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Response from Men's Sexual Health:

It sounds like you are talking about premature ejaculation (quicker than you would like).

Many men suffer from premature ejaculation, a recent UK survey said 10% of male population had suffered with PE at some point in their life. Another European study classed PE as lasting around 1.8 mins, and with 7.3 mins being classed as normal. You would probably be classed as severe at under 2 mins. 

However we can make some suggestions on how to last longer. There are initially four treatments for PE:

1. Distraction method – when you are nearing climax, think about something completely different than what's going on. 



2. When you are having sex with someone else, a longer period of foreplay without touching your penis can improve it for you both. Try to find things to do for each other which feel nice without any contact with your penis. 



3. Try squeezing your penis hard below the head, this will usually stop the climax and after a few moments you can start again. You can also try this technique when you are masturbating and see if you can control your orgasm and cum later.



4. Start stop method – when alone try masturbating till you reach the point where you are going to climax but stop yourself. Repeat this three or four times to build up your own self control, and then allow yourself to climax, after a few times a week doing this, you should find yourself lasting longer. 

Solutions three and four are probably going to help the most: the longer you can last on your own, the more chance you can use this skill with your someone else. 

Also the penis will naturally lose erection most times after ejaculation, but after a short period of rest time, some men are able to get erect and and will find the second time it takes longer to ejaculate. Due to suffering with serve case of PE, you would probably also benefit from some form of sexual counselling, discuss this with your GP as they may be able to refer you onto someone in your area. Please get back in touch if you need to, we hope this has helped.

Answered by team member Douglas
11th January 2016