Stress can kill us—any doctor will agree. It wears us down, can destroy our sleep patterns, make us look older, even cause us to gain weight. It’s no surprise it can also be absolutely terrible for our sex life. "About 80 percent of my clinical caseload involves people who are over-stressed and anxious, and it can have a devastating effect on one's sex life," says John McGrail, PhD, a clinical hypnotherapist, self improvement expert and personal/relationship coach based in Los Angeles.
"Stress is a physiological and emotional response to a threat. It is biologically meant to be a short-term condition to get us out of a threatening or dangerous situation. In modern society it has become chronic and endemic and it does have a devastating effect on both the mind and body over the long-term, because the chemicals of stress—adrenaline and cortisol—are very corrosive, so it can cause all kinds of physical and emotional issues," says McGrail.
The irony is that if you can get yourself in the mood, sex actually REDUCES stress, says McGrail. "Sex actually helps reduce stress due to the secretion of endorphins. It also is good for the heart, immunity and both testosterone and estrogen levels," says McG
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