Emotional Intimacy affects Sexual Intimacy
Are you confused as to why you and your partner are having less intimacy? Do you wonder where the intimacy in your relationship has gone? Does it concern you that you are not having intimacy? Do you keep asking for intimacy and yet your partner turns you down leaving you feeling hurt and confused?
Intimacy in a realtionship is a really important part of a marriage. In fact, it is so important that most couples choose to have a monogamous relationship. Intimacy is often used as a term for sex, but also emotional closeness.
In order to have any kind of sexual intimacy one also needs to have emotional intimacy. Many people are not aware of how emotional intimacy actually contributes to sexual intimacy. When a couple has fights that go unresolved or when they try and avoid discussing difficult things, this can lead to a break in the emotional intimacy in a relationship. Changes in life such as having children, having physical illness, or aging parents can also lead to disagreements of how to manage them or just lack of time to be able to talk about these issues.
Issues in a marriage that have nothing to do with sexual intimacy can affect the intimacy of a relationship. Many people are not aware that conflict, disagreement, a lack of emotional attunement outside the bedroom can lead to disruption in the bedroom.
If couples have a hard time talking about emotional issues, whether it happens to be about money, parenting or sex, this can lead to a breakdown in intimacy. Developing the skill and emotional intelligence to talk about intimate issues is vital to having strong sexual intimacy.
The good news is there is help for clients who want to improve their overall intimacy whether it’s emotional and/or sexual. Therapy provides a safe means to helping clients examine their beliefs and skills around discussing difficult emotional topics. Therapy provides education around intimacy and the skills needed to talk about them, negotiate for what each person wants and get back to having a loving relationship. Sexual intimacy is more than just physical acts of doing, it also requires people talking together and working together in a connected, respectful way.
If you would like to learn how therapy can help you, contact Tammy Fontana at All in the Family Counselling Centre Pte Ltd at +6590307239
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