Impotence can occur due to physical or psychological condition of a man. Physical may occur due to various other diseases like high blood pressure, vascular disease, hormone imbalance, alcoholism, diabetes etc.
Psychological can be due to stress and anxiety, lack of confidence, fear of failure, and problems with your relationship.
Stress now a days is playing a crucial role in the life of people. Stress can be related to anything. Working couples are most affected by stress. They have to manage so many things at a time. Stress interferes with your work, your ability to concentrate, and even your ability to have fun. Stress can be in various forms like work stress, family stress, relationship stress and money stress.
Work Stress - It is related to one's work or professional life. Stress due to working for long hours in the office and giving less time for themselves.
Family Stress ? When a person is not able to provide proper time to his/her family members. Stress can be due to some personal problems like tension in family.
Relationship Stress ? Sexual boredom, tension or anger among partners, and lack of intimacy and communication are all possible triggers of erectile dysfunction.
Money Stress ? Lack of money or financial crisis leads to this kind of stress.
Stress leads to Impotence or erectile dysfunction. It is now proven fact that in stress individual cannot perform well. Frustration comes naturally when an individual does not perform well according to his/her expectations.
When a person is under stress various ways to cope up with stress are:
? Lower your expectations; accept that there are events you cannot control
? Ask others to help or assist you
? Take responsibility for the situation
? Engage in problem solving
? Express distressing emotions. Be assertive instead of aggressive. "Assert" your feelings, opinions or beliefs instead of becoming angry, combative or passive.
? Maintain emotionally supportive relationships
? Maintain emotional composure
? Challenge previously held beliefs that are no longer adaptive
? Directly attempt to change the source of stress
? Distance yourself from the source of stress
? Learn to relax
? Eat and drink sensibly
? Stop smoking or other bad habits
? Exercise regularly
? Maintain a healthy sense of self-esteem
Studies are going on to find various factors responsible for Impotence or erectile dysfunction. But stress is one of the major causes of impotence as a person going through stress couldn't get proper blood flow required for erection.
Although it is hard to avoid stress but you can learn to control it. Learn new ways to relax, such as meditation, deep breathing, relaxing muscles, music Etc. Talk to other about things that upset you. Once stress is gone out of your life, things will come to normal again gradually.