Why Do I Feel Obligated To Have Sex With My Husband?

YourTango Expert Kate Evans explains why you're disinterested in sex and how to change.

I feel obligated to have sex
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Do you go through the motions when you have sex? Is your spouse starting to resent you for it? If so, help is on the way.

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In this video, therapist and YourTango Expert Kate Evans explains what happens when sex with your partner starts to feel more like something on your daily to-do list than an intimate experience. "The truth is that the demands of life and all the expectations that we put on ourselves and that others put on us makes it so that we feel like we need to grasp control of everything in our world," she says. "What that does is create worry and if you happen to be someone who's prone to worry to start with, you're going to get very tense." She offer recommendations on how to lower the pressure to have sex and make it fun again.

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