Psychological Problems Can Cause Erectile Dysfuntion

For many men, the image of self is inevitably linked to a perception of masculinity which in turn involves functioning and performing well sexually. When problems do occur in the form of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection the term erectile dysfunction (impotence) is applied. Things can go wrong at any point of the 3 stages of producing and maintaining an erection: First Stage: Sexual arousal, getting sexually stimulated from our thoughts and senses. Second Stage Erection: The brain communicates the sexual arousal to the body which increases the blood flow to the penis. Third Stage Erection: Blood vessels that supply the penis relax allowing an increased blood supply to flow into the shafts that produce the erection. If anything affects any of these stages View the rest of this article