The book by Sean Stephens

Your body works. The fear is the problem.

If you can get hard alone but lose it the moment a partner is in the room, nothing is broken. You're stuck in a fear loop, and this book shows you exactly how to step out of it.

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There is no cure. There is a way to stop feeding it.

That's the first page of the book, and it's the reason the method works. Performance anxiety gets stronger every time you fight it. You try to force calm, you watch your own body, you check whether you're hard enough, and the checking itself shuts arousal down.

The Performance Anxiety Cure takes a different route. It explains what's happening between your fear system and your arousal system, then gives you specific moves for the moments that trip men up: the first night with someone new, the pause before penetration, the condom, and the night it goes wrong anyway.

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Sound familiar?

The pattern this book was written for

  • You get erections alone without any trouble, but not with a partner.
  • The worry starts on the drive over, long before anything happens.
  • You've tried supplements, kegels or NoFap and nothing changed.
  • You've started avoiding dates or hookups so it can't happen again.
  • One small dip in firmness turns into full panic within seconds.

The Method

Eight principles, in the order they work

Each principle below has its own page. Read them start to finish for the short version of the plan, then pick up the book for the complete version with scripts, examples and the step-by-step methods.

  1. 01Stop feeding the fear
  2. 02The fear switch
  3. 03Your pleasure first
  4. 04Say it out loud
  5. 05Fail on purpose
  6. 06The danger window
  7. 07Skip the shortcuts
  8. 08Training wheels

Start with principle one

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The Performance Anxiety Cure by Sean Stephens

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The pages on this site cover the principles. The book walks you through every step, including what to say, what to do in the moment, and how to handle the night it goes wrong.

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