Given the symptoms (“my sexual attraction and desire has severely decreased”), you are probably experiencing frigidity. Frigidity is defined by the lack of sexual desire (libido). Libido is result of the psycho-emotional constitution of the person and influenced by the social environment. A libido is usually stronger in men than in women. Lack of sexual desire is normal before puberty and during menopause for some women. During pregnancy and soon after delivery ,sexual desire can be also decreased.
Reasons for frigidity can be various:
1. Some women have a constitutionally weak libido. Such women are usually not interested in men;
2. Puritan education and ideas where sex is considered as a sin;
3. Sexual traumas during childhood;
4. Unreasonable fear of getting pregnant or delivery due to bad experience or stories;
5. Disappointment after prolonged and unsuccessful treatment therapies for sterility;
6. Prolonged lack of sexual intercourse;
7. Mental and physical fatigue;
8. Severe chronic and acute diseases;
9. Endocrine diseases: hypofunction of the suprarenal glands, disorders of the thyroid gland and diabetes mellitus.
Therapy and treatment for frigidity depends upon the cause so it is very important to identify the cause of frigidity. Hormonal therapy is successful in cases of endocrine disorders. Psychotherapy is also very important for treating decreased sex drive.