Where Manhood Loses Its Anchor

When sensation is cut off from a part of the body, the mind has no way to register that area as part of the self. In cases of sexual abuse, the nervous system often shuts down the very region that was violated.

When a man can’t feel his pelvis or genitals as a steady, grounded part of his body, the brain loses an important anchor. He’s left trying to inhabit manhood without a felt sense of where it lives. Without that physical reference point, identity can become unstable, and confusion about desire or attraction can follow.