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Things
That
Kill
Your
Sex Drive The
Low Libido Blues
by
Lisa S. Lawless, Ph.D., C.E.O. Holistic
Wisdom Founder
Lisa S. Lawless, Ph.D., CEO
Your
sex drive may be high, low or some where in-between, but
what it most likely isn't is consistent. Most people ride
the roller coaster 'o love when it comes to their libido.
One day you may feel like a plant and think that a good
book would float your boat, while the next morning when
you wake, you may find yourself so wound up that you lustfully
eye your pillow ready to jump on and hump that baby 'til
the feathers are a flyin'.
When
I say libido/sex drive, I am not referring to sexual arousal
as those are two different aspects of sexuality.
Sex
Drive refers to your interest in sex. Sexual Arousal
refers to your body's ability to physically respond
to sexual stimuli. The most notable physical responses of
aexual arousal in men is an erection and for women it is
lubrication of her vagina. For
the purposes of this article we will be discussing Sex
Drive, also known as Libido.
A marked
decline in sex drive is usually the body's way of letting
you know that you have an imbalance going on. What can cause
this? Here are some of the most common reasons that your
lovely libido may find itself stuck in a rut.
Depression
and/or Anxiety From Life
When
examining depression or anxiety in mental health, one must
understand that they are highly interconnected. Depression
is typically caused by anxiety from life stressors. When
we experience stress, sex is usually the last thing on our
minds. From work, finances to relationships, there is a
lot in life that can cause stress and ultimately lead to
symptoms of depression. When we are anxious or depressed
it is common for your libido to go limp.
Women
in particular carry over stress into the bedroom because
it is not just about wanting sex for them, it is also often
about wanting to feel sexy. It is hard to
feel like a "hot mama" when you have a "To
Do" list going on in your head from reviewing the kids
soccer practice to paying bills. Men also have this type
of stress, but due to social conditioning, it is more prevalent
in women when it carries over to libido.
This
issue of feeling sexy can also pertain to simply having
a poor body image which can lead to self abusive thinking
and a slippery slope to low sex drive as well. Using positive
self imagery, positive reinforcements to oneself may seem
silly, but are very powerful. They don't say "mind
over matter" for nothing. If this is a major issue
for you or your partner, a therapist, an exercise class,
a support group, a friend to provide support are just a
few wonderful ways to assist in exploring a self affirming
perspective.
What
To Do About Life Stress?
One
of the best things I can ever recommend is to take care
of yourself, and I don't just mean just the surface stuff
of wearing sexy perfume or a new hair style. One of the
reasons I focus so much on "holistic health" is
because it is important to understand that everything is
interconnected. If you are not getting enough sleep, eating
healthy, and doing the things that will replenish yourself,
then just like a car that has not had it's oil changed,
your sexual engine will kaput!
Take
care of your mind, body and spirit with things you know
will rejuvenate you because the quality of your sex life
will be influenced by it. If you need direction a trainer,
counselor or life coach may be a great place to get the
resources and support you need.
Stress
About Sex
Fear
and anxiety associated with sex itself can also be a problem.
Fears of getting pregnant, STDs, sexual performance and
even sexual inhibitions from previous abuse can all be factors
that create stress about sex itself.
What
To Do?
Dealing
with these issues directly is a good way to eliminate them.
If you are concerned about pregnancy- address birth control
issues, STDs- practice safe sex, and so on. Be educated
about your sexuality so that you will know how to best approach
the inhibitions that may hold you back. If it is a complex
issue such as sexual abuse, infidelity, etc. then seeking
self-help resources or a counselor may be a good way to
get the help you need in turning things around.
Medical
Issues
If you
are dealing with a potential medical issue it is always
a good idea to consult your physician. The most common medical
issues to lower libido are-
1) Hormonal
changes from pregnancy, menopause and birth control pills.
2) Illicit
drug and/or alcohol use and/or abuse.
3) Over-the-counter
or prescription drug side effects.
(i.e.: antidepressants, mood stabilizers,
tranquilizers, high blood pressure pills, etc.)
4) Thyroid
and metabolic disorders.
5) Aging
issues: menopause and decreased testosterone production.
6) Handicaps
that inhibit one from feeling sexual responses.
What
To Do?
It is
the obvious choice to see and speak frankly with your physician.
However, if you feel like you physician is not being sensitive
to your concerns, you may want to switch physicians or seek
a professional such as a therapist, psychiatrist, or even
an alternative professional such as an acupuncturist.
Relationship
Blues
If you
have long-term, unresolved conflict and/or unexpressed anger
your sex drive can plummet and stay there until the issues
are resolved. Emotionally impacting relationships or events
in our lives are more powerful than most people realize.
If your sex drive is suffering and you have no idea why,
this may be a good area of your life to look. Ask yourself
if you feel sexually empowered and satisfied by your partner,
are there other aspects of your relationship that are experiencing
conflict?
What
To Do?
If so,
begin with communicating with your partner to try and resolve
these issues together. If you are in a relationship where
communication itself is a challenge, then seeking a therapist
can be a great move for both of you.
Summary
If you
are concerned about your sex drive, try and keep it in perspective
and know that low, medium or high... everyone has a unique
sex drive specific to their chemical, mental, emotional
and situational life experience.
If you
are happy about your sex drive no matter how high or low
it is, then that is certainly not a problem. If it is a
problem in a relationship, then you may want to explore
compromise and certainly communicate about ways that can
occur.
If you
are looking to improve your sex drive then a great tip often
overlooked is simply... masturbate by hand or through a
sex toy. Learning about your own body through masturbation
is a highly effective way to become more mindful about your
inhibitions, sexual preferences, fantasies, and a great
way to feel relaxed.
If you
are in a relationship, try mutual masturbation sessions
and certainly, don't forget the sex
toys as a fun a creative way to spice things up!
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Ask Lisa Relationship
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With
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Lisa,
Your
Web site is really interesting!!! I thought I've seen
everything... as a man I'm still in a state of shock!...
Questions... Have women kept this a secret.... Can women
suppress ejaculation without affecting their orgasms...
I've had sex with many women that have had powerful orgasms
and they never mentioned the need to ejaculate fluid.
Why has it taken so long for this to be exposed...
Thanks,
Scott
Hi
Scott,
Thank
you for your inquiry. Yes, women can still orgasm without
ejaculating and it can still be powerful. Ejaculation
adds to the feeling of release which makes it unique and
an added bonus to an orgasm.
Women
have been AFRAID to discuss ejaculation for several reasons.
The two most common are-
1)
Many still confuse it with stress incontinence and do
not realize that it is not
urine. I review this in more detail
in our female
ejaculation section.
2)
Women are often either unsure of what it is or think that
they just peed, they
tend not to want to talk about this
experience with anyone out of shame
of embarrassment.
You
mention that your female partners have not mentioned a
need to urinate... this is because the cues that the woman
feels can often be confused with feeling like the need
to urinate because the Skenes glands fill up and put pressure
on the urethra similar to the feeling of the bladder filling
and putting pressure on the urethra. Most women will tell
you that they do often feel a need to urinate when the
are highly aroused and is one of the most common "cues"
a woman tends to ignore when it comes to ejaculating.
Also,
you asked me in another eMail you sent if pregnancy has
anything to do with female ejaculation and the answer
to that is no. Pregnancy has nothing to do with female
ejaculation. However, pregnancy can cause stress incontinence
and thus is why women often think the two are related.
Female
ejaculation has been known about for a long time... to
the days of Socrates and I am sure well before. It has
been the repression of women's sexuality and the embarrassment
and shame that has been associated with openly discussing
it that has kept it so elusive. A few sexual health pioneers
risked social rejection and in some cases professional
rejection just for publicly acknowledging it. I still
get OBGYNs that are embarrassed to talk about it with
me and do not want to associate with it out of fear of
being ostracized for educating women about a topic that
is highly associated with porn. Isn't that crazy in this
day and age?
Yet,
many of the OBGYNs and other professionals that do embrace
the teaching of female ejaculation, have a hard time with
talking too publicly about it as there is still a stigma
to the subject. Many doctors fear that their educational
discussions on sexual issues may be misconstrued as sexually
inappropriate behavior. For example, you have a woman
who is asking about how to achieve an orgasm because she
has not been able to have one. The OBGYN suggests some
techniques and mentions that she may explore using a vibrator
to help her accomplish this goal. The woman has been taught
by her conservative family that sex toys are sinful and
then in turn is outraged that her OBGYN has even suggested
such a thing. She accuses the doctor of sexual misconduct
because she then makes it out to be that the doctor was
suggesting things that are inappropriate in her mind.
Yes, I know it is a terribly ridiculous thing, but don't
think that kind of thing does not happen because it has
and does. Sad, but true.
I
will never forget my first interview with an OBGYN for
my book The
Art of Female Ejaculation. She said
that she had not much education on sexual techniques,
female ejaculation or other such things outside of sexual
reproduction in the curriculum for her degree. Pathetic
that we are in the year 2005 and still have that kind
of ignorance going on. She was so embarrassed about professional,
sexual discussion that she was blushing and kept trying
to refer me to a sex educator in the area. Did she know
of one... no, but said that I probably would do better
to find someone like that to talk to about
sexual issues for women. It was in that interview that
I realized that I had to educate women and
their partners on sexuality because who else would? It
seems that in the last decade there are many more of us
out there that have evolved from people like Dr. Ruth,
but we are still pretty scarce.
Since
then, I have found fellow sex educators like myself that
provide sexual information at great risk personally and
professionally. I can assure you that if some of the Psychiatrists,
Social Workers and Therapists that I used to work with
in Psychiatric hospitals, Group Homes for the Sexually
Abused and even Rape Crisis knew what I was doing now,
they world be appalled. I remember being scolded in my
early days as a Therapist by my supervisor when I worked
at the Group Home For Sexually Abused Girls when one of
my 16 year old patients asked me if masturbation was normal
and I told her it was normal. I told her that it was nothing
to be ashamed about and a healthy way to explore her own
body sexually so that she could learn more about herself
on a sexual level.
Just
for that comment, I was confronted in a staff meeting
with hostile reactions from the rest of the staff and
told that kind of thing was not to be discussed
with patients. I asked why we would not teach sexually
abused girls about healthy sexuality... of all the places
in the world, it seemed that was where it was need most!
I ended up quitting my job there after 6 months of ridicule
that I endured for that incident. I left with a clear
understanding that people are still highly conflicted,
confused and ashamed of their sexuality. I mean just look
at our Sex
In The News Section, or the Joanne
Webb story where narcotics officers arrested her for selling
sex toys and educating people about them. If you think
a vibrator is taboo, you can imagine what female ejaculation
is considered! That is right, obscene! Why a woman's sexuality
is so threatening is still such an odd concept to me.
I mean, I understand the insane reasoning people give
for that kind of thinking, but I still think it is insane.
With
conservatives in power right now, it is a scary world
for a sex educator like me. Most of what I teach and sell
is considered obscene by the conservative right and it
may mean that one day I lose my company, go bankrupt or
even go to jail for what I do. This is not to mention
that some friends and family won't speak to me or my husband
because while most of them are fine with sexuality in
general and even sometimes watch adult entertainment,
they don't want to have someone they associate
with actually involved in it. Oddly, the friends who won't
associate with me blame my husband for me doing what I
do for a living, and his family members who won't speak
to him, blame me. It really is quite childish. The majority
of family members that do still talk to my husband and
me never ask how our company is doing and it is pretty
much ignored like an awkward elephant in the room.
What
is really funny to me is that I have the most calm, normal
life you can imagine. Yes, the content of what I work
with can certainly be considered racy, but just like any
professional woman with a child, husband and dog I spend
my day working, taking my child to school, walking the
dog and having a loving, monogamous relationship with
my hubby. People often think that we must have orgies
at the house with nude people all around us, and I have
to laugh because my day is spent mostly on the phone and
computer making business deals, addressing customer needs
and doing things like writing and paying bills. Terribly
exciting stuff! We don't drink, do drugs and we don't
even go out much. An exciting night for us is spent renting
a movie from Blockbuster and having some popcorn. I know,
pretty sedate, but true.
Bottom
line is that my husband and I feel very strongly that
people should have resources to learn about their sexuality
in an empowered manner. We have sacrificed a lot to do
it, but we are passionate about what we do and feel strongly
that we are doing the right thing. It is great to get
one eMail and phone call after another from people like
yourself that are learning about it for the first time
and are amazed that more people aren't aware of the facts
regarding it.
Thanks
for your question, I hope this gives you an inside glimpse
into the world of female ejaculation education.
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Hi
Lisa,
I
and my man would like to thank you for the excellent information
you provide on your web site and if it was not for my
man finding it I would not be writing this e-mail to you
now. He suggested that we look at your web site having
seen FE on movies and wondered if it was possible to do
this as it turned him on so much. I, of course, always
wanting to turn my man on in anyway that pleases him and
gives me pleasure in the process decided to buy your book
and dvd on The Art of Female Ejaculation.
I
must confess that I have always been inhibited sexually
until I met my man who is the only man I have met who
will talk about sex and wants to know how I feel and what
I like best. I had never masturbated until I met him and
he gave me a lot of encouragement and confidence in my
own sexuality. I actually feel like a woman instead of
a sex object for the first time in my life.
Having
watched your video and read most of the book I decided
to give it a try. Just like you I lit the candles and
played soft music and laid down in the bath. I wanted
to be able to ejaculate but felt I needed to do it on
my own first so that I knew the technique and if it was
possible for me to do it. My first attempt was pretty
poor but I did have a trickle. I decided that the bath
was not a very comfortable position to be in so I tried
sitting up against the edge of the bed which gave more
of a downward thrust when it came to the moment that you
push down through the electrical shock that goes through
your body just before ejaculation. My man was extremely
excited when I text him to say that I had done it!
The
most nerve racking time was when he was with me and I
was worried that I would not be able to do it for him
but as always he was patient and encouraging and he couldn’t
believe it for a moment when I eventually relaxed and
it happened. We have gone on since then to ecstatic pleasure
without dildos and vibes and mastered the technique manually.
Of course there is the choice of whether you squirt or
whether you don’t but either way it is orgasmic.
I
only have one question. Is there a technique to mastering
the flow? Mine are like oil well gushers and short lived
and I just wonder if there is a way of controlling them
more?
Oh
by the way I am now 50. Never too old to learn but I only
wish that I had met my man and found your web site 20
years ago!!
Thank
you once again from us.
L
& R
The
way to impact flow is just how you would with urine flow,
which is through Kegel exercise. As you may already know,
female ejaculation is not reached through using the Kegel
muscles, but it can aid in how the flow comes out much
like when you have a garden hose and you squeeze it.
As to how much comes out... that is more a factor of hydration,
and length of time it took to build up the fluid during
sexual arousal. Also, many women have more fluid come
out when they have consumed alcohol as they are relaxed
and the body is naturally inclined to flush out all body
fluids in order to detox from the alcohol.
Dear
Lisa,
I just want to take a moment and tell you how much you
have help my wife and I on sex and all that there is to
enjoy about it. We live in a small town in Northern KY,
and there just is not a lot of info. around here in the
form of books and video' stores to buy movies. We both
go to church and are not into the porno scene... but your
site has the most taste and respect about the human body.
You show a lot of class and respect on your web site to
those of us that are not into porno, and I thank you for
that. It is nice to know that there is someone out their
that is willing to help couples with sexual issues and
not try to stuff porno down their throat at the same time.
You truly are the best.
Thanks
again for all your help.
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