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How medication affects embodied sexuality and identity

I cannot have an orgasm anymore after starting antidepressants and I feel completely disconnected from my sexual self and do not know who I am.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Chemical alteration of neurotransmitter function disrupts the somatic pathways of pleasure and desire that are fundamental to felt sense of self.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Somatic approaches to psychological healing?”

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