The biggest report of the year is due in a couple days, and you aren’t even close to being done with it. Your company is depending on you, your boss is breathing down your neck, and you feel stressed. This stress from work can begin to leak into your normal life, leading to feelings of depression, anxiety, and the inability to focus on anything but the issue that is causing you stress.

While stress can affect your quality of life, it can also translate into physical effects. Too much stress can lead to heart attacks, heart disease, and even erectile dysfunction.

Yes, with your body chock full of stress, this can lead to issues downstairs. This is because stress can lead to increased blood pressure and cholesterol, which in turn can lead to erectile issues. With your blood pressure raised, your body will struggle to supply the body with the optimum flow of blood, which can lead to actions that rely upon blood flow, such as the erection, getting left out in the cold.

Unfortunately, stress-related ED can also become something of a self-fulfilling prophecy. When a man develops ED, this can lead to stress about this newfound issue, stress about being unable to perform, and stress about what it could mean. In turn, this translates into more stress, which just leads to the issue getting worse.

If you’re dealing with stress-related ED, it’s important to get to the source of your bedroom woes. Work to push stress out of your life, or learn how to better deal with stress. With hard work, you can overcome stress, which in turn can bring your erection back to life.