![]() If aging is viewed in a poor light, one’s sex life follows suit. As expected, thinking positively about the way you age can also lead to a healthy sex life. We wanted to see how it would affect people’s sexual relationships. Negative perceptions of aging are linked to higher likelihood of cognitive decline, higher likelihood of cardiovascular disease and even shorter lifespans. We know positive perceptions of aging can be really beneficial, but when they are negative, they can be really detrimental. The lead author of the study, doctoral student Hanamori Skoblow stated: A study out of the University of Missouri showed that positive perceptions of aging can benefit sexual satisfaction among older adults. ![]() How you view aging also makes a big difference. Like the best-selling book is aptly titled, The Body Keeps Score.Īs if overcoming cultural messaging about sex wasn’t hard enough! Attitude Matters Everything we go through, everything we experience, and everything we endure effects our bodies. It’s not just the reality of aging that has an impact on how we go about sex. Something as simple as starting a new job or as heartbreaking as losing a family member can leave the erotic self in a state of listlessness and apathy. Stress, depression, trauma, childbirth, hormonal changes, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, surgeries, genital pain disorders, and other emotional and medical issues all factor into how bodies respond to stimulation, arousal, and sex. It’s absolutely normal and natural for every person to experience physical challenges throughout their lifetime-and not just due to aging. Change might mean the end of sex the way it used to be, but it doesn’t mean the end of sex! Adaptation is all a part of the adventure. Practice makes perfect a lifetime of lovemaking makes for a great lover!īut there’s no denying that our bodies change over the course of our lifespan and we must learn to change our behaviors and expectations to match. Besides, the older we get, the less we get caught up in youth’s insecurities and anxieties and the more experienced we become in knowing our bodies and communicating our needs. In fact, according to a 2018 National Poll on Healthy Aging, 76% of folks between 65-80 agree that sex is an important part of a romantic relationship at any age. More than these notions simply not being true, believing them limits our ability to enjoy the broad spectrum of intimacies and physical pleasures available to us.Ĭontrary to presumed cultural narratives, people of all ages enjoy sex. ![]() Throughout our lives they come to shape our beliefs until circumstances ask us to consider a different approach, or until we happen upon research, books, articles, therapists, and experts who teach us otherwise. We absorb these notions in our youth, at a time when many of us simultaneously don’t receive adequate sex education. Women orgasm easily from penetrative sex alone. Successful sex requires throbbing erections and multiple orgasms. Societal and cultural messaging teaches us a variety of ideas, especially when it comes to sex: ![]()
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