About 10 to 20 per cent of erectile dysfunction is caused by emotional and psychological factors like:
- Stress
- Depression
- Trauma (physical injury, job loss, divorce, bereavement)
- Relationship difficulties
- Performance anxiety
Diagnosing Psychological Impotence – Questions to Ask
There are four key questions you can ask yourself to help determine if your erectile dysfunction is psychological or physical in origin.
- Did it happen suddenly or gradually? (more likely to be physical if it develops gradually)
- Do you still experience spontaneous erections when at night or on waking? (more likely to be psychological if you are still having nocturnal erections)
- Are you experiencing relationship problems? (If you are under very heavy stress in your relationship or work, it is more likely your ED is psychological.)
- Is your ED situational or permanent? (if it only occurs in some situations it’s more likely to be psychological – or at least it’s an indicator if not a hard and fast rule)
For a much more detailed outline to diagnosing psychological Impotence see Psychological Impotence – Sex and Your Mind
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