Patient's question:
After having a baby, because of the busy household chores and taking care of the child, both of us were very tired and exhausted. We often fell asleep immediately, and it had been a long time since we had sex, with no desire at all. I wonder if long-term abstinence from sex or sexual repression has any impact on the body?Doctor's answer:
For women with low libido, who naturally have little requirement for sex and do not consider the absence of sexual activity to be a problem, it is not harmful to their bodies. On the other hand, there are some women who have a high libido but feel ashamed of it, suppressing their desires forcefully and rejecting normal ways of self-resolution, such as masturbation. Over time, this can naturally be harmful to their bodies. This is because a mindset of self-negation is more damaging to health. It can lead to poor concentration, fatigue, irritability, imbalances in the nervous and endocrine systems, and some gynecological diseases.