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Errection during sleep

2020-10-22 19:49:05
Why do we get erections when we are asleep? Whenever I get an erection it wakes me up in the middle of my sleep and I couldn't be able to sleep after few minutes, what should I do avoid these interruptions during sleep
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Erections during sleep are involuntary and therefore we cannot control them. These erections occur automatically, 3-5 times during a good nights sleep. They occur not because of sex dreams or touching the penis during the sleep, but because of certain changes in the autonomous nervous system. Night erections are an indication that all is well with your sexual system.

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