These are stressful times we’re living in!
And stress can really shut down libido. Maybe it’s your libido, maybe it’s your partners; or perhaps both.
Further, pandemic stress isn’t any old type of stress. For many people, it’s financial stress, which is a type of survival stress and it can have a negative effect on your body’s ability or interest in touching. Survival stress sends the body into a state of fight or flight, so the only thing that matters is survival, not procreating; We become hormonally less interested in sex.
If you and your partner aren’t having sex but want to boost intimacy Sensual Touch can help. Intimacy has many forms.
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