A low libido can have a significant impact on your life and may even lead to issues in your marriage. Those with a low libido should know the causes so that they can address them quickly.
Aging
As you age, things like menopause and hormonal imbalances can have a negative effect on your sex drive. Men getting older may also experience impotence which can cause problems. For women, things like vaginal dryness can make sex painful so they avoid it.
Overall Health
Your overall health plays a major role in your sexual health. Those with chronic medical conditions can experience sexual dysfunction, such as vaginal dryness and impotence. Medications can also reduce libido and cause problems with overall sexual function as a side effect.
Excess Weight
Excess weight may make someone feel as though they are less attractive, and this can cause them to avoid intimacy. This is more common in women, but men too can experience lower self-esteem if they start to gain weight. Body acceptance and working toward better health are very helpful.
Exhaustion
It is common for adults to get too little sleep because everyone is so busy with work, school, friends, and family. Over time, mental and physical exhaustion can start to impact different parts of your life, including your libido because you are just too tired to make time for sex
Stress
Stress can impact all aspects of your life, including your sex drive. When you are experiencing stress, it is common to put so much focus on the stress or that you do not consider your partner. Stress can lead to exhaustion, which can also result in a reduction in libido.
Alcohol
Over time, those who drink excessively can see a reduction in their libido. In some cases, it may even cause men to experience impotence. Men and women need to drink in moderation to prevent this effect. On average, women should have no more than one drink per day and men should limit to two drinks per day.
New Baby
Having a new baby is a joyous time, but it may harm relations in the bedroom. In fact, about 10 percent of women experience post-partum depression and this further causes libido problems. A new baby needs constant attention and his or her needs come before intimacy.
Relationship Problems
If you and your partner are not connecting well, this has a profound impact on libido for both partners. Temporary disinterest happens and this is normal, but when it continues for weeks or months, there is a problem you must address to prevent consequences like low libido.
Depression
Depression is a common illness and one of the symptoms is a reduction in sex drive. When someone is experiencing depression, they often no longer enjoy things that made them happy in the past. Libido is often one of the first things they lose interest in and then things like fatigue further impact this.
Combination of Factors
Two or more libido killers can be at play, such as having relationship problems and depression, and this further lower libido and impacts your sex life. Those with more than one factor should concentrate on one at a time and work to resolve it so that they do not get overwhelmed.
