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Q: HELP! Performance Anxiety?
asked by: johnnyoffthespot on July 5th, 2009
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I am running into a brick wall in the bedroom, and I need help. It is causing tremendous stress for the both of us.

I'm having what can be described as Performance Anxiety right before engaging in sex with my girl. I can literally have an erection, engage in foreplay, but as soon as I go for the condom, things go south almost instantly. I don't understand this, my heart starts beating like crazy and it's almost impossible to recover from once it happens.

I'm psyching myself out, but I can't seem to fix it. The last time it happened, I told myself "I'll breath like I do when we're intimate, if I recreate the moment in my mind using breathing, maybe it'll work" ... but it didn't. I'm very attracted to my wife - and I'm "in the mood" when this happens, so it isn't a lack of interest. This is so frustrating!

HELP!
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thoumas
replied on July 5th, 2009
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well, u could get her too put the condomn on u with her mouth and that would probably keep it up... or if ur not trying for kids get drunk then u wont be so worried about it. also u could use viagra. sure u could get an erection but viagra would make sure u kept it
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W0LF
replied on July 5th, 2009
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This has got to be psychological. Which is great, physical issues are much harder to get around sexually and I've never heard of any sexual response that sounds like what you're describing. It really does sound like the extreme version of performance anxiety. I'd start by checking any medication you're taking for possible sexual side effects and discuss the problems you're experiencing with the doctor that proscribed them. If you had a traumatic experience with your wife around the time this started, a fight after or about sex, a health issue during sex it could be that you just need to "get back in the saddle" don't pressure yourself to perform, work up to sex with other intimacy until you both are comfortable. If what's going on is more obscure, less easilly tied to the bedroom there's a lot of fairly nasty things your mind can do to you in bed. You may end up needing to see psychologist or if your wife will go, take her to a certified sexual therapist.
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