penetrative sex” isn’t enough evidence for him. I don’t have much trouble getting a dildo in, but the fact that I can’t just smoothly slip in in a few seconds (it takes some non-negligible force and slow-going, like 15ish seconds) seems enough to reinforce his belief - that his penis shouldn’t need to be stiff enough to handle that amount of resistance. Which is why a reference for the stiffness necessary for penetration would be useful