For years Stacey was puzzled about why she never wanted to sleep with anyone, even her husband. As she explains here, it was her doctor that told her the truth. For a really long time I thought I was broken mentally or physically in some way, I thought it wasn't normal to not want to have sex with people. Friends of mine would be talking about boyfriends they'd had or celebrities they'd like to bed, and I just didn't think about anybody in that very specific, sexual sense. When I was in my early twenties I really started noticing it, but I didn't talk to anybody about it because I just thought, "They're going to think I'm well strange," so I just kept quiet.

When you first met your partner, there was electricity, there was passion, and there was sex—lots of it. While there are dozens of reasons for lack of lust—from illness to stress to scheduling—the truth is that sex is healthy for body and mind and builds closeness, intimacy and a sense of partnership in your relationship. We invite you to recognize the real-life obstacles to your healthiest, most fulfilling sex life, so you can find ways to overcome them.

Reasons why some women in their 30s and 40s lose interest in sex. By Audrey Edwards. She still recalls the purely sexual thoughts she had the first time she saw him: "Tall.