#libidio

[ukftm]

since starting t half a year ago my lebido has become higher and i've also become 'wetter'. i find myself needing to climax at least twice a day, which can get a bit annoying. is there anything i can do about this? will it settle down?

An increase in libido is one of the common effects of testosterone.  This is often highest after starting testosterone and can then calm down somewhat, although it often remain higher than pre-testosterone.  There is no guarantee that it will calm down, or when this might happen though.  If your testosterone levels are to the higher end of the acceptable range then you could discuss trying to reduce them a little to see if this helps.

There is some variation in whether people find that they become wetter or drier after starting testosterone, and unfortunately there’s not much that can be done about being wetter.

~ Alex

[glue-mag]

a good beginners guide to psychic well-being #libidio #deathdrive

[gegensmith]

We have based our argument on the supposition that there exists within the psyche — whether in the ego or the id is still uncertain — a displaceable energy which, though indifferent in itself, can join forces with a qualitatively differentiated erotic or destructive impulse and increase its overall cathexis. We simply cannot get anywhere without positing a displaceable energy of this kind. But we are still left wondering where it comes from, who it belongs to, and what it signifies.

Freud, The Ego and the Id (1923, 134)

• the Adam Smith of desire •