Libido and menopause, it is not the time to close their doors

At the age of 50 there are those who arrive unprepared for the transformations that their body can undergo with the onset of menopause and if they have the wrong attitude they resist any change. It is in this moment that a vicious circle can be triggered and the greatest danger is that of not liking each other anymore. The mirror reflects a new image, perhaps an aged one and consequently, sexual desire is also affected. If you don’t like yourself, you think you can’t like others.

The changes in a woman’s body that occur with menopause, when the cycle ends and not life, sometimes bring small objective annoyances such as vaginal dryness, but taking note of it helps to face the new age in a positive way. And even the libido will thank you, because it all lies in the attitude you choose to have towards the turning point, when beauty does not end but evolves. It is therefore important for a woman, especially in this period of life, to work on herself, to counteract that general feeling of disliking herself, because it can have consequences on the couple’s life and the way she behaves towards her sexuality.

SYMPTOMS THAT AFFECT THE MENTAL STATE
“At this age, women gain weight and are also mentally much more sensitive to any changes that consolidate after the age of 50. In reality, it is from the age of 40 onwards that you enter the time window in which you feel so many variations in the body, you don’t see or feel what you used to be “, clarifies the female doctor Rossella Button, gynecologist at the University of Pavia – Policlinico San Matteo. «The lifestyle and an irregular diet do the rest in anticipating the symptoms of this delicate phase of life. On a physiological level, what happens is that some minerals are fixed less and skin, hair and nails are also affected. For example, deficiencies such as biotin, which is very important for guaranteeing the strength of the nails, begin, and the need to integrate it in order to have stronger nails, hair and skin without side effects comes forward ».

SELF-ACCEPTANCE, A GOAL
«The image that the mirror sends back to us with the first signs of age is the one that affects the mood and self-esteem. The more the woman progresses, the more she has to face a change in physical shape, the breasts lose tone, the muscles also and in general the skin does not have the usual structure. Other small signs are that couple of pounds on the waist that do not go down and that do not facilitate the relationship with one’s own reflection. As you can see, so different, it also affects the relationship with the partner. If the woman likes herself less, she loses sexual desire and experiences the first experiences of vaginal dryness. Sex life is also affected because this period often coincides with the phase of life in which you have to face more stress and physical fatigue, between work, family and social life, and it goes without saying that if there is stress it is more difficult to relax. In cascade the effect falls on the lubrication of the sexual organs and a peaceful life as a couple: due to the stress hormones, cortisol and adrenaline, many multitasking women are unable to switch off. Not feeling desire impacts a lot on self-esteem, in these cases the woman is convinced that the partner no longer wants her, and a chain mechanism of problems in two-person relationships is triggered that does not help general well-being “.