{"id":56604,"date":"2018-11-21T00:12:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T00:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=56604"},"modified":"2018-11-21T00:12:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T00:12:43","slug":"single-biggest-factor-ruining-sex-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=56604","title":{"rendered":"The single biggest factor ruining your sex life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #26282a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-reactid=\"15\">Stress takes more of a toll on&nbsp;your sex life&nbsp;than having children, work and physical health does, according to a survey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #26282a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-reactid=\"16\">Out of 2,066 adults surveyed, almost half (45%) said being stressed negatively affected their sex life, in research conducted by&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/articles\/3hwCyrZsv8jxPjS4nBQ8NVf\/what-is-the-sextakeover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">BBC Radio 5 Live<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"17\">This was by far the most significant problem factor for sex, with physical health coming second (32%).<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"17\"><div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #26282a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-reactid=\"38\">Mental health&nbsp;issues&nbsp;came third with 26% saying this factor affected sex, followed by having kids (20%) and work (18%).<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"39\">Other less significant factors included pornography (12%), social media (10%) and reality TV (7%).<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #26282a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-reactid=\"40\">Relate therapist Ellen Brady told the&nbsp;<em>BBC<\/em>: \u201cWe\u2019re seeing an awful lot of clients with anxiety issues \u2013 anxiety and sex just doesn\u2019t sit together at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"41\">She also addresses the factor of social media, which she suggested was a bigger factor than the survey highlighted (only 10% flagged it).<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"62\">\u201cThere\u2019s not the basic connection happening in couples, they\u2019re not even making eye contact or talking to each other, so it\u2019s no wonder when they get to bed that sex is difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"63\">Brady has advice on how couples could improve their sex life after it had suffered \u2013 involving putting sex on hold temporarily.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"64\">She says: \u201cBan sex, because whatever you\u2019ve been doing sexually it\u2019s gone wrong, so you want to wipe it out and start again, and just reconnect emotionally and in terms of intimacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"65\">\u201cThere\u2019s a big gender divide on that one, because women very often want to buy into emotional intimacy and kisses and cuddles and quite often men don\u2019t see that as a priority, they see sex as the priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"66\">How you can reduce stress<\/h4>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #26282a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-reactid=\"67\">Effective&nbsp;ways to beat stress&nbsp;include getting more sleep, practising mindfulness and making sure you do regular exercise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"68\">You should also visit your GP, who can suggest therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in order to deal with stress.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stress takes more of a toll on&nbsp;your sex life&nbsp;than having children, work and physical health does, according to a survey. 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