Sex, the nervous system and intimacy is a collection of materials about how stress, exhaustion, hormonal fluctuations, shame, conflicts in a couple and relationship experience affect desire and the ability to feel pleasure. Here we talk about intimacy without pressure: how to return to contact with the body, agree on boundaries, restore trust after arguments and find your own pace in closeness when life feels overloaded.
Sex, the nervous system and intimacy
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Porn, Expectations, and Real Sex: How to Restore Contact and Pleasure Without Pressure
How porn shapes expectations, enhances shame, and what helps to restore live intimacy.
Self-Touch and the Nervous System: How Gentle Intimacy with Yourself Supports Desire
How self-touch calms the body, restores a sense of safety and pleasure without shame.
Slow Sex and the Nervous System: Why Slowing Down is Sometimes More Important Than Techniques
We explain how pace, attention, and safety help relieve tension and return sensations.
Silence After a Quarrel: Why We Drift Apart and How to Restore Dialogue and Closeness
Why silence appears after a conflict and how to restore contact without pressure.
Burnout, motherhood and sex: what changes after the birth of children
Why desire disappears after the birth of a child and how to gently restore closeness without pressure and guilt.
Conflicts in a Couple and Intimacy: Why Arguments Don't Always End in "Make-Up Sex"
How resentments and tension kill desire and what helps restore intimacy without pressure.
Shame, upbringing and sexual pleasure: how inner rules block intimacy
Why shame turns on control mode and what helps you feel safe again.
Body image and sexuality: how insecurity steals pleasure
Why self-criticism and body shame disrupt desire—and how to return to sensations.
Sex, the nervous system and intimacy: how desire really works
How the nervous system, stress and relationships shape desire, intimacy and sexual well-being.
Stress, anxiety and sex: why desire disappears when we are exhausted
How chronic stress and anxiety mute desire, and what helps libido feel safe again.
Hormones, cycle and desire: why libido shifts throughout the month
How hormonal phases change libido, sensitivity and mood, and why it is normal.