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A member asked:
During sleeping, any possible ways to prevent the penis from erecting? its interrupting my sleeping when tis happen.
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No : It is a normal thing during rem sleep.
Answered 5/14/2016
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No.: No you can not stop this from happening. This is a normal occurrence for all males during a certain stage of sleep controlled by the autonomic nervous system more specifically the parasympathetic nervous system.
Answered 11/27/2017
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