When you are too stressed to even think about sex. Sex can relieve stress. Stress even makes some people extra-horny. But it makes other people retreat into a lustless, monastic cocoon, unwilling to further twang their nerves by putting themselves in a sexual situation.

Why do I get turned on when Im stressed?

Sex researcher Cindy Meston and evolutionary psychologist David Buss explain in “Why Women Have Sex” that a stressful situation activates a “fight or flight” reaction in the sympathetic nervous system, making your heart race and your blood pressure zoom and leading your brain to release norepinephrine, a brain chemical ...

Does stress affect your Labido?

If your stress response isn't reversed, it can contribute to a condition known as chronic stress, impacting your physical health in many ways, including causing low libido.