Claire Diaz

So they feel like they've lost their so-called sex drive.

We might also feel like they've lost their sexual desires.

So they're not wanting sex or thinking about sex as much.

It also might create conflict between a partner as well.

Totally.

And it makes sense, right?

Like it's a really hard thing to come up against, but it makes sense that the body is actually trying to protect itself.

When there is a perceived threat, it's going into that survival mode.

Like you said, it's in fight, flight, freeze or fawn.

The nervous system is out of whack and pleasure is the first thing to go usually.

So it might feel also like people are just generally disconnected from feeling their pleasure.

Yeah, interesting.

Yeah, grief is an interesting one and people experience such a range of reactions when they're experiencing grief.

It's definitely possible, especially because people also want connection often when they're moving through grief.

They're wanting to feel close to someone and that's usually where that

stems from.

I think a really interesting way to look at it, sometimes people get confused that think that grief is the opposite to pleasure and it's really not.

And it's the same with stress.

Grief and stress, pleasure can coexist at the same time as these experiences.

So if you are someone that is able to experience pleasure within grief, like also know that that's a normal thing.