Can Childhood Trauma Cause a Loss of Libido
In many cases, when women are faced with a loss of libido, or the complete absence of one, they search far and wide for the reason. Sometimes, the cause can be traced all the way back to incidents that happened to us during our childhood. Incidents of sexual abuse or blunt trauma to the body, or even a completely non-sexual trauma, can embed itself in our deepest consciousness and play havoc with our self image and our ability to be a fully realized person for the rest of our lives until we deal with it properly.
Sexual Abuse
An absolutely stunning number of young girls are sexually molested at some point during their childhood. Some women have a conscious memory of this happening and can work through the pain over a period of years with the help of a trusted confidant. Others repress the incident and then wonder why they have issues with their sexuality later on in life. Many women choose to undergo hypnotherapy to see if they have any repressed memories, while other women simply choose to wait and see if things surface on their own. Regardless of which path you take, sexual abuse is never the child’s fault and should never be held against a victim at any point.
Blunt Trauma
As any boy who has ever landed wrong on the monkey bars can tell you, blunt trauma to the body during childhood is extremely common, and much of it goes unreported. While common gender stereotypes dictate that girls don’t have the kind of playground or sports injuries that boys do, blunt trauma to the sex organs or to another part of the body is a very real threat, and of an injury is ignored or belittled, it can become a serious physical and mental roadblock to a healthy female libido later on in life.
Walking In on Mom & Dad
The other kind of trauma that a child can undergo that could later impact their sex life would be an unpleasant or scary first introduction to sex. This often happens when a child walks in on mom and dad and is yelled at and later punished or the first time they are caught playing doctor with another child in the neighbourhood. If nothing but negative connotations are associated with your sex organs or sex in general, it is pretty tough to grow up with a healthy attitude towards sex.