When I saw the headline on Yahoo! that “Mind-Blowing Sex Causes Amnesia in 54-Year-Old Woman” I just had to read the story.
While I’m not sure it happened recently, it appears to be a case study that was reported recently where the woman could not remember anything that happened in the 24 hours previous to the marital encounter.
Fortunately, she was diagnosed with transient global amnesia, a rare and sudden episode of memory loss. According to experts, the episodes are temporary and unlikely to happen again.
The bottom line is that this type of amnesia can happen doing about anything, including playing ping-pong, but since that headline wouldn’t make it to page 95, they chose this example instead.
What Can We Learn About Relationships From This?
I think there are a couple of takeaways from this brief report for people of all ages in relationships; besides understanding that you may not need to rush to the emergency room if you find you cannot remember anything after some awesome sex.
- Just in case this happens to you it helps if you have known the person you decide to sleep with for longer than 24 hours so you don’t all of sudden find yourself in bed with someone wondering if you have just been raped by a COMPLETE stranger. (OK, a LITTLE tongue in cheek here)
- Just because you are on the higher side of middle age doesn’t mean you can’t have great sex, with your SPOUSE! (Granted, we don’t know how long the couple had been married)
- Women can enjoy sex too. (Yes, I know some of you don’t need to be told that, but others do and you KNOW WHO YOU ARE)
- Great sex can happen between married people too, presumably after a few years of marriage besides (Hope for young people starting to feel old)
But perhaps the most important take away is this:
- If you are NOT having mind blowing sex in your relationship, isn’t it worth checking out why not? And more importantly, what you can do to gain that in your marriage or relationship?
What also caught my eye in the article was the final paragraph, benefits of sex:
“Sex may boost immunity, relieve stress, improve sleep, create bonding between couples and it reduces the risk of some types of cancer”
So tell me again that you are “not in the mood”…
There are so many things that go wrong in a marriage or other long term relationship and we just let them go wrong.
The reality is that every relationship has aspects that can be improved almost effortlessly and without personal cost by both parties. Typically, though, we either don’t realize it or just take the lazy way out – and pay the price.
While we hope to be covering some of these in future articles, let’s just cover a few right here:
- Smile at her/him (simple, free, no-brainer)
- Pay attention to how you leave the bathroom, is it as clean or cleaner than when you walked in? This is not that hard to do.
- Hand over the remote and stay to watch what he/she picks.
- When you are about to open your mouth and that little voice inside tells you that you are about to start an argument shut your mouth, swallow and leave it alone.
If your relationship, your sex life or just life at home is not what you think it should be, or could be, then maybe it’s time to pick up the best guide we know of for healing marriages and relationships.
It’s called the Magic of Making Up, and it has literally done wonders for thousands of people all over the world.
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