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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Victoria Richards

Voices: I can’t keep an erection – and it’s ruining my sex life

Please be careful if you’re ever tempted to use black market Viagra – the latest warnings are sobering - (HO/AFP/Getty)

Dear Vix,

After a tough upbringing in a foreign country and then a rushed migration and botched settlement period here in the UK, what emerged from my twenties was a young man scraping the bottom of the confidence barrel when it comes to relationships. I used to just assume I was shy, but there’s shy and then there’s “slipping-anonymous-notes-onto-someone’s-desk-with-cryptic-messages-that-only-subtly-hint-at-me” weirdo shy.

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