While partners promise to stick together through rich or poor, through sickness or in health, it should be noted that wedding vows don’t contain any passages pertaining to knock down, drag out fights. It’s been said that no one can really push your buttons like the people you love, and this adage is definitely true. As you spend so much time with your partner, you begin to know each other through and through, for better or worse. This can lead to the butting of heads over trivial matters, which can translate into someone sleeping on the couch or sticking someone with cooking duties for the week. The occasional spat isn’t exactly a call for a divorce, but regular fighting can be toxic for a relationship. If it happens often enough, it can even begin to affect a man’s ability to perform in bed.
It’s been said that there’s no sex like make-up sex; that passionate, fiery “I’m sorry” intercourse that comes after a couple makes up over a big fight. But these big fights can actually make make-up sex downright impossible. You see, the erection is dependent upon signals from the brain to function properly. When these signals are activated, the brain alerts the penis that it is time to get to work, causing blood to surge to the penis, causing an erection.
But anger can actually cloud the mind, leading to these important signals getting lost in the shuffle. When a man’s mind if preoccupied with anger, whether he is aware of it or not, it can lead to erectile issues. Unaddressed anger can often snowball into angrier feelings, which in turn causes sexual signals to get missed. If anger-induced erectile issues continue to pop up, this can lead to a man becoming embarrassed or angry over his inability to achieve an erection, leading to the issue becoming worse, potentially setting a man up for full-blown erectile dysfunction.
Thankfully, the solution is simple: Talk about it. Stewing in your anger is a surefire way to lead to issues, both in the bedroom and in life, so its better to meet your anger head-on. Sit down with your partner, either together or with a mediator such as a counselor, and work through your issues until you both feel satisfied. By resolving anger and working to be more open with your partner, you should be able to avoid any anger-related ED, ensuring that your make-up sex remains great and erectile issue free.