‘E.D.’

Last fall, this guy (let’s call him Sanjay) came to see me with erection problems, referred by his urologist. Sanjay had spent a lot of time online, researching supplements, diet changes, kegels, etc.. “I don’t know much about sex therapy,” he said. “Please tell me specific things to do.”

He had never had sex with anyone. He believed he had E.D. because he had just returned from Mumbai, where he had tried to have sex for the first time–with a woman he barely knew, under a lot of pressure. They were hoping to marry, but given his poor “performance,” she suggested they simply give up on sex altogether.

So Sanjay was in a panic.

Enter Johann Sebastian Bach, the towering master of the Baroque.