Originally from https://www.buzzfeed.com/anthonyrivas/make-it-stop?utm_term=4ldqpia
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If you’re going through a ~little thing~ called puberty right now, you may have noticed yourself getting a ridiculous amount of boners.
Welcome to adulthood! Don't worry, you won't be pitching tents this often for the rest of your life, we promise.
But for the time being, here's what you need to know about unpredictable hard-ons.
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Random erections are actually a totally normal part of puberty.
So you shouldn’t worry about them. Seriously, they’re a healthy part of your development and one of the most obvious signs that your body is working the way it should. But since they’re probably popping up in very uncomfortable situations — like in class, when you’re playing video games, or when you’re with your friend’s parents — it’s probably good to understand why they’re happening in the first place.
BuzzFeed Health asked urologists Dr. Peter Stahl, director of male reproductive and sexual medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital, and Dr. Seth Cohen from NYU Medical Center to explain why your body is trolling you with these boners even when you’re not thinking about something sexual. Here’s what they had to say.
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You can blame most of this on your fluctuating testosterone levels.
Testosterone is a hormone produced in the testicles, and it's responsible for lots of stuff that happens during puberty — like a deeper voice, a more prominent Adam's apple, facial hair, and your eventual growth spurt. It's also involved in sexual functioning, said Stahl, so it helps your penis get hard. And during puberty, it’s coursing through you like the venom that gives Bane the strength to fight Batman.
Your testosterone levels will vary throughout puberty, and Cohen said that as levels rise, feelings of arousal will too — triggering your boner.
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