Dear Eric:

That is not too much information, just enough. You called it “toxic mental loop” and “vicious cycle”. This is my understanding of your mental loop/ cycle:

original anxiety-> sexual dysfunction-> performance anxiety (added to original anxiety)->sexual dysfunction-> performance anxiety, etc.

How to  break free from this loop?

Maybe I will come up with possible suggestions if you elaborate on the recent accumulated ” larger, less controllable emotional issues”.

anita