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If we realize it or not, the seasons can have a significant impact on oursex life. Winter affects your sex drive on surprising ways - sometimes raise your libido and sometimes lower. When two partners are at very different levels of interest throughout the season, this can cause serious dysfunction. Oh, and pay attention to what you do with your libido, because winter also has an impact on fertility.

These are some of the most unexpected ways that winter affects your sex drive - without knowing yourself.

The lack of sunlight in winter can have a direct impact on your ability to have penetrating sex. According toDaisy Mae Sharner, MD, which specializes in sexual and reproductive health, erectile dysfunction can be associated with low vitamin D levels, which can be caused by reduced sun exposure.

An article in 2018 published in theInternational Research Journal on Impotence Confirms this, noting that the severity of sexual dysfunction correla to the extent to which men are missing in vitamin.

If you are one of the 10 million Americans living withseasonal emotional disorder (SAD), then you already know the condition that makes your mental health a lot during the colder winter months.

"Autumn is here and people start to feel mourning on the end of the summer, while we approach the holiday season when family disappointments lead to deeper loneliness," saysFran Walfish, Psyd, a family psychotherapist and relational in Beverly Hills. If this period of the year already breaks you, it is likely that you also lived a decrease in libido, according to theInternational Society for Sexual Health.

If you live in a colder climate, especially one with regular snowfall or wet weather, you have probably noticed that it may be harder to raise you from the sofa and exit to socialize. Although it makes sense, it can also make you feel more solicited - and that you are in a relationship or not, loneliness is not ideal for your sex life.

"Loneliness and isolation can cause a person to ruminate - to think about negative thoughts on several occasions and obsessive," says Walfish. "Rumination often raises anxiety and can cause physical symptoms, including cardiac palpitations, perspiration, chest pressure or even chest pain." If it's something you meet, you may notice that your libido is hibernally for the season.

Serotonin is an importantchemical and neurotransmitter For many reasons: it helps to regulate our mood, energy levels, sleep and sexual desire and function. A 2002 study published inThe lancet have found that serotonin's turnover was the lowest during the winter. And a study of 2010 in the newspaperDrugs, Health Care and Patient Safety Noted that serotonin seems to inhibit sexual activity - which is why antidepressants, which affect your serotonin, have been linked to sexual dysfunction. By this logic, it is possible that lower levels of serotonin in winter can really make youFollowing interested in sex.

A 2003 study published in theJournal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism found that men experience their lowest testosterone levels in the year over the months with theupper Temperatures and the greatest light of the day summer. And these variations were significant, with a difference of 31% between the lowest monthly average level and the highest level of free testosterone. Given thatTestosterone is closely associated with a male reader, the fact that the levels are higher in winter could also mean that men are more interested in sex.

In a 2008 study published in the journalPerceptionThe male research topics have found more attractive women's bodies in winter than in summer. The authors suggest that this could be because of "contractual effect" - in other words, do not see the skin all the time makes the bodies seem more desirable.

On the other hand, the less skin is less skin. Summer clothes are intrinsically sexy, but come in winter, we are all grouped in layers. You probably do not fantasize on someone in a scarf and a giant parka.Christopher Ryan Jones, Psyd, a psychologist therapist and clinical sex, says he can not be your libido that has decreased in winter, but the amount of stimuli. "In the winter months, your partner carries several layers of clothes and reveals less of their body, even in bed, because of the cold weather," he explains.

Let's go back to the class of biology for a minute.The production of spermatozoa works best When the testicles are a few degrees colder than the body temperature of a person, so that during the coldest months of, the testicles are treated with a climate more appropriate than usual. And yes, there is scientific evidence: an article published in 2003 in theJournal of Andrology found that the concentration of sperm was significantly higher in winter, and sperm was in much better shape to fertilize eggs.

Ok, not exactly. But statistically, more babies are designed on December 11th than any other day of the year, according to a 2016 study by the EFA (as reported byWomen's health) Researchers landed at that date by taking the most common year birthdaySeptember 16th-And a nine month countdown. Assuming that these babies are born on their due date, on December 11 the most fertile day of the year. AndYesTechnically on December 11 are not yet officially in winter (which beginsDecember 21), But it's definitely part of the cold season.

Winter encourages some people to want to find a partner in what is known as the menothing season. "Menotter season" refers to a specific period of the year when people become extremely motivated to "hit," explains Walfish. "It usually happens from October to March," it is the coldest months of the year.

Sometimes people feel the pressure to be in a relationship around the party. "For some, the thought of the imminence of family reunions and the holidays could create anxiety about appearing alone or be the only one alone there, which can lead to behaviors favoring the relationship"Justin Lehmiller, Researcher at the Kinsey Institute, wrote forVice. And if you end up with a new winter partner, it probably means that you will have more (or at least some) sex.