The Invisible Load: How Mental Load Impacts Intimacy in Relationships

By Rebecca Ginder, Licensed Sex Therapist If you’ve ever felt like your brain is constantly juggling a thousand tabs—coordinating schedules, remembering appointments, tracking groceries, managing emotions—you’re not imagining it. That feeling has a name: mental load, and it plays a bigger role in relationships and intimacy than many people realize. Mental load refers to the invisible […]