Couples With One ADHD Partner
Help me please! Sex drive have got up and drove off.
I have a wonderful lady and I love her very much - here is the trouble: I have a tendency to hyper-focus and get involved with whatever is going on around me or what I need to do for work. When this happens, or should I say the stress of everyday life with ADD, zaps my sex drive, and the drugs may be a cause of this too. What do some of the other couple do for this? I know it my distractibility that causes a lot of this, when we go on vacation my mind set changes and my libido increases, but not long after I return to the real world, it isnt long and my drive is lacking again. Any help? Suggestions? Does anyone else deal with this?
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Stress is a bitch. More than likely the problem is that with so many things on your mind constantly, it’s hard to stay focused on something that is entirely emotional. Recently I’ve noticed that if your mind is not on the present (which can happen simply by having any thoughts not related to the current) can disrupt the intake of information needed to form a continuous mental sequence from which your unconscious mind will connect and derive the necessary information to keep you in the game. Often when this happens you will also be tensing one thing or another which also stops your mind, and thinking about not thinking or staying in the moment pretty much does the same thing.
Try setting aside a specific time and place free of all distractions and really get into it. what I mean by that is, take in everything that is happening, not with words or labeling of any kind but by sight, smell, touch, taste, and your imagination. Start at the beginning and move forward, keeping each successive moment on your mind while you think about what to do next. Don’t rush, don’t think too far ahead, move through things nice and slow and smooth so that you allow your body to pick up all the feeling it can. This is important for both. Enjoy each moment and let it hit you with full force so that you may feed off the energies created. As long as you feel your way through and gently keep your minds and bodies on things as they progress you should be fine.
Hope this helps!
Rob~
I know what you mean brother. Some meds will do that to you. Especialy SSRIs.
On the other hand when I’m busy working on something and I’m trying to get something done I’m not that interested. If it’s a problem for her and she’s calling you than watch some porn it should take your mind off what’s tying up your brain.
Here is another interesting blog on the topic: http://jeffsaddmind.com/category/sex
Good luck
Augie
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Thanks guys I will share this with my lady.
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