This is a huge topic and a wonderful post to get the conversation started.
One of the problems in a lack of libido is that once it's lost, it just doesn't feel that important to get it back. Like you said, a woman with a loss of libido may be dealing with multiple issues, but getting that libido back may not be highest on the list.
Especially during the perimenopausal years, women are dealing with jobs, maybe spouses, maybe children, and aging parents. In the middle of carpooling kids to soccer games, trying to get presentations ready at work, and managing daily activities -- in addition to just trying make sure the family eats nutritious food, for instance -- I think women are overwhelmed, overworked and often overlooked. We are the best at nurturing others and not nearly as accomplished as nurturing ourselves.
I'd love it if you'd write more about libido in the coming days, especially toward those for whom sex just feels like another in a long list of things that they aren't experiencing in their lives anymore. When something has to give, I think this is often the first to go.
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Tykia,
This is a huge topic and a wonderful post to get the conversation started.
One of the problems in a lack of libido is that once it's lost, it just doesn't feel that important to get it back. Like you said, a woman with a loss of libido may be dealing with multiple issues, but getting that libido back may not be highest on the list.
Especially during the perimenopausal years, women are dealing with jobs, maybe spouses, maybe children, and aging parents. In the middle of carpooling kids to soccer games, trying to get presentations ready at work, and managing daily activities -- in addition to just trying make sure the family eats nutritious food, for instance -- I think women are overwhelmed, overworked and often overlooked. We are the best at nurturing others and not nearly as accomplished as nurturing ourselves.
I'd love it if you'd write more about libido in the coming days, especially toward those for whom sex just feels like another in a long list of things that they aren't experiencing in their lives anymore. When something has to give, I think this is often the first to go.
April 8, 2009 - 8:17amThis Comment
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