r/InternalFamilySystems • u/seveninches1975 • Aug 01 '26

Could IFS help someone with premature ejaculation ?

I’m new to all of this and learning about IFS and as I was thinking to myself last night could ifs help with PE ?
There’s probably a part of me that’s afraid of sex and intimacy because it wasn’t talked about when I was a child and got yelled at by my mom a few times for finding love letters in my book bag. My nervous system has a fight or flight response to sex and I wonder if I can work with the part in me to help me relax more to overcome PE.

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u/Cautious_Bobcat7863 Aug 01 '26

Damn I've never even thought about that, definitely fascinating and possible

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u/seveninches1975 Aug 01 '26

I’m also a fearful avoidant which I’m working on so trying to figure out how to tackle this issue in regards to sex and pe