Ending the vicious circle

What do we really know of the plight of a man suffering from impotence? In the privacy of the bedroom, the man was suddenly seized with anxiety, reached by a genuine fear that can bring in a vicious cycle of failure. Zoom in on this devastating sequence and means to remedy.

In our society, man must stick to the image of the stronger sex, virility in person. "The internal world (emotions and feelings) is not part of the stereotype. Man is forced to be efficient and effective and not to be weakening" notes Dr. Sylvain Mimoun, gynecologist, psychosomatics and director of the center of Andrology Hospital Cochin.

The power of stereotypes
For humans, the failure of erection is a true national disaster. The model of effective and efficient man collapses. The "failure" brings back the fear of not "being a man". Injured, some react by striving, trying very hard to get there. Others retreat into themselves. Unable to express their feelings, men keep their emotions locked.

All these attitudes tend to aggravate the situation. To overcome the crisis, we must communicate! But in such situations, men are not very much. They do not show either a lot of imagination. Less than one third of them would encourage their partner to continue otherwise and have fun otherwise. Yet for women, caresses and tenderness are also important elements of great sex as sacrosanct penetration.

Disorder occasional failure chronic
Between fear of failure and erectile dysfunction, it is not quite sure which is the egg and the chicken is? According to the victims of these disorders, it is this failure that creates stress.

While their companions, the stress is causing these small failures. When this condition exists, it can constantly obsessed man. Invasive all his space, he struggles to live that wound its image. Another difference in perceptions within couples, women tend to underestimate the negative influence of stress in their sex life. While men stressed easily recognize that stress worsens their sexuality, this proportion is less important in their joint ...

These misunderstandings have an unfortunate tendency to maintain or demonstrate a miscommunication between the couple. Without the support of their partners, men often suffer in silence. The unspoken premium and few men consult a physician.

Breaking the vicious circle
The normal erection is under the control of the central nervous system and more particularly sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.

The erection is possible if there is relaxation of cavernous arteries and cavernous smooth muscle, under the control of local factors and central nervous system. The cavernous muscle relaxation which allows the flow of blood in the corpora cavernosa and thus the stiffening of the penis is dependent on the parasympathetic nervous system. While the sympathetic system (which is sympathetic to the name) has a constrictor action and therefore anti-erectile.

Stress directly affects the tone inhibitory system. More worrying still, the anxiety generated by the previous failures is self-maintaining erectile dysfunction.

Engaged in a vicious circle, the man grasps the fiasco "Is that gonna work this time?". The calls for relaxation of its partner will then increase as a result of stress and therefore a confirmation that the situation is on a very slippery slope ...

The reaction of the partner during the initial breakdown is also crucial: an aggressive or a phrase sometimes murderous enough to create and maintain a chronic stress synonymous future setbacks.

Various studies have highlighted the repercussions on the quality of human life but also his partner. Today, solutions exist and can not fall into this spiral of failure.

So many good news that should allow male victims of erectile dysfunction is no longer walled up in a painful silence. The first step is simply to talk to their doctor.

 

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