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[quote=Anonymous]A lot of time “low libido” is really just a woman whose partner prefers a higher frequency and pathologizers her. It’s not low relative to some absolute baseline. Like I happily had 1x/week when my kid was a baby and really enjoyed it but ex whined about my “low libido.” To me it was fine. There was absolutely nothing biologically wrong with my body and 1x/week when you’re still breastfeeding is quite normal.

I’d say “low libido” has to be characterized as relative to your own normal. But you still have to distinguish between biological and psychological. When my ex was getting abusive I still had libido in terms of biology but absolutely no desire for sex with HIM and would have completely physically shut down if he tried.

Libido (if defined as motivation to have sex) can also be impacted by physiology. What’s REALLY weird is having a desire for sex but your genitals don’t work - that’s what happened to me on Lexapro. Like, nothing connected properly below even though I still had feeling. Eventually the inability/great difficulty in being able to O makes you give up trying much so you don’t have any libido. (Although for a while I was really trying which is its own weird thing!)

But there are times when it all goes away - both physical and mental desire. For me hormonal birth control did that. 
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