膨脹問題: 勃起缺乏 - 社會心理原因

雙方關係問題
一位女子的男性性伴定期不能勃起，她一定也會受到消極的影響，所以必須在治療中要改善雙方的性關係。治療的第一步通常由性伴性關係再教育(a couple's sexual re-education)所組成。例如，他們必須全然地懂得勃起是一種自然而然的生理反應。男人不能想要勃起就會勃起；他只能有產生勃起的可能性。不管用何種方法，如果在他及其性伴之間有相互的性回饋(sexual feedback-此處指雙方相互刺激而相互達到性興奮——譯者注)，如果他身心放鬆得夠充分，他才能夠必然地產生勃起。另一方面，焦慮和憂慮可能會阻斷他的性反應。簡而言之，接受性伴性關係再教育的男女雙方要認識到：“沒有什麼是可怕的，可怕的恰恰是可怕本身”。當然，也必須要討論男子害怕失敗的潛在原因，如果性伴一方或雙方總體上對性行為有消極和不切實際的態度，就必須予以糾正。還必須要考慮調整性伴雙方的非性方面的相互關係。歸根結底，只有男女之間完全通人情的充分溝通才能夠使他們通向相互幸福的彼岸。

Problems of Tumescence: Lack of Erection - Psychosocial Causes

A Relationship Problem
A woman whose male partner regularly fails to have an erection is bound to be negatively affected too, and it is therefore the whole sexual relationship that has to be treated. The first therapeutic step usually consists of a couple's sexual re-education. For example, they have to understand once and for all that an erection is an involuntary response. No man can will an erection; he can only allow it to happen. He can be certain, however, that it will happen if there is some sexual feedback between him and his partner, and if he is relaxed enough. Anxiety and apprehension, on the other hand, are likely to block his responses. In short, the couple learns that they have "nothing to fear but fear itself". Naturally, the underlying reasons for such fear have to be discussed also, and if one or both of the partners have negative and unrealistic attitudes toward sex in general, they must be corrected. In addition, the non-sexual aspects of the couple's relationship have to be considered. In the final analysis, it is the full human communication between man and woman that leads to their mutual happiness.