Hello guys, i have form of Peyronies Disease whitch is brought by injury, i can have erections but they fade quickly without stimulation..
Thing is that most damage that Peyronies Disease gave me is physicall but after injury i lost my sexual desire, whitch now is not even close as before injury so i decided to visit some theraphist...
I wrote on this subject before on this forum but if there is anyone who is experienced with psychotherapy i would like to hear from you what ia the best therapy for this particular problem..
I have one psychiatrist in area which i had one session with, he is doing psychoanalysis, he told me that i need to commit myself to therapy for long time up to one year to see noticable changes....
So guys what do you think is psyhoanalysis good therapy for this particular situation or some other therapy would be better?
Btw, when i injured myself first 2 years i was deppresive a lot, but after some time now im not , but sexual desire problem remained becouse i assume this was big mental trauma for me....
Open to suggestions
Regards!
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We do know that Peyronies Disease triggered by an obvious injury is not different than any other kind of Peyronies Disease.
Generally speaking, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is much more productive than long-term psychoanalysis.
Hey hawk thanks for response, i filled my signature line..im trying to educate myself what would be best course of action but there are conflicting reports becouse in some articles i readed that psychoanalysis have longest long term succes rate , so i dont know what to decide? So you think cbd therapy is way to go? Do you know any other kind of therapys maybe more beneficial, anyway thank you for your response....
Studies have shown that having a therapist you trust is more important than the type of psychotherapy they practice. However, it's true that CBT has been proven to work, at least in the short term to help you challenge and/or accept your thoughts and decrease your anxiety levels. I'd suggest consulting a few therapists and going with one you really like and have a good connection to. It may take some time but it's definitely worth it. You shouldn't have to deal with this disease alone and therapy can be a powerful tool.
I started having therapy after my anxiety/depression got to the point where I was struggling to function in my everyday life.
I couldn't work well and felt like my life lost all purpose, it was a double blow for me as the onset of the disease coincided with a painful break-up where my girlfriend left me for a close friend.
Having a weekly session for an hour to vent all my feelings really helps me cope, and I find it comforting that somehow the burden is shared with someone who is committed to listening and helping me through this.
For me it was important to have a therapist who is male, obviously so they can relate more to what I'm going through, and also an older person who can provide matured/considered feedback.
It has helped me put the issue into perspective and I find I can function sufficiently to work and occasionally get enjoyment out of life. That's not to say I don't get depressive moments and it hurts me terribly but I know that before too long I will feel OK again.
I am also followed by a psychoterapist. I don't know which kind but he mostly makes me talk about my feeling and my interiority, and try to analyze them.
Also he tries to push me to take risks, think of sex in different ways and chase relationships.
Another big big thing he focuses on is he wants me to keep an active social life, and ofc that's very important indeed. My first reaction was to isolate but that's counterproductive.
How useful is it? Really hard to tell, but for sure it helped me. What he says, even tho it's really basic stuff in a way, it's something that alone maybe i would have avoided out of fear.
Thank you andy for sharing your positive experience.
It's really nice to know you find value in your therapy and it brings me hope
For what it's worth OP, after looking through your old posts, you said you suffered a jelqing injury, which resulted in hourglassing when semi erect, and a soft glans. It sounds like you have hard flaccid. You should check out the hard_flaccid subreddit, many guys there experience the same symptoms that you do, and they don't have Peyronie's disease. Same with the guys at pegym, thousands injured themselves through jelqing and end up with your symptoms. Unfortunately, there's no known "cure", and this condition is not recognized by the medical community.
Not trying to derail the thread, but I thought it would help you if you knew you probably do not have Peyronie's disease. And your signature says you can get erections but can't maintain them, have you never tried 5mg of cialis at all? I've read a bunch of guys with your same problem take cialis with good results.
I feel that if you tackle these erection problems, your libido will be back, and your psychological problems will all be in the past.
Hey guys thanks for response, can you tell me do you have problems with desire and did psychotherapy helped you?
Lost and said im open for suggestions every goal orientaded(turn situation in better) piece of information is welcome, but i will tell you that i have some sort of scar tissue on penis at end of corpora and that is hard and palpable and can be felt with hands. As you said maybe fixing erection would fix my desire problem becouse i spoke to one man who injured himself trough jelqing and he had surgery and he told me now his desire is close to preinjury levels...
But on the other hand im reading a lot of people with total ed have good unchanged sexual desire ( so its not dependand o hard penis) so im confused...
i definitely have problems with desire, i no longer desire sex or even masturbation.
i am taking antidepressants tho so that may be factor.
also ofc depression might be a factor aswell.
so it's hard to say what is causing it.
if not directly, I am sure psychotherapy helped me change perspective on my sex life.
i don't know if it made my desire stronger, i doubt it. but it helped me keep some hope on a possibility on having sex ever again
Some antidepressants are known to kill your libido but it is temporary and reversible.So it means no erections and no desire for sex.But after you quit them your libido will be back after some time.
My lack of sexual desire is purely physical, between circumcision and peyronie my penis was numb, weakened and sometimes painful.
Going to a psychologist can help you with your life, you don't lose anything.