A bit of background.
I'm 31, my wife is 28. We have been together for 7 years.
Lately, my wife has been rejecting all advances for sex and physical intimacy.
We used to be very sexually active with each other. I know she isn't cheating on me.
She has cited general things like "hormone changes", "stress", and has also directly stated that she finds sex to be unsatisfying (quote: "like being poked in the eye repeatedly").
I can't help but feel an overwhelming sense of rejection (physically and emotionally).
I have also lost nearly all self-confidence in my ability to pleasure her. This has had disastrous effect of making me extremely nervous during sex. On the rare occasions that we do have sex (once every two months or so), it makes it harder to get and maintain erection (contributing further to unsatisfying sex). Additionally, because of the infrequency of sex and the general excitement surrounding it, I have developed hyper sensitivity leading to premature ejaculation.
We have both discussed this before, but I feel the conversation left us further apart.
-My standpoint was that the quality of sex would improve if we had sex more frequently. Additionally, I emphasized that communication is key in understanding what she wants/what satisfies her.
-Her standpoint was that sex was awkward and unsatisfying and that she should have to tell me what satisfies her because "it hasn't been a problem for anyone else" (sex that she has had with previous partners).
I'll give it to her that my sexual experience may be a factor. I've only had 1 sexual partner previously (a long-term relationship of ~5 years full of sex). By comparison, her partner could is ~dozen. Likewise for me, it wasnt a problem and I could easily make my ex climax (sometimes multiple times in a session).
By comparison, my wife is physically and mentally hard to please.