Articles By Psychosexologist Rishabh Bhola

Yes, childhood bullying can contribute to sexual difficulties in adulthood, particularly when repeated humiliation affects a person's self-esteem, body image, trust or fear of being judged. However, bullying does not inevitably cause sexual problems, and it cannot automatically be identified as the reason someone experiences erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation or difficulty with intimacy. Consider a man who was repeatedly mocked during school for his appearance, weigh

Sexual trauma can affect much more than a person's memories of what happened. For some survivors, its impact may appear years later in ways that are difficult to explain: feeling uncomfortable with physical closeness, becoming anxious when a partner initiates sex, struggling to trust someone, losing sexual desire, experiencing pain during intimacy, avoiding certain sexual situations, or suddenly feeling emotionally disconnected during sex. Sometimes the difficulty is not with