Premature Ejaculation - How to Handle the Issue?

Premature ejaculation has always been a question associated with the sexuality of men. However, the explanations for premature ejaculation lie within purely biological to purely psychological factors, with a more complex relationship between biology and psychology. Psychological factors play a very crucial role in sexual intercourse and naturally it has the capacity to worsen or precipitate premature ejaculation. At the same time premature ejaculation may have negative effect on a man’s psychology and overall personality and personal relationships.

It has been found that premature ejaculation can decrease self-confidence, make men reluctant to start new relationships, or lead to concerns that a partner may seek a relationship with another man. Within a relationship, men may feel misunderstood as to the extent of frustration and humiliation they regularly experience. Partners may suffer in silence for fear of upsetting their man further, or become frustrated at the apparent unwillingness of the man to fix the problem.

But this is not the end of the story…of course premature ejaculation can be treated! And the treatment has three different ways or combination of the following: psychotherapy, medications and self-help.

Psychotherapy

Individual psychotherapy may be exploratory by examining the developmental underpinnings of reluctance to enter into relationships, and fear or hostility toward women. It can also be behavioral, in which specific techniques around learning control around ejaculation, improved attention to arousal, and anxiety management can be learned.

Couples therapy can have similar emphases, either exploratory, looking into issues in the relationship that contribute to sexual issues and premature ejaculation, or it may be behavioral, examining specific techniques around ejaculatory control and arousal that are worked on directly with the couple together, which is popularly known as “sex therapy”.

Medications

Normally, there is no medication prescribed for the problem, however, if someone experiences premature ejaculation as the side-effect of a certain medication, it is suggested that you contact the physician who prescribed the medication and discuss medication solutions to the problem, which are easily obtained in most instances. Also note that medicines containing tadalafil or sildenafil citrate are not meant for curing premature ejaculation.

Self-Help

One popular method taught both in self-help books and by therapists is the "stop and start" method. A person begins masturbating (alone or with a partner) and a moment or two before ejaculation, stops. Masturbating resumes when the person has come down from his closeness to ejaculation. Again, masturbation is stopped as the man approaches ejaculation. This is done 5 or 6 times. After doing this exercise a few times, the man will hopefully become more aware of the sensations leading up to ejaculation and be able to better control them through stopping intercourse for a few minutes.

Where there is a will, there is always a way, we just need to strive ahead and face any problem, mainly as grave problems as premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, impotence and other sexual issues. A solution is always waiting for him who is seeking one.