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Last reviewed: January 2026
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takes 3 minutes to complete00:00:01 hello we're gonna talk about symptoms of sexual problems in this video so this can be some symptoms of sexual problems and maybe you will have lower or absent desire than before maybe you will have duty sex which is that you have sex when you don't want it and it doesn't matter what gender you are and duty sex is really normal in this situation you and it doesn't matter what gender you are and duty sex is really normal in this situation you might be in and erection problems is also normal and that and the communication problems it's difficult to communicate really well because it's a new situation in life and and for many people this situation will be difficult of course and maybe it will
00:00:58 take a lot of time so the patients will not always be there and that is also normal and take a lot of time so the patients will not always be there and that is also normal and then you can get communications for communication problems and many women have pain in vagina and vulva they have different kinds of pain and then that of course will affect the sex life and you can have low spark in your life but and it's like it's so difficult to be in this situation sometimes so the spark in your life and it's like it's so difficult to be in this situation sometimes so the spark in your life will be low and maybe there are some traumas or conflicts that and you have some problems in your
00:01:42 relationship maybe you withdrawal because that is easier for you than talk about the problems people are very indifferent about that and the most most most normal and most difficult thing is guilt and shame so that's why it's so difficult to be in this situation sometimes so the spark in your life is really important to talk about and also there might be some illness and mental your life is really important to talk about and also there might be some illness and mental challenges and i always say if you have some really big issues and problems contact your doctor you have a lot of pain that is really really important so the dream of children and sorrow is really central in the in this and it's not
00:02:30 like this for everybody but it's really important to talk about sorrow because if you have waited for a long time and your patience it's low of course and then you can begin to have sorrow because you don't know if you have that hope anymore so it doesn't need to be this way it doesn't need to be this way but it's really important to talk about because many people start to have this sorrow without the them knowing it and if you have this sorrow you will have to have this sorrow without the them knowing it and if you have this sorrow you will have other problems in your relationship if you don't talk about it so i recommend always to talk about this kind of feelings you have with a therapist and you have a partner talk to your partner and
00:03:18 also your doctor because the most important thing about when you're starting to have these feelings is to talk about them so for couples who are trying to have children or have been together is to talk about them so for couples who are trying to have children or have been together for a long time habits are often central in their sex life um you will begin to have patterns because that's the way we are we are humans and we are always stuck in patterns and then it's very normal that one of the person in this relationship if you have a partner it will be the same person who seduces you each time so the problem with this is that it stops the it will be the same person who seduces you each time so the problem with this is that it stops the
00:04:08 opportunity to play together and find out what you actually like so um and um if this is the case and that for a period you are now you will not feel so much desire as before and don't worry because if you have lack of desire it will come back and we it's really normal and we will work on because if you have lack of desire it will come back and we it's really normal and we will work on that okay so now we're going to talk about the key how to understand yourself and your sexuality contains in your brain and in your brain you have some buttons i just want to talk about buttons because it's easier to to make you understand so you must learn your on and offs in your brain so we have one on and two offs so the on
00:04:59 understand so you must learn your on and offs in your brain so we have one on and two offs so the on is always there but it's really normal to have two offs and it lays on your desire so when you understand this you will get to know how to get back the desire so if it's really often that stress and the way you look at your body and some traumas maybe or if it's really often that stress and the way you look at your body and some traumas maybe or your relationship problems will affect these buttons so if you have some problems in your life these buttons will push on your arm and then you will not feel your desire right
00:05:51 so what i'm going to ask you now is to give you a reflection task and i want you to write down with the answer so have you ever experienced that this may have affected your sex life before with the answer so have you ever experienced that this may have affected your sex life before stress body image trauma or relationships problems or maybe some pain and write down how does that affect your sex life so what happens and when was it write also down that so i'm going to ask you now to give you a reflection task and i want you to write down how does that
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