Experts estimate that the condition may affect up to 10% of women.
On top of that, this lack of sex drive must be causing a lot of personal distress. When a person is diagnosed with hypoactive sexual desire disorder, it means they have lost some or all motivation to engage in sexual activities for at least six months or longer. “Hypoactive sexual desire disorder can have a negative impact on a person’s relationships and personal health,” Brett Worly, M.D., an ob-gyn at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, tells SELF. However, there is a clinical condition characterized by a sex drive that’s persistently lower than baseline: hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD). (People who relate to those feelings may identify as asexual.)
It’s also normal to never or rarely experience the desire for sex. These changes can happen over months or years, even day to day. “Just because someone has a low libido at one point in their life doesn’t mean that they’ll have low libido all of their life,” Lauren Streicher, M.D., professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and author of Sex Rx, tells SELF. Fluctuations in the desire for sex are extremely common. But you also don’t need to be going through a Big Life Moment to “justify” a low libido.
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