Premature Ejaculation (PE) has a significant impact on partners and therefore a negative impact on relationshipsby PEhomepage.com Editorial Team
Premature ejaculation impacts the man, his partner and their relationship but the effect on couples could be different from one another. Based on research conducted with couples it is apparent that some couples could adapt to the condition and it symptomatology and have satisfactory and fulfilling sexual lives. However, most couples report that the men premature ejaculation impacts and damages their relationships and is a common cause for couple separation.
Premature Ejaculation leads to a significant reduction in self-confidence and self esteem in most affected men.
This leads men suffering from the condition to avoid relationships and inability to develop new relationships. Those men who do succeed to develop relationships often report marked distress related to their early ejaculation and inability to satisfy their partners.
Information on cognitive and other relevant aspects of the subjective experience of premature ejaculation (PE) patients and their functional counterparts is still incomplete and require additional research. Patients that are subjectively experiencing PE are totally preoccupied with thoughts about controlling their orgasm, they are anxious from a possible failure, and are constantly thinking about keeping their erection. The normal men, however, are focused on sexual arousal and sexual satisfaction. The effect of PE on the partner is related to patients feeling less secure and experienced with respect to female sexuality than normal men and therefore perceived themselves as “low performers”. These feelings also impact intimacy that is an important part for a functioning relationship. Clinical reports show that PE patient’s intimacy is affected by the condition leading to relationship difficulties.
Women partners of PE men have consistently reported lower satisfaction with sexual intercourse compare with women partners of normal men. The low satisfaction is related not only to the nature of the dysfunction that leads to short sexual intercourse and inability to achieve orgasm but also to the distressed state the male partner is experiencing during sexual intercourse.
Sources:
Hartmann U. et al. Cognitive and partner-related factors in rapid ejaculation: differences between dysfunctional and functional men.
World J Urol. 2005
Byers, E. S. and Grenier, G.: Premature or rapid ejaculation: heterosexual couples’ perceptions of men’s ejaculatory behavior. Arch Sex Behav, 2003
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