I’m a 28-year-old virgin and I can’t get an erection

Alex from Virgin Island season 2 (Picture: Channel 4/Rob Parfitt)

‘I feel almost a failure in many ways. I tried to have sex and was too nervous to do it.’

These are the words of 28-year-old data analyst Alex, who is still a virgin due to his ‘performance anxiety’ and inability to get an erection.

He’s taking part in Channel 4’s Virgin Island in hopes to conquer his erectile dysfunction and eventually have sex, but it’s far from easy.

‘Not being able to get an erection is constantly playing on my mind,’ he explains in the first episode. ‘This is something old people deal with.’

But Alex

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