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As an exercise, have as many coffees or water or whatever you want throughout the day, and into the evening if necessary - and hold that liquid in all day, or two days if you can, then tell me where you feel a sensation as you increasingly try keeping that flood gate closed.
Nothing will be visible of course because you are conscious, so if your bladder fills up during sleeping hours and you fail to wake up...what keeps that flood gate closed? Something must keeping it closed, and unless one is nuerologically brain dead it will be an automatic trigger that sends a message to wherever the message needs to go in order not to piddle the bed. And as you say, one will be in the relaxed state when in sleep mode, so if we are not consciously holding it in...what is? It will be the relaxed state, or unconscious state that results in the morning glory as the 'trigger' mechanism has done it's job throughout the sleeping hours.
As I said before, it's not the only reason for the morning glory, or half glory, it's just one reason for it. There could be a hundred other reasons for all I know. We may like to think we are in control of our bodies and bodily functions...but the inner workings of the mind take over when we're in sleep mode, we have no control...but *something* must maintain control when we're not in conscious attendance, and that something must be an automated response.
Morning wood and the need to whizz are not releated. The morning erections are usually due to be being relaxed from resting not arousal. That might explain the difference. The difference arises with amount of blood and other factors. It is thought to be tied in to REM sleep and not a bladder function.
Exactly! Women don't get erections and yet they don't "wet the bed."
If you have any doubt that the US lags in sciences, all one needs to do is read C-D.
Well being a bladder is controlled by a muscle and not a penis the notion of a morning erection is wrong. Care to explain how I haven't wet the bed in 30 plus years and I haven't had erections for nearly that long. How is it that I'll wake up without an erection or a wet bed? Again the "logic" that it offers control is silly at best. Give me some time I will refute this idea erections are a means of bladder control. Kinda hard from a blackberry.
It is sad that America who was once a leader in science has now stooped to this level.
OK, whatever you's reckon, I've given the OP one possibility. I'm not sure if you's are deliberately missing my point or just locked into one frame of thought, so I'll end with this...How does one continue breathing, and the heart still maintains it's rythm while we are in sleep mode? That's science! Understanding that there are other forces at work while in the unconscious state.
Not forgetting that..."It is *thought* to be REM sleep". That's not science. Science is about questioning and trying to get a better understanding of how, what, and why things work as they do. Consider my supposition as a *thought* then if you like, in which case it deserves to be given equal merit/plausability as REM.
erections and bed wetting are controlled by our endocrine system, I know some women think men want to have sex in the moring because they are full of pee, but that pee might be full of hormones, Thats why pregnancy test are best done with first morning pee, Bed wetting can be treated with hormones. Now back to the topic, If your morning erection is not representing, then you may not have sufficent hormone levels at that time. It could be related to the quality of sleep you are getting.
erections and bed wetting are controlled by our endocrine system, I know some women think men want to have sex in the moring because they are full of pee, but that pee might be full of hormones, Thats why pregnancy test are best done with first morning pee, Bed wetting can be treated with hormones. Now back to the topic, If your morning erection is not representing, then you may not have sufficent hormone levels at that time. It could be related to the quality of sleep you are getting.
Recent studies link hormone imbalance and bed-wetting in children. Previously, bed-wetting was associated with psychological issues, deep sleep and small bladder capacity. The new studies that point to imbalanced hormones could be having something to point us to new medication direction
If a lack of morning erections is accompanied by a lack of overall erections it suggests a physical over a psychological cause. If you are concerned about a noticeable change in your morning erections it's something you may want to talk about with your doctor. However there are a variety of other factors that influence morning erections (including length and quality of sleep) and a change in morning erections doesn't always indicate a serious problem. Morning Erections – What Causes Nighttime and Morning Erections?
These are quick ones I found, I'm sure there's a dissertation out there on these subjects as they have been fairly well researched for quite some time.
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