If you are prepared to experiment a bit, you can work out different techniques that can satisfy both partners. Remember, a man doesn’t need an erection to be able to ejaculate or orgasm. The cause of erection difficulties might be psychological or reversible. Apart from diabetes or disease in the blood vessels, there are many [...]
Many people use fantasies to help them overcome their sexual problems. If anxiety is a problem, then thinking through an imaginary sexual encounter is a bit like rehearsing for a stage-play. You might still get stage fright but at least you know your lines. By imagining romantic or exotic places, or different sexual partners you [...]
As well as coping with changing roles, women go through fears about changes in their bodies and it’s common to feel as though you’ve lost your sexual attractiveness. Four months after Julie had a baby boy she said, ‘I really put on a lot of weight this time and I haven’t had the energy to [...]
Women can lose sight of themselves as something more than a baby-making machine. If the man’s sperm count is adequate, the physical impact is essentially on the woman. Remembering to take your vaginal temperature every day before you get up and plotting it dutifully on a graph to predict when you will be ovulating is [...]
There are many more reasons for avoiding a commitment. If you grew up in an atmosphere of hostility and lack of affection and you have bad memories of your parents fighting constantly, then it is understandable that you would want to avoid placing yourself in the same situation. Other past experiences will have an inevitable [...]