Finger 5 – Mental

Erectile dysfunction related to mental issues… Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Sexual performance anxiety, global anxiety, relationship problems, guilt and or fear.

Bodily System Affected

Whole body

What You Can Do

When dealing with mental issues those with comorbid psychiatric disorders should have a psychiatrist or Psychologist review their condition.

Many drugs used to treat mental issues like SRI antidepressants (Prozac, Paxil, Lexapro, Zoloft, Celexa, Sarafem and Luvox), may cause Erectile Dysfunction, and will need reviewing. There are many natural treatments that work as effectively as drugs on depression, anxiety, and many mental health issues. Treatments using a wholistic natural approach are nutritional supplements, diet, lifestyle changes and positive thinking.

Mental issues have many casual factors and to start any healing these need to be addressed. Dealing with factors like general nutritional health, toxicity and emotional trauma release are a start.

Mental issues will raise cortisol (stress hormone) levels in the body, lowering Nitric Oxide levels and this is a big problem, as Nitric Oxide is essential for the erection process. Lowering or controlling cortisol is a must. Stress relieving therapies like meditation, yoga, and earthing, help to control cortisol.

By changing the diet and lifestyle you will start addressing issues like blood sugar levels, high cholesterol, atherosclerosis, increasing Nitric oxide and Niacin levels, balance testosterone, and lower body weight  , this alone may reverse your erectile dysfunction . Ceasing habits like excessive alcohol consumption, recreational drug use and smoking are also necessary to help heal ED.

Additional Therapies

These are additional treatments to look at…

  • If ED caused by Relationship difficulties, guilt, previous sexual abuse, lack of sexual experience and problems with intimacy – Psychosexual treatments may be of benefit. These range from simple sex coaching and education through improved partner communication to cognitive and behavioural therapy.
  • Cannabis Therapy – CBD is showing great benefits in aiding depression and anxiety.
  • Meditation – Allowing the mind to relax via Meditation is beneficial. Meditation is a type of mind–body or During meditation, you concentrate your mind on one thing, such as your breathing, sounds, body movements and feelings or a mantra (chant). Meditation helps train your mind to stay focused and peaceful during times of stress or anxiousness, lowering cortisol (stress hormone) levels. Meditation has both physical and mental health benefits.

It can help you manage the symptoms of many health conditions, including:

Meditation can also have benefits for your mental health including helping to:

Using our Guided Therapies are the easiest way to meditate.

  • Tapping – ‘Tapping’ provides relief from chronic pain, emotional problems, disorders, addictions, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, and physical diseases. While ‘Tapping’ is newly set to revolutionize the field of health and wellness, the healing concepts that it’s based upon have been in practice in Eastern medicine for over 5,000 years. Like acupuncture and acupressure, ‘Tapping’ is a set of techniques which utilize the body’s energy meridian points. You can stimulate these meridian points by tapping on them with your fingertips – literally tapping into your body’s own energy and healing power. Check Tapping procedures