If you thought that stress couldn’t tamper with your life any more than it already has, consider this. Stress can dampen sexual arousal. An action that includes the surging of blood, increased heart rate, and erection, arousal depends, to a great extent, on a number of various hormones to spark specific reactions in the body.
But there are other hormones discharged from the adrenergic system—epinephrine and norepinephrine, especially—that can effectively shut down sexual response. Whenever you are under stress, no matter what the source is, these hormones begin to course through your veins, directing blood flow to the heart and major muscles and, therefore, away from the genitals, in both men and women. This results in increased heart rate and blood pressure, two physical factors that can contribute to lowered libido and performance.
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