Being nervous interferes with sexual arousal. Explain why, with reference to the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.

When one is nervous activates the sympathetic system and the irrigation towards the cardiac and muscular zone is increased, increases the arterial tension and the respiratory rate.

That is why the blood or blood volume is dispersed in these organs to be able to render efficiently in a moment of stress or flight for the human.

When we have sexual intercourse and there is sexual excitement, a large part of the blood volume goes to the reproductive organs to be able to irrigate the area and produce said excitement, if we are stressed in an alert situation, it will be harmed by the priority body to irrigate the main areas like heart and muscle.

Explanation:

It is important to clarify that the physiological stress in humans is a normal situation, thanks to the presence of cortisol and it is what keeps us active, but if it increases due to anxiety or overwork, psychological problems, etc., it will no longer be physiological due to that is in excess.

Thus, sexual arousal will also be affected by the psychological impotence generated by excess mental stress outside the vascular pattern.

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