Did You Know Stress Is Bad For Your Sex Life?

Stress can often negatively impact your metabolism, leading to sluggishness or unintentional weight gain. This can make you feel adversely about your own physique, leading to problems in the bedroom, and may also result in issues with your partner.

Stress has very adverse effects on fertility and menstrual cycles in women. This is because stress hampers the productivity of the adrenal glands, pituitary glands and ovaries. By affecting functioning of the ovaries, it affects the menstrual cycle, leading to irregular periods or even amenorrhea (stopping of the menstruation process) in certain extreme cases.

Self-esteem and job related stresses play a crucial role in determining a man's sexual functioning. If your self-esteem is low, chances are that the same will be the case with your sexual desire and performance. Desire and a sense of deserving are essential in this regard. Performance anxiety can also be a cause of stress.

When suffering from excessive stress, you may often turn to alcohol as a solution. This may often end up in over-drinking and alcoholism, which will greatly hamper your sexual productivity. It not only affects lubrication (as it is a dehydrating agent), it may even lead to problems in times of pregnancies. It may also lead to insufficient arousal, resulting in lack of orgasms.