my boyfriend wakes up with a hard on every morning. why??? it has been going on for 6 years now and he says its not from dreams.
2006-09-12 13:48:26 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Men's Health
Okay I will try and explain how erections happen but you will be most amazed by the fact that most of the time (at least in young men ) we don't do anything. Also, you will have to put up with a long explanation. In order to have sex a male penis must be erect. That erection is related to physical health, mental health, and emotional health (ego) If a male is threatened or scared or has anxiety about sex he may not be able to get erect. Erections occur when more blood is pumped into the special tissue in the penis than can leave. The arteries carry blood to the penis and the veins carry blood away from the penis. When the brain gives the command the arteries dilate (become very large) and more blood is pumped into the penis than can be carried away by the smaller veins. The result is the penis becomes engourged with blood and becomes erect. When erect it becomes more sensitive and sexual arousal is easier. The following things will trigger the command in the brain so that an erection occurs. Physical stimulation (the boy or other person touch and rubs the penis), visual stimulation (the boy sees a girl, a picture, or woman in a form of undress that triggers an erection) Males are genetically engineered to be set off by visual stimulations. This is one reason why most users of pornography are males. In childhood and early puberty (5 to 13) boys can get spontaneous erections. The brain just decides to trigger an erection. This is very embarrassing to boys because it happens at school, while at play, in front their girl friends, in the shower during PE. The boy does nothing to cause this it just happens really! Girls think boys are always horny and that is true for teen agers but boys don't do it the hormones do it to them. Mental stimulation, sometimes just thinking about a special girl or having masturbated last night etc. will stimulate an erection. Boys get no rest while they sleep either. While a boy sleeps at night he usually has up to 7 erections in his sleep. And if he has not masturbated for several days and is of the age to produce semen he may have an orgasm in his sleep ( a wet dream ) in which he shoots semen all over his PJ's or briefs and the bed sheets. It is usually a rather large amount. Then in the morning he wakes up with a very hard erection that is the result of pressure from a full urinary bladder on the veins in his penis. That has to be dealt with in some way so he can urinate. Erections are very much a part of a man's life. In our youth we do not do a lot to cause them they just happen. As we mature and enter puberty we learn to take charge of our sexuality and to control them to some degree but not totally. A man can cause an erection by physical stimulation, visual stimulation, sex play with a partner, or mental stimulation or fantasy. And most men use those things to get erections at private moments in order to masturbate in private and release all that sexual tension. When a man gets a partner then she helps release all the sexual tension and love making or having sex envolves physical, visual, and emotional stimulus.
2006-09-12 14:58:55 · answer #1 · answered by Geo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ignore those that have no clue. You can't pee with a full erection, it is physically impossible. That's what makes it such a pain in the morning-you need to pee but can't until your erection goes down some.
Most every guy in good health from puberty into 40's and 50's or even later have morning wood. Natural process of the male body. The penis gets erect several times during the night, medical researchers think it has something to do with ensuring viability of erections, by flushing blood in and out of the penis. The morning wood you see may have been up for an hour or so, or just a few minutes.
Morning wood is why so many teenage guys and older don't jump out of bed right away--if someone else is around, it is rather awkward to have that sticking straight out!
2006-09-12 13:56:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One term for it is a priapism. And he's correct that it has nothing to do with his dreams. Studies have shown that men will actually have erections that come and go throughout an entire nights sleep. While I'm sure there is a specific reason behind it, I don't believe it's because he has to use the restroom in the morning; but believe him that it is not because of dreams. It is simply a normal physiological occurrance.
2006-09-12 14:14:32 · answer #3 · answered by Corey R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your boyfriend could be lots like I am. I normally get up about 5 times during the night to go relieve myself; in other words Pee..
Myself, I am a morning sex person. I love to start the day off just right. If you happen to get someone who is tired, lazy, and loves to sleep, you can usually forget AM "love making". I cannot at this moment in time recall when I had a sleep-over that was not aroused before daylight. Sometimes it was her, and times it was me. I have always been a morning person for fantastic love making. Just thinking about what happened the night before is enough for me to want to stay out of work. Just remember ladies you will not hurt a guy's feelings by waking before him and rubbing his back, or whatever. Most men are affectionate, and don't hesitate to make your boyfriend, husband, feel nice. They love, and I love women agression. It is a turn-on for most of the men population.
2006-09-12 14:14:21 · answer #4 · answered by virginiamayoaunt 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i might want to promote off him asap. If he likes yet another lady and he or she him, WHAT ARE YOU DOING??? actual love would not play video games or have wandering eyes, this is dedicated and confusing artwork. you would possibly want to be sure this as a pink flag, a deal breaker, strike 3. Your youthful, i'm guessing, you shouldn't also be thinking a severe courting that is going to reason you lack of self belief. have exciting, do not develop into overly invested in this, WHAT? you won't be able to flirt? bypass on, the writing is on the wall and it spells difficulty. Do your self a want and decrease the guy loose, even if it really is destined to be, this is going to run this is direction and he will be again. yet why you would possibly want to take him again in basic terms you may answer.
2016-11-26 20:28:35 · answer #5 · answered by mccunn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Morning wood. Quite common. Studies show that men are most sexually active in the morning. I am not sure why. I'll have to ask my morning wood some time.
2006-09-12 13:50:01 · answer #6 · answered by bootstrap 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont know y but i do too and i dont even have dreams about that i have crazy dreams but no matter what i still wake up with one even if i dont have a dream at all its crazy but hes telling the truth we dont know why
2006-09-12 13:52:29 · answer #7 · answered by bigboss 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's more because we haven't used the bathroom in a while, and while we're sleeping, our blood flows differently. It's like that with all of us. Not dreams.
2006-09-12 13:50:44 · answer #8 · answered by Nemo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
FACT: guys get about 6 hard ons in one night.... so this normal for a guy
2006-09-12 14:19:34 · answer #9 · answered by melissadinon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a natural occurance to help prevent guys from peeing in their sleep. It's not a sexual thing, it's a bathroom thing, seriously.
2006-09-12 13:49:49 · answer #10 · answered by Pedro I. Wong 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋