Patrick wrote:
Unfortunately, I do not know enough about clinics in your area to be of assistance. In the current "Me Too" era, adult males must be vigilant. To a certain extent, male arousal is both physical and psychological; you can only influence the psychological aspect. If your therapist is fully trained and competent, she will know far more about this than you do. My therapist grinned and said that working on me was like being back in cadaver lab, which defused the situation for both of us.
Are you saying that you had a similar issue with a therapist or that as a whole, in all aspects, your body just doesn’t respond to touch at all?
I’m just struggling with what I should do next? Probably will leave it alone and assume that my therapist was totally unaware of my discomort. I thought also about feigning an urgent urine episode if it were to happen again...so at least I could get up, run to the bathroom, readjust, splash some cold water, etc. The last thing I want is to traumatize someone, or get into hot water myself by somehow unintentionally communicating a sexual advance!
I guess this is just another way my body seems to be betraying me lately.