After being in a relationship for a long period of time, things start to stagnate and become routine – especially when it comes to sex. Both partners have to put a little effort into spicing things up, changing up the routine, get yourself out of the rut. Try having sex outside, someplace semi-public, try out a different toy, a different position, get massage oils, surprise her with a quickie out of the blue. Just anything outside the norm for what you usually do together.
Do you masturbate? Is it your libido that’s waning or is your desire for sex with your girlfriend waning? If you think about having sex with someone else, does that excite you? If yes, then this a relationship issue. You may love her, but you may not be in love with her anymore. Finding her attractive and BEING attracted to her are different things. Sexual attraction often fizzles out in relationships and it’s just not meant to be. Like I said before, if that is the case, try a little harder. Get yourselves out of the rut, try harder to have sex. Often, once you start (even if you weren’t in the mood) you get into it as the foreplay goes on. Sometimes you need a little jumpstart. If that doesn’t work and you’re still masturbating on your own, then this is a relationship you need to really think about.
However! If your answer is no, and sex with anyone or anything sexual doesn’t interest you in the slightest, then maybe this is a libido issue. If you’re not interested in sex, at all, with anyone, then maybe there’s something else going on. A number of things can affect your sex drive. I can’t possibly list them all, but I’ll mention 3 of the most common ones and hopefully this will spark some ideas for you and lead to some introspection.
1) Are you overwhelmed in your life? Has there been a change with work or family that maybe just has your head somewhere else?
2) Do YOU feel attractive? Have you had any changes in your body where you might feel less sexy/less attractive?
3) Are you taking any psychotropic drugs? Ie. antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, benzos… Those have a HUGE impact on your sex drive. Many of those medications basically erase any sexual urges.
