ABSTRACT
Sexual desire is easy to kill. The potential for desire and pleasure is natural for both women and men, but can be vulnerable. A myriad of emotional and sexual factors can poison desire. Chief among these are anger and other negative emotions, including depression, guilt, anxiety, inhibitions, obsessions, compulsions, and shame. The technical term is inhibited sexual desire. This reflects the core issue-identifying and assessing factors that block (inhibit) sexual desire. The terms we use are turnoffs or poisons. To understand what inhibits desire, you need to identify individual and couple poisons.
