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Ten reasons you're sick of sex

We live in hectic times. We work many hours in the day taking care of home, family and hopefully self. It seems like having any energy at the end of the day is spent crawling into bed to sleep. The thought of being intimate with a mate or partner almost turns the stomach. There just isn't anytime for sex, even if you wanted to. You're just plain sick and tired of sex! Well you're not alone. Many experience these down times in their sex life for one reason or another.



Extreme stress could be a dampening cloth which cools sexual attraction for some. Long hours at work, trying to make a living in economic hard times, dealing with illnesses or dealing with people in general puts untold stress on a person. Emotional and physical burdens, due to stress, can be heaped upon you. You could lose all interest in things that once matter, such a sex.

Women who are going through the change of life can experience a loss of interest in sex, even start hating it. Hormones are all out of whack, which cause women to go from hot to cold in an instant. At this time in a woman's life, dealing with the changes of her body can be tiresome. When hot flashes occur, it can leave a woman so mentally and physically tired, sex is the last thing on her mind.

Women who have undergone a hysterectomy can lose interest in sex. Their bodies are no longer the same. What drove their interest in sex could now be replaced by their need to adjust to what changes have taken place within their body. The desire to have sex can now be the catalyst which makes her sick of it. This can affect her mentally, the effect can be a total shift towards sex all together. Her whole chemical balance changes, leaving her emotionally detached or dead regarding sex.

For some career oriented men and women, especially those who put in long hours at work to rise to the top of their field, sex plays second fiddle to their career. Their focus in life is more on getting ahead than maintaining a sexual relationship. Sex could become more of a chore, than a pleasurable experience. Their career is their love.

Children have a way of putting an end to a once normal sex life. Long hours tending to their needs, overseeing their activities and making sure they are cared for, can cause some parents to let intimacy go in there life. Sex is out the door, replaced with the need for sleep.

Some medications can mess with the chemical balance in men and women. Especially if the medications taken are for serious illnesses or pain. These medications


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