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Is Depression Tanking Your Satisfying Senior Sex?

Monday, July 27th, 2009

One of the most common causes of low sexual drive among seniors, for both men and women, is having trouble with your relationship with yourself. Especially if you are depressed, or feeling down on yourself.

Your depression may be a reaction to grieving about missed or lost opportunities, experiences, or loved ones. While regrets about these misses or losses are understandable, many people hold on to them so tight, for so long, they slip from grief, regret, and frustration into depression.

Once there, it is very difficult to “pull yourself together” and just get over it. In fact, just trying Read More→

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So What is the Furor All About with FSAD?

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

When I first wrote about FSAD last year, I had a number of comments from readers, saying some version of “finally, a lone voice in the wilderness,” to “you don’t know my wife.”

A recent question from a reader egged me on to revisit the topic, partly because she was sure I was trying to say there is no such thing as FSAD, Female Sexual Affective Disorder.

So, let’s get that cleared up right away. Read More→

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Men’s Predicable Changes of Aging that Interfere with Satisfying Senior Sex

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Lots has been written about the challenges of women as they age, go through menopause, and struggle with feeling loving with fewer hormones.

Not that men don’t have their challenges, especially with the number one most discussed sexual issue of the day, ED or erectile dysfunction.

There is so much misinformation and inaccurate information about ED Read More→

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Satisfying Senior Sex Sometimes Means Making a Different Effort

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

It may be difficult to accept you can’t be the sexual giant, or giantess,  you used to be.

Especially if intercourse can no longer be a part of your lovemaking.
But, at our age, your body gets to run the show, not your wishes or hopes.

And, it’s not enough to have Read More→

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Don’t Let Your Fears of Having ED Derail Your Satisfying Senior Sex

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Here’s the problem with trying to solve any problem. The more you worry, fuss about it, and watch to see if things are alright, the worse the problem gets. Especially when you think you might have ED.

If you look down to see if it is up yet, it will Read More→

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