Your sex drive can be fragile when there’s too much stress in your life. Lack of interest in sex can destroy relationships and cut your self-confidence to zero. There are many things, including hormones, that can affect your sex drive, but stress is one of the main culprits.
Women, especially, are prone to losing all sexual desire when confronted by too much stress. The juggle of a woman’s personal and professional parts of life can cause stress that can interfere with sex drive and many other portions of their lives.
Coping with children, schedules, medical issues, work and other difficulties are especially hard on women who are trying to do it all. Stress is taking a toll in the bedroom and without help it can spiral out of control.
When a man’s sexual desire wanes, it’s usually in the form of erectile dysfunction and stress could be a big component in that diagnosis. Women, however, suffer from both physical and mental issues that aren’t cured by simply taking a pill to correct it.
Sexual dysfunction caused mainly from stress can be addressed without taking medications. Solutions might include sexual counseling or counseling on how to manage the stress in your life.
Taking medications such as those for depression or anxiety can greatly inhibit your sexual desire. Even though it may address the depression, the side effects create more problems in the bedroom.
Along with a decrease in sexual desire, stress may bring changes in your emotional well-being such as behavior or mood swings. Anger for no obvious reason may also accompany the stress causing lack of desire.
Stress may also begin to show in medical issues such as high blood pressure, diabetes and other stress-related problems. The last thing on your mind will be to have sex when you aren’t feeling well.
Be sure to have a complete physical exam if you think medical issues may be the cause of your lack of desire for physical contact. That’s also a good time to bring up emotional or stressful issues that may be causing the problem.
The most powerful sexual organ in your body is your brain, and it could be that you need to make some lifestyle changes that will not only reduce the stress levels in your life, but also give you a new outlook.
Whatever the reasons for your lack of sex drive, it should be addressed so you can enjoy life to the fullest. Stress is the leading cause of so many things that could go wrong in your life. Do something about it before it spirals out of control.
Research online or speak to your health care provider to find reasons and solutions for stress-caused sexual dysfunction, including lack of desire. A willingness to work on the problem and reduce stress in your life can be the key to boosting your sexual drive.
