Thick Girth = Hard to get/maintain Erections?

I know I have problems getting and holding an erection with sex with a partner. I struggle to get and keep an erection when doing PE. Maybe even masturbating I may not get as hard as other men, I rarely ever feel that ‘hard metal fully hard rod’ sensation when I masturbate alone despite this being the best erection I get.

So I wonder if this is down to my relatively thick girth and having to get enough blood pumping and remaining in my penis because of the volume it needs to fill?

I wonder if other men with thick girths here have the same problem? Or do other people who have relatively good knowledge of erections and how they work or don’t work have thoughts on this? Does a thick penis have trouble getting and keeping an erection?

I’m not a Girther, but wouldn’t physics dictate that longer, not wider, appendages be more difficult to raise? I’ve seen this in porn and had a bit of schadenfreude noticing that many of those long units cannot get past half-mast. For you, thicker may contribute somewhat to a sag, but I can’t imagine that it would be much. Just speculation here.

Yeah that is a good point. I’ve noticed the same thing - which makes me wonder how much orgasmic pleasure a woman successfully gets from a penis that is not 100% hard or even i.e. 80% etc.

I did also read that some of the porn actors with like 10 - 12” penises can’t get enough blood to fill their unit to make it fully erect too, (didn’t know about half mast) now that you mention all this.

I don’t know if my wide girth has any direct reason for my erection trouble. After I used Viagra and still had trouble gaining/maintaining an erection more than I expected, it makes me wonder if the room that the blood needs to fill in my penis is too large or not.

It’s never been an issue for me.

I have some issues from time to time but never when taking Viagra or Cialis. You may need to see a doctor about that.

Well I took both Viagra and Cialis and on all occasions when I was with a girl, my penis still needed encouragement to get and stay erect, and even then it was only like 80-90% erect at best. It didn’t do it on it’s own.

Not sure if that’s normal for these pills.

Tell us more about you. Age, health, medicines taken, porn usage.

Age 45 years.

Good health. I lift weights to build muscle about 3 days a week. I think my body fat % must be around 30% by now.

Take no medicines. Just some herbal tablets to help with fitness or general health.

I must masturbate about 2 times a day for the last few months now. I am doing PE 5 or 6 days of the week so this limits masturbation. I watch porn to help keep an erection when doing PE.

I would definitely point the finger at the heavy porn usage. This is a common issue men have, whether they watch porn for PE or pleasure.

Well I really don’t watch porn that much at all. We’re talking 20 minutes a day only when I’m doing PE, to help with my erection during jelqing. Hardly gets more than that.

The problem becomes, that you are using it to maintain an erection. You don’t need hours of porn to be dependent on it.

Back off on the masturbation.

You really think masturbating around twice day is too much?

Yes I do. Try twice a week.

Do you find that it helps your hardness when erect etc.? Even help increase erection length too?