Erectile Dysfunction and your relationship. First off let’s start by clearing the air – this is not a taboo topic! If you are not discussing it and you’re battling erectile dysfunction, you should be! It’s one that should be talked about openly and freely not only between patient and provider but amongst couples. If you are suffering from erectile dysfunction you don’t talk about it, you won’t get the help and advice you need, which can lead to angst in your relationship. In conversations with patients suffering from erectile dysfunction, there is a slurry of emotions that they battle while also struggling with the disease. There is frustration, disappointment, mental angst and embarrassment to mention a few. And it is easy to get caught up in your own emotions and forget to have the difficult conversations with your partner. They too are struggling with emotions in regards to erectile dysfunction, including feeling like it is their fault, a lack of attraction and desire, frustration and a loss of passion. Let’s face it intimacy and desire are important cornerstones of a relationship and without them the conversations you’re not having may be even more detrimental to your relationship. So talk about it with your spouse and then us.