Losing Interest In Sex? – By Shahela Sheikh

Sex & Why You May Lose Interest – Written By Shahela Sheikh

When you are depressed, sex is usually the last thing on your mind. However, not everybody with depression loses their interest in sex and some maintain a normal sexual life. On the contrary, some people with depression, find that is one of the few things in life that gives them comfort, therefore they may use sex and pornography as a way of avoiding or thinking about their problems.

Loss of interest in sex and how it may affect you

As much as some depressed people may use sex as an escape from their problems, most commonly and often, loss of sex is the first symptom to appear in depression. This can cause conflict in a relationship, which in turn can make depression worse, so some relationships may not survive. Support and communication are therefore very important when you are depressed.

Another issue is that antidepressants could delay orgasm and prevent it from happening at all, meaning the bedroom spark tends to disappear as the antidepressants may also reduce your libido (desire to have sex).
Along with antidepressants, antipsychotics, blood pressure pills can cause erectile difficulties. While illegal substances like cannabis can reduce your motivation to have sex.

In short, many illegal substances could affect your drive to have sex and enjoy it. This, in turn, could lead to having communication difficulties in relationships, conflictual relationships, low self-esteem due to erectile dysfunctions, and cause demotivation as well as low mood.

Do you feel that your bedroom spark may have disappeared?

If you feel your bedroom spark may have disappeared, then some of the things you could try is connecting to your partner emotionally. Support could actually make you feel less depressed and more motivated to satisfy your partner.
However, you could also try and cut down drugs and start seeking professional help. If you are on medication you could discuss with your doctor on how to manage what you’re going through.

These are some of the things to do first, however, there may be very many other reasons for the loss of interest in sex. The above is just to explain the obvious reasons why your partner may be isolating you in bed.

Losing Interest in sex

Shahela Sheikh – Psychologist

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