Oh, this is TOTALLY a reality. It's not directly a fact, but this economy can make people depressed. Depression can absolutely affect sex drive.

Stress and stuff like that can absolutely impact your sex drive. Anything that can distract you can affect your sex drive.

Have you tried making a few minutes here and there for just you where you can just forget about everything else? Maybe light a few candles or take a bath with a good book? If for no other reason than to relax yourself

Maybe a little crazy but it has improved our sex life. I was laid off more than a year ago, we have lost so much. Very stressful.

On the plus side, more time at home with the wife. We have been together for 20 years, and always had a great sex life. Since the layoff we have started using toys,(thanks to Eden) and I have been getting into prostate massage. Like being a virgin all over again.

I really wish I could find a job and get health insurance and all, but we realize that there is not much we can do about it so we try not to dwell on it.

Life goes on, make the best of it.

Certainly. Some people can only focus on the stress when they are dealing with major life changes. I think it has something to do with the bodies natural stress reactions, too. I've heard that in high stress situations some of our more inconvenient body processes slow down so that the body can deal with the stress. For example, women will sometimes stop having a period when they are under a great deal of stress. It wouldn't surprise me at all if some people's bodies put their sex drive on the back burner.

It depends, if you're loosing your home, car and everything because of the current environment I completely understand. If finances are tough, well you have to adapt. It takes time but sex is a better way to hand stress than not having any.

When the economy first took a turn for the worse, it seemed to make our sex life better and more frequent. Also, we lost a house deal and lost about #250,000.00 (on paper) when our property values dropped, so we had a lot of sex to console each other.

I find unless the problem is a sick child (whom I will have to care for) I like to use sex to forget my problems, but My Man tends to sometimes bring his problems to bed, and the last few weeks, as the economy gets worse, there are NO jobs (he's employed but my home business is in the toilet) and he hasn't had a raise in years, because his employer isn't giving them to anybody EXCEPT the CEO and the VPs, he's been a little out of sorts.

This morning was the first time in a week with both came during sex. This is really rare for us, as we make love at least once or twice a day. He's been so damn stressed that he feel asleep TWICE last week and I had to finish myself. And, in the mornings he has to get to work to deal with more problems, (more problems and NO more money) and we've been down to quickies, which have been leaving me frustrated.

Things cannot continue like this. He took a vacation two weeks ago, and it was really nice, but now all the frikkin stress is back and I really want him to put the bills and his work on the back burner while we are in bed.

The economy has actually helped our sex life. Which seems to be a trend for us. I think it partially has to do with not being able to afford to go out much, so we just stay home and play. And I'm not complaining one little bit. At least about that part of it. I also think orgasms are great stress relievers, and sex helps me to stop thinking about money problems.

I think it depends on what is happening with you personally. We haven't been effected by it (knock on wood) and our sex life is still amazing, but I do know that stressors effect our sex life, so it's not just the economy.