Dr. Mary Claire Haver
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Okay.
So when I have a patient who comes in with sexual dysfunction, it usually falls into five buckets and there could be overlap.
So there is pain.
Okay.
If it hurts, we must fix the pain.
Stop everything until we figure out why you're hurting.
It should never hurt.
Let me repeat.
Sex should never be painful, only pleasurable.
Okay.
Unless you're into that kind of stuff, but that's a whole other discussion.
There could be a desire disorder.
So that's in the brain.
Your brain doesn't that flip that switch that says, I want to do this.
And then we have spontaneous desire.
Most women don't have that where you just wake up.
I want sex right now.
Most women have reactive desire, meaning you need a stimulus or something to say, hey, oh, wow, that that was spontaneous.
you know, he put the dishes away or she, you know, whatever it is, like we saw a sexy movie or watched heated rivalry, you know, and you're like, oh, this seems like a really good idea.
So, so that's in the brain.