Hi all, it is my first time posting so please be gentle with me! Looking for advice and maybe some reassurance...
My husband and I have been married for under a year and very happy together (we have our problems but I really enjoy being with him). He has some mental health issues... suffers from anxiety often and has had a couple of bouts of mild depression during our relationship. His sex drive is lower than mine in general however when he is suffering from anxiety and/or depression, our sex life disappears. He was very down recently and we have had sex once in the last couple of months. And only a handful of times since the beginning of the year. This can make me feel quite down and I miss that intimacy with him. Sex just doesn’t seem to be a priority to him.
He usually gets defensive and closes in on himself when I try to talk to him about the issue (and I don’t always discuss it with him in the right way), but we have just had a constructive conversation about it.
I just wanted to hear from anyone with a similar experience if I am handling this in the best way or if there is anything else I can do further? I want to be supportive but our lack of sex does bother me a lot sometimes and I don’t want to end up in a sexless marriage.