Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

Fear, Shame, and the Battle Within: Conquering Erectile Dysfunction For Good #shorts #viral

17 May 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube clip by Anne Truong MD describing how a single episode of erectile dysfunction can trigger a reinforcing cycle of fear and shame (anticipatory anxiety about getting/maintaining an erection), which itself worsens erectile outcomes. The speaker emphasizes the importance of emotional safety and open communication (the man telling his partner about his fears) to break the cycle.

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Once he has erectile dysfunction once, then the next time, he feels fear that he's going to have it again. And then it just escalates so often for men that. Because now he's like, oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh, am I going to be able to get an erection? Am I going to be able to keep an erection? And then he doesn't end up keeping an erection because he's feeling so much fear that he's going to lose his erection. This terrible cycle. But for him to be safe enough to say to her, I'm feeling fear that I won't be able to get an erection. I'm feeling fear that I won't. I'd be able to maintain erection. And I feel fear of shame. I feel fear of the embarrassment if that happens.