Is your marriage suffering with intimacy issues? Either your sex life isn’t as good as it used to be, or it may be gone altogether. When you find out how to help fix a sexless marriage, you’ll be able to enjoy your marriage again—every aspect of it!

What is the worst that can happen?

Keeping intimacy alive in a marriage is just as important as communication and trust. It’s the physical bond between the two of you that people need so much.

What will happen to your marriage if you no longer have sex? Not everyone will suffer from the lack of sex, but most couples will feel the effects.

A partner may feel that they are no longer attractive. Their self-esteem will be affected, leading them to feel bad about themselves. This thought usually leads to depression.

With a lack of intimacy, there are more frustrations, and they are mounting rapidly. Intimacy keeps these frustrations at bay, because it releases feel-good chemicals into our bodies. When we no longer have that release, everything continues to build up inside, until we finally explode.



Why do some marriages have this problem?

There are many reasons for the lack of privacy. Some of the most talked about reasons are medications, especially for depression. Too much everyday stress, leaving one or both of you overly tired. Physical changes can prevent some couples from being able to have sex.

One VERY important thing to remember: INTIMACY does NOT have to be just about sex! Intimacy involves touching, kissing, etc. It’s physical contact that we need.



How to regain privacy

Maybe you both got bored with the same old routine. If this is the case, then do something different. Try to make it romantic with some candles and some calming music.

Have a special ‘date night’. Get a babysitter for the night and have dinner together. A nice quiet dinner and perhaps a movie will often lead you both to relax, and you will find that intimacy begins to return to your marriage.

Get the TV out of the bedroom. This is a distraction. Instead of talking to each other and being intimate with each other, if the TV is on, chances are something is diverting the interest of the two of you. By the time the TV show is over, you’ll probably be too tired to have sex.

There are many ways to get back to having a good sex life. Use your imagination! When your partner sees that you’re trying hard, they’ll probably start doing the same. By sparking interest in an area that’s been neglected for a while, you’ll discover that romance HAS NOT REALLY GONE OUT of your marriage, it was just hidden under a lot of stress.

The more you reintroduce intimacy into your marriage, the more you will have. When a person feels good, he wants more of that feeling. You and your spouse will have many more intimate moments, and your marriage will be much happier.