{"id":468591,"date":"2025-05-21T22:25:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T02:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/how-to-recover-intimacy-in-a-relationship-after-a-crisis\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T22:25:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T02:25:40","slug":"how-to-recover-intimacy-in-a-relationship-after-a-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/style\/sex\/how-to-recover-intimacy-in-a-relationship-after-a-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"How to recover intimacy in a relationship after a crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over time, it’s normal for romantic relationships to go through moments of emotional or sexual disconnection. Routine, daily stress, unresolved conflicts, or even a major crisis can cool intimacy, generating distance and frustration between the two. However, this stage doesn’t have to be permanent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recovering intimate connection is not just about “going back to sex,” but about rebuilding the complicity, communication, and desire that may have been relegated. Betting on the reunion is a sign of love and commitment, and there are healthy, real, and effective ways to achieve it without pressure or unrealistic expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some tips to enjoy intimacy as a couple again:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Acknowledge the situation without blame:<\/strong>
    The first step is to accept that the relationship has changed. It’s not about pointing fingers, but about identifying which emotional, physical, or communication aspects have influenced the loss of connection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Create moments without distractions:<\/strong>
    Dinners without cell phones, weekend getaways, or simply turning off the TV can open space for reconnection. Intimacy doesn’t begin in bed, but in daily attention.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Explore new forms of contact:<\/strong>
    Hugging more, looking at each other with intention, caressing without haste. Physical contact doesn’t always have to lead to sex, but it can reactivate the emotional closeness that gives way to desire.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Talk about desire without shame:<\/strong>
    Expressing what is missed, what is desired, or what is needed sexually can open previously closed doors. Many times desire is there, but it doesn’t find space to express itself.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Seek professional help if necessary:<\/strong>
    Sometimes, the best way to regain intimacy is with the help of a couple’s therapist or sexologist. It is not a sign of weakness, but of commitment to the relationship.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Sexuality in a couple evolves, and rediscovering it together can become a powerful experience. Intimacy is not only skin, it is also complicity, care, and shared desire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Over time, it’s normal for romantic relationships to go through moments of emotional or sexual disconnection. Routine, daily stress, unresolved conflicts, or even a major crisis can cool intimacy, generating distance and frustration between the two. However, this stage doesn’t have to be permanent. Recovering intimate connection is not just about “going back to sex,” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":468592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[6597],"tags":[40608,40649],"class_list":["post-468591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sex","tag-sex","tag-tips"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-1XTV","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/intimidad.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Sex"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/intimidad.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}