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What Causes Erectile Dysfunction?

my boyfriend an i have been together for 5 months an while getting intimate and during sex he was alway really hard now the last month he is only semi hard not completely soft but soft enough to still bend it please help me out an tell me what that means
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Dear service user,
Thank you for writing to Healthcaremagic.
I can understand your concern about erectile dysfunction with your partner.

An occasional episode of erectile failure due to functional or situational reasons like fatigue, tension or own ''pressure to 'perform' rather to enjoy'' is very common. This diminishes arousal level and hence erection too. This seems in his case. This 'failure' of erection makes him feel 'I should perform best' for her and he 'tries to erect’. This in turn further leads to lack of erection.
He and you enjoy kindling and loving with touch in the way both of you feel comfortable, rather than focusing about his performance and 'pressure to satisfy' you. This is called ''sensate focus'' exercise. Psychiatrist can help both you for this.

What you both need to do is to consult a psychiatrist well versed with psycho sexual therapies. He will definitely assist you to come out of this problem.
This is curable. Relax and go ahead.
Warm regards.
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What Causes Erectile Dysfunction?

Dear service user, Thank you for writing to Healthcaremagic. I can understand your concern about erectile dysfunction with your partner. An occasional episode of erectile failure due to functional or situational reasons like fatigue, tension or own pressure to perform rather to enjoy is very common. This diminishes arousal level and hence erection too. This seems in his case. This failure of erection makes him feel I should perform best for her and he tries to erect’. This in turn further leads to lack of erection. He and you enjoy kindling and loving with touch in the way both of you feel comfortable, rather than focusing about his performance and pressure to satisfy you. This is called sensate focus exercise. Psychiatrist can help both you for this. What you both need to do is to consult a psychiatrist well versed with psycho sexual therapies. He will definitely assist you to come out of this problem. This is curable. Relax and go ahead. Warm regards.