# Sexless Marriage... "She's Just Stressed" Is Often the Biggest Lie

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Podcast: [Dad Starting Over](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dad-starting-over-1383563)
Published: 2026-09-04T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/910e865d
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## Resource

"She's just stressed." The kids, the job, her mom, the move. You've been telling yourself that for seven years. Real stress comes and goes. The deadline passes, the mother-in-law goes home, and the couple that's actually okay finds their way back to each other. If yours survived three jobs, two houses, and one good year, it's not stress anymore. It's the climate. In this video I break down why "she's just stressed" is the most useful lie in a dead bedroom: what the stress story does for you (keeps her blameless, keeps you busy, keeps the real question off the table), the one test that tells you if stress was ever the real problem, what the lie is actually protecting, and why the more you do around the house, the less she wants you. 🔴 FREE: Fix Your Dead Bedroom (Instant PDF Download) https://go.helpformen.com/tl/545 🔴 FREE COURSE: The Dead Bedroom Fix Course https://deadbedroomfixcourse.com 🔴 NEW!: The Dead Bedroom Fix App https://studio.com/ralph/deadbedroomfix?c=gNiRtwcj 🔴 TAKE THE QUIZ: What's your REBUILD score? https://helpformen.com/insights/rebuild-score 🟢 JOIN THE BROTHERHOOD (Private Community for Men) https://helpformen.com/join

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