Loose underwear or pants can cause your erection to spring free and to bulge more obviously, and make it more difficult to go away as the sensitive head rubs against the fabric.

Again, it’s difficult to avoid sexual stimulation sometimes, and erections don’t always happen when you’re stimulated by anything. Sometimes, your body just doesn’t cooperate because your hormones are running wild. That’s totally normal.

If you’re in public, try to sit down anywhere, but a chair with arms would be ideal. Any kind of reclining chair that you can sink back into would be perfect. But anything will do in a pinch. If you can, just head to a bathroom or your bedroom to do some rearranging. Both are as good a hiding spot as there could be.

Shift it to point up, or point down, along the line of your zipper. The zipper in your pants creates a natural kind of bulge anyway, so it’ll be less obvious if you can tuck it in that direction. Check to make sure that the head doesn’t stick up above your belt line. If your erection is oriented sideways, that’s often the most obvious and uncomfortable. Try to shift it up or down if you can. If you handle your erection too much people might think you are stimulating yourself. You might even ejaculate if you shift it around too much.

If you are in school, or a similar place and you get an erection, look at the clock. How much time do you have until you need to move? If you’re at the swimming pool, use your towel. Lay on a beach chair or in the sand until it goes away.

If you can’t get it to go away by waiting, go to the next section to learn some more techniques.

Drop down and do ten pushups quickly, then try to do 30-40 sit-ups. This will usually do the trick. Go jogging with an erection, if you prefer. Sometimes, just the act of focusing your attention on some sport or game can also do the trick. Keep exercising to get your body working and get rid of some of that frustration. Swimsuit erections can be some of the most obvious. If one happens in the water, start doing some serious lap-swimming. Alternately contract the large muscles in your legs to draw the blood away from your crotch. [6] X Research source This is useful when you are sitting in class.

Think about the true nature of being. Decide what happens when you die. Complete this problem in your head: (1567 x 34)(143 - 56) Picture old people in nursing homes eating lunch. Try to write a rhyming Petrarchan sonnet. Imagine eating raw jellyfish. Read Aristotle. Do a sudoku or a crossword puzzle. Remember the time you stepped in dog poop with bare feet.

Never, under any circumstances, should you attempt to injure or cause pain to your genitals to get an erection to go away. It’s a perfectly normal and natural thing to happen to your body. And it’ll go away eventually. If you have to give your body some sensation to get rid of an erection, there’s nothing wrong with or unhealthy about occasional masturbation. It makes erections go away most times.