It’s always nice when your partner hits it off with your buddies. When your significant other fits into your friend group, you won’t have to beg to go grab drinks or to go hang out, because your partner will be asking to come along. But if your partner gets a little too chummy with your friends, your feelings about your partner joining your friend group may begin to sour.
If your partner manages to become fully integrated into your friend group, it may begin to gnaw at you. These are your friends, after all. Your partner has his or her own friend group, so there’s no reason for your partner to be hanging around constantly. Eventually, these feelings may morph into full-blown jealousy; after all, the only reason your partner is hanging around your friends is because he or she’s sneaking around behind your back with one of your friends, right?
If you become hung-up on these thoughts, eventually jealous might creep into the bedroom, and your erection could end up paying the price.
A recent study of 3,00 men between the ages of 57 to 85 found that men whose partner got too close to his friends was 92 percent more likely to experience erectile issues.
This is due to the fact that psychological factors play a large part in your sexual performance. So if you’re tossing thoughts of infidelity around, your mind is going to be preoccupied, and your body is going to take this as a sign that an erection just isn’t a priority.
If you think jealousy is costing you your erection, get to the root of the problem. Confront your feelings of jealousy, either with your partner or a mental health expert. Figure out how to overcome these problems, either by pushing out jealous thoughts or by confronting the issue directly with an open dialogue with your partner.