Stress is not good for your sex life. But before you think it’s all about stress ruining the mood, researchers are saying that it’s more about the way your body handles stress, this according to the Journal of Sexual Medicine. Not surprisingly, cortisol levels play a role.
In a recent study, a sample of women were divided into two groups — a high-stress and average-stress — then measured their levels of arousal while they watched an erotic video.
The women in the high-stress group showed lower levels of genital arousal, higher levels of distraction, and higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which researchers hypothesize contributed to decreased physical arousal.
In other words, when your brain is preoccupied with stressful thoughts your below-the-belt area isn't primed to operate at peak performance.
Again, too much cortisol, not enough sexual arousal. Ironically, the best way to improve sexual arousal is to get some action. According to experts, having an orgasm is a great way to relieve stress.
Again, I think we all knew that.
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