Unless you’ve been living on a yet-to-be-discovered island, you’ll have to agree that the stress of the last year and a half has been beyond our wildest imaginations. Worrying about the health and wellbeing of family, friends, and colleagues, the possibilities of losing your job, or worse, your home, has added undue pressure and anxiety – and that has probably affected not only your relationships but your sex life too.
HOW STRESS IMPACTS YOUR SEX DRIVE
When the body reacts to stress it triggers your flight or fight response. Usually, this response is there to ready the body to run away from danger or stay and fight. Amongst other things, your heart rate increases and your breathing changes, while functions not needed at that point, like your sex drive, rapidly diminish. The body releases cortisol and epinephrine which when pumped out at high levels, also cause your sex
