Morning wood

I never wake up with an erection, but I’ll often get one after I wake up while laying in bed. Does it count as the same thing?

Yes.

In that case, I have it all the time :D

I’m not so sure that this counts as morning wood. I thought morning wood is a result of something from REM sleep. Do you get it naturally or are you thinking about things that pleasure you, or even if you’re lying face down you may be rubbing your penis on your bed or something…

Just getting it naturally/all by itself. I’d say it counts!

Well when I wake up I normally think of sexual things, but it gets hard without any stimulation and it is very soon after I wake up.

You are probably having nocturnal erections but sleeping through them. If you tend to wake quickly from the REM sleep stage, you’ll find them. Later, and they’ve likely subsided.

So if one is not having productive REM sleep does that mean their nocturnal erections are compromised? I guess what I’m asking is whether or not REM cycles are necessary to have productive nocturnal erections, which we all know equals a healthy penis.

Yes, you need REM. Sleep more.

bigger-8inchM!

Aren’t morning woods due to the fact you desperately need a wee?

As I understand it, morning woods have nothing to do with conscious sexual thoughts. However, your testosterone levels fluctuate thoughout the day — called diurnal fluctuation. They are highest from about 2:00 am to 7:00 am. During that time, you are most likely to get one. And, yes, if you need a wee, your chances of getting one are increased and, if you are awake, sexual thoughts will bring one on more easily than at other times of the day. More than that, they are usually harder then than at other times of the day — well for most of us anyway — young, highly charged 15 or 20-year olds might not notice any difference. Some of us don’t even know we get them because we sleep through them.

Again for those young guys, it’s also the time that we are most likely to have wet dreams. I don’t know the reason for this, but suspect that having a hard, throbbing dick can turn your subconscious thoughts to sex. The annoying thing for me here anyway, is that some of my wet dreams were of things I’d prefer to not have —sometimes bordering on being gay, even. Anyone else had that problem?

I have very tight sleep and I rarely wake up in the middle of night, but if it happens, I have an erection almost every time. If I didn’t know better, I’d think my penis is erect all night long while I’m asleep. But really, you gotta love nocturnal and morning wood. That means your penis is feeling great. At least I see it that way.

Am I right in thinking that people with a stressful life with lots on their mind… are less likely to get morning wood? Optimism and a cloudless mind breeds sexy dreams right?

My experience, for what that’s worth, is that many things can cause your morning wood to wane or even not occur at all. And stess is one of them.

Nope RickM I have not had that stuff in my dreams. If that’s what you’re dreaming about then that is what’s in your subconscious. So maybe you need to do a bit of exploration of something.

On the morning wood topic I usually get one as soon as I get outta bed. Not when I wake up, although it usually takes me ages to slide into consciousness, I rarely snap out of sleep and feel instantly awake.