So what effect does knocking out nookie
have on your body?
IT WILL INEVITABLY take a toll on both your body and
general psyche if you go from regularly having sex to a bonk-free existence.
And perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s women who seem to come off
worst.
How can a loss of libido affect your
body?
According to Sari Cooper, a certified sex therapist, some people
who refrain from sex begin to feel more sluggish, with less vitality and hunger
for sex.
Cooper told Reader’s Digst that some of his clients describe
the scenario as “out of sight, out of mind.”
But it’s not the same for everybody. During a fallow period,
some people begin to find the idea of sex more desirable.
Can lack of sex have an effect on your
mental health?
The lack of physical contact can leave some people feeling
seriously down in the dumps.
“When people have sex they’re usually having skin-to-skin
contact, and this kind of contact is the first primal way we as humans get
comforted [as babies with our mothers],” Cooper explained.
“Sexual connection gives partners loads of skin-to-skin
caressing and touch and can help to regulate one another’s moods,” Cooper said.
This is generally through the release of the feel-good hormone oxytocin.
Thankfully, studies suggest a lack of sexual activity is not
going to cause clinical depression.
How does a lack of sex affect your
vaginal walls?
This is primarily a problem for women who are going through
menopause.
If you radically reduce the amount of sex you have as you get
older, the walls of your vagina thin out and can lead to painful sex when you
finally get back into the sack.
As a result, the North American Menopause Society has
recommended having regular penetrative sex to help vaginal health during
menopause.
Can
a lack of sex mean a loss of lubrication?
If it’s been a while, the vagina can struggle to lubricate
itself when you start having sex – again a more common side effect for older
women.
It’s down to a lack of the hormone estrogen.
Dr. Lauren Streicher, author of “Sex Rx: Hormones,
Health, and Your Best Sex Ever,” explained: “If you take a young woman who’s 20 or 30 years
old she’s going to have plenty of estrogens around to make sure those tissues
stay healthy, elastic and lubricated when she’s not having sex.
“If you take someone who’s 60 and has no estrogen, she has lost
that piece of it.”
How
does a lack of sex affect your period pains?
Bizarrely, having sex during your period is actually a good way
of lessening menstrual cramps.
“The uterus is a muscle and many women will actually have a
uterine contraction when they orgasm, which will cause the blood to expel more
quickly, which will in turn decrease menstrual cramps,” Streicher said.
“Also, there may be an increase in endorphins, which also will
help with menstrual cramps.”
How
does a lack of sex affect stress?
For some people, getting jiggy in the bedroom is their way of
de-stressing.
If that’s the case, not having sex could cause an increase in
your stress level.
But it’s not the same for everyone, as Steicher pointed out that
for some women, “sex is actually stressful for a variety of reasons: It may be
painful, or it could be one more thing on their to-do list.”
Does
a lack of sex stop you getting as many UTIs?
So it turns out it’s not all bad news.
Sex is responsible for potentially increasing the risk of
recurrent bladder infections due to the spread of bacteria that can occur,
according to Streicher.
And the journal American Family Physician stated: “Frequency of
sexual intercourse is the strongest predictor of recurrent urinary tract
infections.”
Thus, less sex equals less sitting on the loo wincing in agony.
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