Stress, anxiety, depression can affect your interest in sex and your ability to become aroused as surely as reduced hormone levels or other physical changes.
As you notice more wrinkles and gray hair, as your love handles grow and you see more cellulite, you may become embarrassed about your appearance and feel less attractive to your partner. These feelings can make senior sex less appealing and can cause you or your partner to become less interested in sex. In addition, retirement and other major life change may leave you feeling temporarily uncertain about your sense of purpose, which can undermine your self-esteem.
All of these psychological changes can lower your interest in sex, make it harder to become aroused, and even interfere with your ability to connect emotionally with your partner.
In senior sex, the stress of worrying about how you will perform, or whether you are worthy of sexual attention from your partner, can lead to impotence in men and lack of arousal or orgasm in women.
The best antidote to these problems is open communication with your partner.
Explain the anxieties you are feeling, ask for and accept reassurance, and take things slowly to avoid performance pressure.
