Causes of Premature Ejaculation

Primary Premature Ejaculation

Premature Ejaculation (PE) is the most common male sexual disorder.  It particularly affects young men, but it sometimes manifests itself without warning in people of all ages, even those who have previously enjoyed a good, healthy sex-life.

Primary PE applies to those individuals who have had the condition since they became sexually active.  Secondary PE applies to those individuals who previously had a level of ejaculatory control, but for whatever reason began experiencing PE in later life.

For many years sexual health experts have argued that Primary PE is caused by early 'conditioning'. In other words, the man's early, rushed, and perhaps secretive sexual experiences had to be quick - so as to avoid detection! The idea is that all this hectic rushing conditions him to climax as quickly as possible. 

More recently, experts believe that for those men where PE appears during adolescence/young adulthood, the origins of PE are normally grounded in anxiety, fear, feelings of guilt experienced in early relationships, lack of sex education, or the practice of inadequate masturbations. 

The truth is the scientific community is not completely agreed on the causes of Primary PE.  What they do agree on is that, despite the lack of knowledge about the origins of Primary PE, Primary PE is most certainly a treatable condition.

Secondary Premature Ejaculation

Secondary Premature Ejaculation (PE) applies to those individuals who previously had a level of ejaculatory control, but for whatever reason began experiencing PE in later life.  Where PE appears in later adulthood after an otherwise healthy sex-life, PE is usually triggered by environmental factors.  Troubles and stresses produced by everyday pressures can manifest themselves during sexual intercourse. 

Normally stress is a good thing: it helps us to focus on important tasks, it urges us to do things, and it generally makes life a bit more exciting.  Occasionally, however, a stressful event can push you past your limits.  In these cases it is obvious that such an event can impact your sex-life.  What is less obvious is that regular and persistent everyday stressors build up and affect your body the same way a single large event can. 

These stressors can trigger a series of changes in the chemistry of the brain.  Such changes can put the entire body in anxiety mode.  When this happens, the body is affected in negative ways.  Sexually, stress will cause a decreased enjoyment of pleasure, an increased sensitivity to pain and stimulus, occasional impotence, and frequent occurrences of PE.