As I made another thread about on here, I am a 25 year old virgin. Through my whole life, I've only ever masturbated by humping my bed or carpet, which I know isn't how most men do it. Just tonight I saw lots of people saying online that it causes ED so I'm a little worried about it.

I have a lot of trouble doing it on my back with just my hand. Some of it may be psychological, but some people say that masturbating prone desensitizes the penis as opposed to using your hand. In my case, when I've tried I actually find that I am gentler humping something than using my hand, so I don't think that's the issue for me. I have a much harder time fantasizing laying on my back for whatever reason, I think because it's easier when I can bury my face in a pillow as opposed to having to stare at the ceiling or force my eyes shut. I also don't have any trouble getting erections without touching, so ED isn't a problem at the moment. I think I've only ever orgasmed prone, though.

A lot of the sites making a big deal out of this seemed pseudo-scientific. The Kinsey Institute and all the medical doctors commenting on it online didn't think it was a big deal. Nonetheless, there are lots of men saying that this has caused problems for them online. They may be a lot rougher than I am, and some of them talked about masturbating like 5 times a day which I don't do, so I could understand how that could desensitize the penis.

Anyway, what do you think about this? The thing that concerns me is that I've never managed to orgasm any other way, so I hope that doesn't translate to regular sex. I hope I wasn't too graphic.