Mental and relational health

Desire, pain, trauma, and how partners relate to each other.

• Body image and sexual wellbeingBody image predicts sexual satisfaction more strongly than body size does. What the research shows about self-focus during sex, and what changes it.
• Chemsex and drug interactionsWhat the drugs do, the specific interaction dangers, and how to reduce harm.
• Desire differences between partnersThe most common sexual problem in long relationships, and what the evidence says helps.
• Infidelity and jealousyWhat the research finds about prevalence, causes, and whether relationships recover.
• Intimacy during and after cancer treatmentWhat treatment does to sexual function, and what can be done about it.
• Medication and sexual side effectsWhich common medicines affect sexual function, how often, and what can be done.
• Painful sexCauses of dyspareunia in all bodies, and why "relax and use more lube" is not an answer.
• Perinatal depression, anxiety and intimacyPerinatal mood conditions affect both parents and reshape sexual life. Prevalence, birth trauma and PTSD, treatment while breastfeeding, and rebuilding intimacy.
• Pornography: what the research supportsSeparating well-supported findings from contested claims in a heavily politicised field.
• Relationship structuresMonogamy, open relationships, polyamory and other arrangements, and what makes each work.
• Sex work: health and safetyOccupational health and safety information, and what the evidence says about legal models.
• Sexual frequency and satisfaction: the dataWhat large surveys actually find about how often people have sex, and what predicts satisfaction.
• Talking about sex with a partnerScripts and structures for the conversations most people avoid.
• Trauma-informed intimacyHow trauma affects sex, what triggers and dissociation look like, and how partners can respond.