Is it possible to lower your libido?
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Libido works on a "use it or lose it" principal.
Thus, if you go for a few very frustrating weeks of not satisfying your sexual urges, your libido will go down.
It's doubtful you'll make it.
Thus, if you go for a few very frustrating weeks of not satisfying your sexual urges, your libido will go down.
It's doubtful you'll make it.
short of castration or hormone therapy, not much i know of. i wish there was. to answer your question, yes, i'd very much like to get rid of my libido. it's at the top of my list of annoying maintenance routines i'd pay to regulate if i could.
You can watch alot of kid's programming.. that helps take your mind off more adult things.
God I hope I didn't create a new predator.
Jokes aside, hormone therapy is the only scientific way that can address your problem, as others have said. Try occupying yourself with work -- you only think when you have time to do so. Doing stuff will occupy your libido and it's well, healthier and more productive than masturbating a bunch.
God I hope I didn't create a new predator.
Jokes aside, hormone therapy is the only scientific way that can address your problem, as others have said. Try occupying yourself with work -- you only think when you have time to do so. Doing stuff will occupy your libido and it's well, healthier and more productive than masturbating a bunch.
You don't really "burn testosterone", it got a natural decay (half life) like any other hormones. Without looking it up I'd say it's more likely that hard exercise increases the concentration of testosterone in the blood stream than reduce it. However testosterone is the main inhibitor to testosterone production meaning that exercise will likely cause a peak in testosterone concentration and then it will decrease because the production decreases. So good advice, but inaccurate description.triggrhappy94 said:
Personally I'd say exercise, stress or castration are your best bets. I know which one I prefer...
I haven't seen very conclusive evidence of the "use it or lose it" theory.
My boyfriend has a massive libido. Truth be told it can sometimes come between us and be very disruptive.
I enjoy sex, but only occasionally. So he tends to go 2-2 1/2 weeks without it, and it only makes him more irritable, wound up and difficult to live with.
My boyfriend has a massive libido. Truth be told it can sometimes come between us and be very disruptive.
I enjoy sex, but only occasionally. So he tends to go 2-2 1/2 weeks without it, and it only makes him more irritable, wound up and difficult to live with.
I find that doing something physical temporarily lowers my libido. I have a job with a lot of walking and don't really think of sex at all while on the clock, it's when I'm home with nothing to do that I have to worry about idle hands.
If given the choice, no I wouldn't have my libido lowered. I've been around the block as far as sex goes, and though I'm actually quite unmotivated these days in a stable sexual partner I don't consider the urges to be bothersome. It's not like I can't take care of it myself, and there are some pretty serious health benefits to getting off at least a few times a week. It's something our bodies are biologically driven to do, after all.
If given the choice, no I wouldn't have my libido lowered. I've been around the block as far as sex goes, and though I'm actually quite unmotivated these days in a stable sexual partner I don't consider the urges to be bothersome. It's not like I can't take care of it myself, and there are some pretty serious health benefits to getting off at least a few times a week. It's something our bodies are biologically driven to do, after all.
Jam a metal rod into the corner of your eye, through the optic canal and into the brain and then swish it around for awhile. If it doesn't work, rinse and repeat. Eventually you're going to poke whatever part of your brain is causing all the problems, and the damage will reduce your libido. I mean if it worked on Francis Farmer, it will probably work for you too.
I know you probably don't care for advice least of all from the guy who suggest lobotomy(however sardonically) as a libido reducer. But psychologists and relationship counselors suggest that you just go along with it even if you aren't interested at the time. Even if you aren't particularly in the mood, having an erratic sex schedule is one of the biggest things that ruins relationships(statistically.) It is suggested that if you aren't going to have sex regularly, it's more stable for the relationship that you never have sex at all.piinyouri said:
Well it's not quite erratic. That would suggest that there are whole months were we don't have sex, which isn't true. (Even I'd be getting a little randy at that point)Mycroft Holmes said:
It is regular in that it's about twice a month.
But we both agree we don't want sex to become routine, so we're both more or less happy with the current schedule.
I appreciate the advice however. : )
turn that drive into something productive, bitches love productivity!
think of all the ass you'd ge- aw shit, I fucked up. >.<
think of all the ass you'd ge- aw shit, I fucked up. >.<
Don't think about purple elephants.
You'd be surprised how psychological your libido can be. If you're constantly trying to avoid arousing thoughts, you're constantly having arousing thoughts. Just don't focus or make a big deal about it, because it isn't a big deal. Find a hobby or activity that will keep your mind occupied and engaged, and your libido will be lower just from it not being triggered as much.
And masturbate often, or at least regularly, as a way to vent. The key is controlling your libido, isolating from everything else, not completely denying it.
You'd be surprised how psychological your libido can be. If you're constantly trying to avoid arousing thoughts, you're constantly having arousing thoughts. Just don't focus or make a big deal about it, because it isn't a big deal. Find a hobby or activity that will keep your mind occupied and engaged, and your libido will be lower just from it not being triggered as much.
And masturbate often, or at least regularly, as a way to vent. The key is controlling your libido, isolating from everything else, not completely denying it.
I don't think there's much truth to this, I've gone over a year without "satisfying my urges" and while you're libido doesn't stay as high as it gets during the first couple weeks, it still remains much higher than normal. Plus you get periodic erections seemingly at random just like when you were in junior high.lacktheknack said:Libido works on a "use it or lose it" principal.
Thus, if you go for a few very frustrating weeks of not satisfying your sexual urges, your libido will go down.
It's doubtful you'll make it.
Chemical or hormone therapy maybe? Possibly? That's about the best I can think of. I have also heard rumors that having a vasectomy will reduce your sex drive but I could be completely wrong about that.
As others have mentioned, polish the carrot as needed. Think of it like a bucket filling up with water- you've got to let some of it out or it's going to spill over.krazykidd said:
I'd suggest just getting used to it. We males are hardwired to constantly, constantly want to procreate. Other than that, I'd avoid anything that alters your body and brain chemistry. See, if you're constantly thinking about sex, and your brain chemistry is changed to undo that... is the resulting person really YOU? Are we not more than the Meat Machine that we reside within?
Actually, excercising increased my libido quite a bit.A.A.K said:Do I know how to lower your sex drive? Get a physical hobby. Go insane with rock climbing or whatever..
The physical burn-out helps greatly... and yea, plenty of other benefits.
So I'm told at least.
Would I ever lower my sex drive?
Never. Love my libido
Between me and my girlfriend and past female relationships... Need my libido
Of course, driectly after a really exhausting work-out, you wouldn't want to directly jump someones bones, but excerxise will jump start the testosterone production in a healthy male, which serves to increase the libido...
My advice:
Check you hormone levels and talk to a doctot about, quite possible that you have more testosterone than your brain is comfortable. It happens, hormones fuck up every now and then.
And regarding hormone therapy, there is no reason at all to take the testo-blockers in as high dosage as we do. 25 mg androcur or similar would probably lower it without any permanent issues. And please note that transsuals (mtf) also take estrogen which doubles up as a testo-blocker. So we take many times more than a guy would get in order to lower his libido.
And regarding hormone therapy, there is no reason at all to take the testo-blockers in as high dosage as we do. 25 mg androcur or similar would probably lower it without any permanent issues. And please note that transsuals (mtf) also take estrogen which doubles up as a testo-blocker. So we take many times more than a guy would get in order to lower his libido.