Pain during sex is not normal. It is not something you should push through. It is not a price women pay for intimacy. And it is not in your head. Those three statements should not need to be said — but they do, because a significant proportion of women who experience painful sex have been […]
There is a cultural story about sex and aging that goes something like this: sexual desire and activity are features of youth, they decline with age, and by a certain point they effectively disappear. Older adults who remain sexually active are sometimes treated as surprising exceptions to the rule – or worse, as vaguely inappropriate. […]
Sexual health is one of the areas of human life where misinformation travels fastest and corrects slowest. Some of these myths come from outdated sex education that hasn’t been updated in decades. Some come from cultural assumptions so deeply embedded that nobody thinks to question them. Some are perpetuated by media, pornography, or the internet. […]
Low libido is one of the most common sexual health concerns in the United States – and one of the most commonly misunderstood. Most people interpret a drop in sexual desire as a relationship problem. If I’m not as interested in sex as I used to be, something must be wrong with us. Or they […]
Erectile dysfunction is the most googled men’s health topic in the United States. And yet despite how many men are searching for answers, it remains one of the conditions most shrouded in silence, embarrassment, and misinformation. The numbers are significant. An estimated 30 million American men experience erectile dysfunction to some degree — and prevalence […]
There is a conversation that happens in therapists’ offices across the United States every single day — and almost never happens at a regular doctor’s appointment. Someone comes in struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, or chronic stress. They talk about their mood, their sleep, their relationships, their functioning at work. And somewhere in the conversation […]
Sex drive gets talked about as though it’s a personality trait. Some people have a lot of it. Some people don’t. It goes up when you’re young and down when you’re old. It’s stronger in men than women. You either have it or you don’t. Almost none of that is accurate. Libido is not a […]
Anxiety is almost always described as a mental experience. The racing thoughts, the worry spiral, the catastrophic what-ifs that loop relentlessly through the mind. And those cognitive experiences are real and significant. But for a large proportion of people who live with anxiety, the body tells the story just as loudly as the mind does […]
If you live with anxiety, you’ve probably heard things that made you feel worse rather than better. “Just stop worrying.” “Everyone gets anxious — it’s not a big deal.” “You’re doing it for attention.” “Have you tried just thinking more positively?” “If you really wanted to get better, you would.” Some of these come from […]
Sexual dysfunction is one of those topics that sits in an uncomfortable middle ground — too common to ignore, too personal to discuss openly, and too often dismissed by the very healthcare system that should be addressing it. The numbers tell a striking story. Studies estimate that sexual dysfunction affects approximately 43 percent of women […]