Effect of stress on potency

A severe emotional shock causes a number of psychological and organic prerequisites for a decrease in potency. Under the influence of constant stress, a man can completely lose a spontaneous and adequate erection.

The organic consequences of stress

After severe stress in the male body, the following undesirable changes occur:

• disorder of natural biochemical processes, dystrophic changes in internal organs and tissues
• suppression of the nervous system, delayed reaction to irritating factors
• a sharp increase in the level of glucocorticoids and a decrease in leukocytes in the blood , a decrease in the activity of the immune system, an increase in the risk of contracting infectious diseases or malignant cell damage
• muscle tissue tension, cell destruction due to an excessive amount of toxins, impaired oxygen metabolism, suspension of nutritional processes in tissues
• expansion capillaries and the diameter of the vascular walls, slowing down the outflow of lymph, the accumulation of proteins in the intercellular space
• increased blood pressure, oxygen starvation of the brain, insufficient nutrition of brain cells
• serious load on the heart muscle, acceleration of the heart rate , increased risk of ischemic stroke or myocardial infarction

Psychological consequences of stress

Exposure to a stressful situation causes a negative effect on the patient's mental state, observed:

• constant concern and dissatisfaction with the quality of life, social status and position at work, position in the family, relationships with loved ones
• change in habitual stereotypes of behavior and distorted perception of reality
• aggressiveness and nervousness, irritability and intolerance towards others
• bouts of unreasonable uncontrolled anger
• decreased performance, concentration, memory and attention
• biased assessment of oneself and the surrounding phenomena
• uncontrollable emotions and severe depressive manifestations
• lack of desire to engage in any activity
• a sharp decrease in sexual desire and erection strength
• abuse of antidepressants and alcohol drinks, taking drugs in order to cloud the mind and get away from real perception

The state of the reproductive system after stress

A man who has been in an unusual stressful situation for a long time will experience a decrease in sexual desire and a temporary loss of erectile function. In some cases, there is a lack of orgasm and ejaculation during intercourse.

Decreased libido

Cortical impotence with a decrease in sexual desire for a sexual partner manifests itself with varying degrees of intensity. Some men completely lose the desire to have sexual intercourse and become insensitive to sexual stimulation. The excitability of the reproductive system is significantly reduced. The onset of a depressive state as a result of the stress experienced entails a pathological inhibition of cortical sexual superstructures. The condition may be complicated:

• signs of neurasthenia or obsessive fears
• toxic effects of tobacco and alcohol, poisons and drugs, strong sedative medications
• burdened by heredity
• sexual behavior disorders and pathological reflex actions (premature ejaculation) formed in adolescence
• metabolic pathologies (diabetes mellitus, overweight)
• chronic infectious diseases (sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis)
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Inhibition of erection function




Failure to achieve a full erection and have intercourse is also a common consequence of a stressful condition. Usually, a complete or partial absence of sexual potency is associated with a psychological block that has arisen. Erectile dysfunction develops after the onset of specific circumstances that took place in a stressful situation. If a person does not associate life circumstances with traumatic psycho-emotional experiences, then he acquires the ability to experience a normal erection, which ends with ejaculation and orgasm. Often, men with sexual dysfunction retain the possibility of spontaneous nocturnal erections that occur during periods of reduced self-control. Loss of erectile ability with the preservation or absence of ejaculatory function, as a rule, occurs after fixing attention on the work of the reproductive system, the development of phobias, psychosis and neuroses.