Archive for the 'Sexual Dysfunctions' Category

Acceptance

Monday, February 4th, 2008

When you have moved past denial, anger, bargaining and depression you are ready to accept the fact that – yes indeed you have Erectile Dysfunction. Your sex life will quite possibly never be exactly the same again. There will be compromises and some failures but you will be able to work through the problems because [...]

Anger

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Anger is a destructive and powerful emotion.  Silent anger is the worst and can cause an intense emotional meltdown.  Unresolved anger can eat away at your soul and demolish your self worth.  The words Erectile Dysfunction can invoke a cruel smoldering anger within us – if we are inflicted with the dreaded disease.  To some [...]

Denial

Friday, January 25th, 2008

The five stages of Grief – denial being the first stage – I don’t have Erectile Dysfunction, I’m overworked, tired, under pressure and stress – it would never happen to me.  And when one loses their ability to perform there is GRIEF and a loss similar to a death.

Grief

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Erectile Dysfunction changes our lives. Nothing will ever be the same again. We must cope, accept and adjust. When a loved one dies we go through a grief process. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross wrote a book on the five stages of grief when coping with death. When we are faced with Erectile Dysfunction we face a tremendous [...]

Private Pain

Friday, January 18th, 2008

The old saying, ‘If at first you don’t succeed – try, try, again’, works for certain scenarios. It doesn’t work for erectile dysfunction. Failure is a devastating experience. Repeated failure is a tragedy. The failures build till the mountain is impassable. Communication is a foreign word. Blame, guilt and edginess take hold of the relationship [...]