Study Finds Talking About Sexual Dysfunction Can Improve Your Sex Life

Study Finds Talking About Sexual Dysfunction Can Improve Your Sex Life

A study published in Fertility and Sterility found that talking about sexual dysfunction with your partner may have the same impact on your sex life, or sex drive, as taking any meds would. In the study, 30 women were taking intranasal oxytocin before sex, while the study’s control group was using water spray — both had similar results at the end of the study.

“Clearly the fact that the women thought more about their sexuality and spoke with their partners about sex during the course of the study in itself brought about measurable improvements,” study author Michaela Bayerle-Eder said in a press release, according to Glamour. “Sexual problems are often caused by the stress of everyday life rather than any chemical deficiency in a woman’s hormone balance.”

While for some women having conversations around sexual dysfunction may be enough to see improvements in their sex life, it is in no way a panacea for every woman.

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