2024-12-03 – Health – www.theguardian.com
Anxiety is getting the better of me. What can I do to combat it and get my confidence back?
I often wake up with a good erection, but when I try to make love with my wife I get all hot and clammy and it withers. It’s a similar feeling to when I was learning to swim, or trying to ride a bike when the stabilisers were removed and you go all wobbly and anxious. How can I get my confidence back to stay hard?
The anxiety you feel at times when you are expecting your penis to perform is actually ensuring that you are less likely to achieve an erection. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. Some men find that learning to reduce their anxiety at such times can improve their ability to have erections. Others find that talking to their doctor about the possibility of being prescribed a drug to help erectile functioning can provide the erectile support they need, and reduce anxiety. Sometimes there is an underlying medical, relational or psychological issue that is inhibiting a man’s erectile…