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When a man experiences erectile dysfunction for the first time in his life, the first impulse is to think about a serious underlying medical condition. It is very true that an onset of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and other medical conditions are known to cause erectile dysfunctions. Other common causes can include medication, increased alcohol consumption, smoking, drug abuse etc.

If there is no medical cause for your lack of erection, then maybe it would be worth investigating the nonphysical causes of erectile dysfunction . In fact, most of the time, impotence is a psychological issue, rather than the early signal of a medical condition.

The most common psychological causes for erectile dysfunction are:

1. Inhibited sexual desire

2. Anxiety Disorders

3. Depression

4. Mental fatigue

5. Stress

6. Guilt

7. Relationship problems

8. Lack of interest in sex by the partner

Its worth noting that excessive masturbation impotence is just a myth. You cannot become impotent by masturbating too much, but you can experience lack of erection if you feel you masturbate too much and you think this is wrong, which equals guilt. Excessive masturbation can lead to penile injuries in some rare cases and even damaged wrists, but it will not cause impotence all by itself.

Most men will experience psychological impotence at least once in their adult life, so it's important to know that an occasional episode is not a diagnosis for on-going impotence. In most cases, isolated episodes are more likely to be due to fatigue, stress or an over-indulgence in alcohol than an underlying physical cause. However, many men react to an occasional episode of impotence by becoming more anxious, which results in further sexual problems, hence more anxiety.