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Can Never Get Hard Sexually?

Discussion in 'Physical & Sexual Health' started by Krilky, Aug 25, 2013.

  1. Krilky

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    Yes, this post will feature awkwardness!
    Basically, I spend a lot of my day with an erection. I wake up with one, and if it happens to rub against my underwear and shift, it usually gets hard. I'm talking 3+ hours a day.
    But sexually, I can't really get an erection. I've never looked at "legit" porn, but I rewatched some of the summer olympics just now, and the diving/swimming competitions definitely should have been enough. Right?
    Maybe I'm just being dumb.
     
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    Well you obviously don't have any physical problem getting an erection, so any issue would be psychological.

    When you say you can't get hard sexually, do you mean you've been in situations where you want to get an erection but can't? Watching the diving and swimming can be pretty exciting :slight_smile:p) but unless you were actually trying to arouse yourself, not getting an involuntary erection while watching it isn't something to be worried about.
     
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    I don't really WANT to in any of these situations, but this will obviously be a problem if I'm ever in a relationship…
     
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    Do you have trouble getting hard when masturbating? What about if fantasizing about sex with a guy?

    Not getting turned on watching a sporting event doesn't really mean anything unless this sort of thing routinely turns you on and then suddenly it stopped doing so even though you wanted it to this one time. And even then all it may mean is that you just weren't that horny then, or were tired, or are just getting older or whatever. Erections are not a guaranteed thing, regardless of your age or the situation, I'm afraid.

    Basically, we need more background about the circumstances, because what you've posted so far doesn't make it clear whether what happened was unusual or not for you.

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    A lot of people have a hard time intentionally expressing arousal when they are under stress or have a lot going on in their minds. You are totally normal, and Id like to guess that there is most likely nothing wrong with you!

    Have you been stressed, or have you had anything consuming your thoughts lately?
     
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    Ehhh, not necessarily. I only get hard when I'm actually seeing what I want to see. Which is someone ass naked. Lol. I don't have x ray vision, nor a vibrant imagination.. The only other thing that gets me up is a guy with a great personality. That excites me. And when I'm around a guy I want to hook up with. Other than that, I don't get hard either.. Watching a swimmer doesn't do anything for me unless the swimmer is engaging in something blatantly erotic. I think watching wrestling is the only thing that has the potential to arouse me. I think you seem pretty normal to me. Are you sexually active yet? Tried watching "legit" porn?
     
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    Yes, I do.
    I still know I'm gay, because I have the same situation, except more severe, with women. But it's very rare that I can get hard.

    I don't masturbate. Not because I think it's immoral or whatever, I just have really wanted to.
     
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    Ok, I'm going to assume you actually meant to say you have never really wanted to masturbate.

    So you've never looked at porn, nor do you masturbate or have any desire to do so. Is this a case where you don't feel any sexual desire or some other reason? Basically, why have you never done these things or had an urge to do them?

    Is it just that you don't feel any desire to do masturbate or look at porn or is there some reason that you choose not to?

    Based on what you've said, you are apparently quite physically able to get an erection, as long as it doesn't have anything to do with sex. So if you wake up in the morning hard and start thinking about sex you go soft? Or is it just that when something sexual comes up you think you should get hard and you're not?

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    Haha yeah, that is what I meant.
    I know I'm not asexual, because thinking about sex "prolongs" morning erections. And on occasion, I have gotten one. Just very rarely. So yeah, it's definitely the second one.
     
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    Hm. Perhaps you should 'turn up the volume' on what sort of sexual things you're seeing? Or explore a broader range of things that might turn you on. I can tell you that just watching swimmers or gymnasts doesn't do anything for me beyond aesthetic appreciation. Then again I do look at porn:slight_smile:

    Not saying you need to look at porn if you don't want to but if the goal is to sexually stimulate yourself, then you're probably going to need to be a bit proactive about it. Different people are turned on by different things. Apparently you aren't particularly turned on by watching swimmers or gymnasts do their thing. So start looking around for something that does excite you.

    Just some thoughts,

    Todd
     
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    I concur with that assessment. Don't worry about it, so much. When push comes to shove, it will happen some way, somehow. There so much more to sex than just the visual aspect of it, you have emotions, physical touch, and sensual maneuvers. It's not one thing, it's all of it.