June 8th, 2010 by admin

Male impotence is a condition that most men fear of and tend to panic about once there are signs of it. It’s a very common cause for serious psychological issues and quite often even long-lasting relationships tend to be broken due to the development of erectile dysfunction. Men tend to concentrate their self-perception around their sexual abilities and when something isn’t right the whole psychological system become deteriorated.

Medically speaking impotence means the impossibility to achieve an erection hard enough to enjoy sexual intercourse. The causes of male impotence are varied and include such groups of factors as psychological issues (stress, anxiety, mental illness), drug or surgery side-effects (some antidepressants are known to cause impotence), physical damage to genitals as well as underlying medical conditions (diabetes, hypertension). One should understand the different between impotence and sterility, the latter being the inability to procreate without the actual inability to have sex.

It is estimated that 9 out of each 10 cases of male impotence are caused by underlying psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, stress or mental illness. Read the rest of this entry »

June 8th, 2010 by admin

Most of us have felt that the world is about to collapse and everything will end in just a few minutes. This is quite common in situations of stress, worry and uncertainty. The feeling of fear, dread and problems with concentration is what characterizes common anxiety. There’s nothing particularly special about it and usually it can be controlled. However, there are people who live with constant anxiety that cannot be controlled. And to make things even worse, the causes for such anxiety do not lie in the logical realm, being a subjective experience that is rarely linked to actual threat or stress. This is what anxiety disorders are all about and to say that they are unpleasant is like saying nothing at all.

There are different types of anxiety disorders, each of them characterized by different symptoms, intensity of anxiety and circumstances in which it occurs. One of the most common types is panic disorder that manifests through panic attacks that occur for no apparent reason. During such an attack a person feels dread, fear and experiences fast heartbeat and problems with concentration. This anxiety disorder is quite often connected with agoraphobia (fear of large open spaces and social settings) and social phobia, if untreated. However, in most cases this disorder is treatable with medications and psychotherapy. Read the rest of this entry »