I Think About Sex All The Time

Skip navigation! Story from Sex. Erika W. When you first start dating someone new, you might have sex all the time.

Sex in a new relationship is often pretty fantastic: It happens constantly, it's exciting to discover each other's bodies, and the two of you usually can't get enough of each other. If you're really lucky, the sex can last that way well into a long-term committed relationship, and you'll live happily — and sexually — ever after. That said, in most cases, lack of sex in a relationship — especially between exclusive partners — is likely to occur over time. But if your sexy time has come to a screeching halt altogether, Martha Tara Lee , a clinical sexologist D. What would make you want to have sex more? Which areas — sex quality, duration of foreplay, or simply frequency — would you like to work on?

According to a survey by British sex-toy brand Lovehoney , 46 percent of women and 42 percent of men say they've thought about someone else during sex. Furthermore, 60 percent of men and women say they thought about an ex during sex, with 15 percent noting that this happens often. Other possible reasons you can't figure out how to stop thinking about your ex during sex? Maybe certain smells or images bring an ex to mind, since those senses trigger our memories.

Men may think about sex more often than women do, but a new study suggests that men also think about other biological needs, such as eating and sleep, more frequently than women do, as well. And the research discredits the persistent stereotype that men think about sex every seven seconds, which would amount to more than 8, thoughts about sex in 16 waking hours. In the study, the median number of young men's thought about sex stood at almost 19 times per day.