I lost sensation in my penis at 14 and it’s never returned — nobody knows why

Mark’s mental health is poor because he experiences debilitating pain and numbness (Picture: Mark Beattie/PA Real Life)Sitting at his computer, 14-year-old Mark Beattie panicked. He couldn’t feel his genitals.‘It was sudden, I can remember it was almost like my pelvic floor had a freak out, and I felt like everything shifted,’ the now 32-year-old explains.‘From that day on, I had a complete lack of sensation.’In the 18 years since, the feeling in his penis ha