8 Reasons Men Lose Their Erections
It's nothing against you, but there are a lot of reasons a man's penis can betray him.
BY COSMO FRANK
PUBLISHED: APR 18, 2014
1. He's nervous. "The pressure of wanting to get hard, stay hard, and satisfy your partner can make it difficult to get hard in the first place," says Dr. Jane Greer, New York-based marriage and sex therapist and author of What About Me? Stop Selfishness From Ruining Your Relationship. In cases like these, it's as simple as taking your time and letting his sex drive kick into high gear. Remind him that his penis is beautiful and special.
2. He's drunk. Drinking delays reactions and mutes nerves, so his penis won't get excited the way it's supposed to. It might make him have trouble achieving orgasm or he might get the dreaded "whiskey dick," when he just plain can't get hard. Alcohol is a depressant, and when his penis gets sad, it doesn't want to get out of bed.
3. He's overweight. Excess weight causes circulation problems and damages the blood vessels, so blood has a harder time getting to the penis to keep it hard. All the more incentive to start working out together.
4. He actually has a physiological problem. Heart disease, diabetes, multiple sclerosis: Any of these, among other diseases, can block the nerve impulses that get him aroused. There is medication to help some of these conditions, but your guy should be open with you about any boner-affecting illnesses he has.