10 Sex Drive Killers

These factors may be responsible for the lack of action in your bedroom!

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 Many people perform best under pressure, but sexual performance certainly isn’t one of those. Stress at the workplace, financial troubles, a sick family member, or simply a hectic lifestyle with poor eating habits can take a toll on your sex life.

While you won’t know for sure what the culprit is until you talk with a doctor, these common reasons for low libido may point you in the right direction.

1 STRESS

When you’re under stress – mentally, physically and/ or emotionally – you don’t really feel ‘sexy’. Your mind is more focused on the ‘problem’ and it’s hard to get out of your head. But the real problem with stress is the negative changes in your hormones.

As your stress hormone ‘cortisol’ goes up, your primary ‘sex drive’ hormone ‘testosterone’ goes down! Many people think the opposite of testosterone is estrogen, but it’s not. It’s cortisol. Both men and women have testosterone and estrogen, but just in different amounts and ratios.

So you must learn to manage your stress levels because this is a major ‘sex drive’ killer, due to the negative changes in your hormones!

2 RELATIONSHIP ISSUES

Problems with your partner is one of the top sex drive killers. This can fall into the ‘stress’ category as well, but this could be more of an emotional stress. This typically affects women more because for women, feeling close is a major part of ‘desire’. They start to get aroused more in their mind and heart, while men do so visually with their eyes.

However, stress from fighting, poor communication, negative feelings of resentment, betrayal, anger and other trust issues all negatively affect your sexual desire for your partner.

3 TOO LITTLE SLEEP