How Attachment Styles Influence Sexual Desire

Sex is part of our natural ecosystem. However, the fact that it’s an inherent part of our nature, in the sense that we have really sophisticated mechanisms for this function, doesn’t imply that it’s without its difficulties. Research suggests that problems in this respect often have their origin in unhealthy attachment styles. These directly attack trust and complicity in the development of sexual relationships, as well as expectations or the interpretation of events. Attachment is defined as ‘the fondness for something or someone’. Sexual desire is ‘the desire for sexual pleasure’. Both concepts are related. In fact, we can see…