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Unable to Get Arroused

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Um, I think it would only be abnormal if you couldn't get aroused when you wanted to.

Otherwise, if it's just seeing a member of the opposite sex and not lusting, getting an erection, whatever, then yeah, that's pretty "normal" I guess.

However, if you're married or something and are unable to get an erection during sexual intercourse, then you should probably go see a doctor.
 
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Danielof the Island said:
Is it normal for a 22-year-old man to not get arroused by the opposite sex? No, I'm not gay. I've just never been sexually stimulated by thought.


That's not really a struggle, I wouldn't say. Does it bother you? Perhaps you are one of the people who are mostly visual. Or you just don't put that must store in imagination.
 
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Actually Daniel, when you are in the direct presence of the opposite sex - that is when the erection response triggers. After the eighth grade or so I can't remember a single time when I could mentally produce an erection by just *thinking* about a girl.
 
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if you aren't married and in a romatic situation with your spouse, it's NOT a problem. this really isn't a recovery issue. it's a question about what a man's responses are physically. i think getting advice on what you 'should be doing', is missing the mark; that you don't struggle with desires that need to be surpressed or worked out until marriage. rejoyce! you don't have this struggle... run from this forum. with all of our blessings. place your focus on something else.
 
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