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Impotent is No Way To Define a Man

2024/7/1
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Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

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丈夫
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丈夫: 我喜欢独处,享受个人时间。与妻子相处融洽,但在共同处理家务时容易发生冲突。性方面,我们总是陷入困境,而我认为它本可以更轻松、更令人愉悦。我意识到自己可能永远无法勃起,这让我感到悲伤和绝望。我来自一个沉默寡言的家庭,这与我妻子的家庭氛围形成对比。我缺乏表达需求的自信,这导致了我们之间沟通的障碍。我感到妻子对我感到失望,并为此感到难过。但我仍然认为自己很好,只是希望某些方面有所改变。 妻子: 我们的性生活不和谐,我感到沮丧和不满,希望改善现状。我多年来一直努力尝试各种方法来改善我们的性生活,但最终感到精疲力尽。性生活总是以他无法勃起而告终,这让我非常沮丧。我注意到丈夫在工作中的活力和自信,这与他在性生活中的表现形成对比。我过度关注他的缺点,这使得我们的关系更加紧张。 治疗师: 这对夫妻在一起二十多年,性问题一直是他们关系中一个持续存在的问题,丈夫十二年来一直存在勃起功能障碍。丈夫的性功能障碍不仅仅是生理问题,也反映了他内心的孤独和与妻子情感连接的困难。这对夫妻的性问题与他们的文化背景差异有关,妻子的自主性和表达欲与丈夫内敛的性格和集体主义观念形成冲突。丈夫需要学习如何明确表达自己的需求和愿望,学习如何给予和接受触碰,并体验自身的愉悦。妻子需要改变视角,不要过度关注丈夫的缺点。“阳痿”等标签会加剧问题,建议改变沟通方式和视角。性功能障碍只是症状,不能定义一个人。夫妻之间并非缺乏爱,而是沟通方式和对性问题的认知存在偏差。最初吸引彼此的因素可能也是日后导致冲突的根源。

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The couple discusses their long-term relationship issues, focusing on the husband's impotence and the wife's feelings of disappointment and frustration.

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This is a classic session, from the first season of Where Should We Begin? A husband hasn’t had an erection in 12 years and struggles with acknowledging it openly. His wife, in despair over her feelings of hopelessness in the bedroom, seeks relief from her sexual frustration and feelings of resentment. Esther reinforces to both of them that defining him as “impotent” is only making things worse.

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