Growing numbers of people are finding their sex life suffers because they work too hard. Find out what you can do to redress the balance.
Britain's long hours work culture means we are seeing an increasing number of people whose sex lives are going badly because of their jobs.
They say they are not making love as often as they used to and don't seem to have the energy for it either.
One high-powered exec told us: 'When I first moved in with my husband, we had sex almost every night. Now we only do it once a month. I think it's because both of us are exhausted.
The effect of long hours on sex drive
- If you are tired, you are unlikely to have much strength left for sex - whether you are a man or a woman.
- When a job is very stressful, the effect of that stress will be to diminish the amount of energy you have for sex.
- You may be so stressed out, you don't even think of sex for quite long periods.
The above has always been true, but in recent years we would say long hours have become commonplace and this is having a damaging effect on a lot of people's sex lives.
We first noticed this among patients who work in the financial sector. Some of our clients start work at six in the morning, and carry on for more than 12 hours.
Often, they do not stop for lunch and many of them have a long commute at either end of the day.
So when we see a man or a woman who leaves home at 4.30am and gets back at 8.30pm, it's not surprising that they're likely to have trouble with their sex life.
Sexual difficulties caused by excessive work
No matter what your job, excessive work can cause the following sexual difficulties.
- You will have less time for sex.
- You will be tired so it may be difficult to summon up much interest.
- You may find it more difficult to climax.
- You will find it difficult to relax in bed.
- If you're female, you may find it hard to produce adequate lubrication pre-intercourse.
- If you're male, you may not be able to get erections easily.
- Feelings of stress may make you less likely to give your partner sufficient romance and love play.
- You will probably opt for doing the same things during sex.
- Your partner may show disappointment or even anger towards you because of these work-induced symptoms.
Letting things continue as they are could lead to the breakdown of your relationship.
If work is affecting your love life, you need to do something about it fast. Doing nothing and just hoping things will sort themselves out is folly.
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