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Originally Posted by Kaliena
I think the things I'm running into have been high stress levels for awhile now (due to joblessness and finishing college) and just a generally not hyper drive. I was just curious what the opinion was out there.
I don't entirely know what's defined as a healthy sex drive, especially if it's affected by the way you're raised, etc.
Does that effect it?
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Stress can have a big effect. Your body produces stress hormones when you're stressed, which can have an effect, and the emotional energy used to deal with it can also lower things.
There is not one set level at which sex drive is "healthy". It's a relative term. If you need it so much more than you can get it that it intereferes with how you function, that's a problem. If it's very low and this interferes with being able to find emotional intimacy, that's a problem. If stress or physical problems are interfering, that's unhealthy.
There isn't, however, any set level or range that is healthy. If you're getting less than you want, or feeling pressured to do more than you're comfortable with, it's the discrepancy that's unhealthy, not the absolute amount.
Have you talked with your boyfriend about this? If you're not happy with your sex life, it's something that affects you both and it's a problem that you need to deal with together.