Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

Is Your ED Psychological or Physical? Quick Test

26 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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Dr. Anne Truong explains how to tell if erectile dysfunction is psychological or physical. Ask yourself: does it happen every time or only with certain partners? Did it start suddenly or gradually? Can you get erections alone? Men under 40 usually have psychological causes; gradual loss in all situations points to physical.

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First of all, be honest with yourself. You wanna ask yourself, well, did this happen every time or did it only happen with certain person? And the onset, is it sudden, like one day it's happened, or is it gradual that you've noticed that it's been slowly creeping up? Is it sudden and if you able to get a good erection on your own, but it's harder to get it with another person, or is it with one person alone? Then it's more psychological. So if you're less than 40, more psychological. But if it's gradual, it slowly creeps up, and it's consistent, doesn't matter whether you're doing it yourself or with another person, the ED is there, then it's probably more physical. That's number one. That's why I said you have to be honest with yourself.