Is Sex the New Prescription For Depression?

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  Posted by opiniononly Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:44pm PDT

  Unsatisfactory sex is often a symptom of other problems within a relationship...problems that most likely are not being discussed/addressed or resolved. No wonder depression follows.

  The mind/body/spirit connection is powerful. If one is out of whack the others usually end up being out of whack also.

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  Posted by Zom-B Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:45pm PDT

  So...do men deserve the good sex lives they want too, or is it just women? I keep hearing on this site about how men are scum for even thinking about sex.

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  Posted by SILENT KNIGHT Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:22pm PDT

  Hell yeah it is. I think depressed, stuck up, up tight, sexually boring and cold hearted dark individuals need some real bad, but not from just anybody. They need someone who can really open them up and wake them up inside. So technicly it's more of a resurrection of sorts or an exorcism. That's what you call an emergency F@#$, like on Monsters Ball.

  You know they named that movie after Billy Bob Thorntons Nuts smacking Mrs.Berry on Blue Ray High Resolution Surround Sound.

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  Posted by Mauna Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:57am PDT

  Depression is caused by other factors, however, when I was sexually active, how so many of my external factors would give me complexes about how I was a slut, prostitute, w----, etc. And now that I have been celibate for the last 3 years, they are still having issues with me? Talk about hypocrisy, double minded and just plain nit picking on someone for the sake to nit pick and make all of your inflated and false egos more puffed up.....Respect for one another? Understanding for one another? Morals, ethics, personal boundaries understood? Shall we continue to go 'there' and fight the further of who the living hypocrites are?

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  Posted by None Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:39am PDT

  OMG LOL!! "Michael" that movie was disgusting, hated it, and that sex scene was just plain awkward and uncalled for. Two people can have limits and should respect it, if not, find a freak like you.

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  Posted by SILENT KNIGHT Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:22am PDT

  I was just joking None. This blog was too funny to me. Depression and sex don't have anything to do with one another. If someone is depressed that just means they need to deal with thier problem and once they're in a healthy enough mental state for emotional intimacy and then maybe a little sex is in order if that person is married.

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  Posted by SILENT KNIGHT Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:27am PDT

  I haven't been called a freak in a while. Now I'm depressed. I guess I gotta do what I gotta do now. Thank you None, even though I was working so hard to save myself for marriage.

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  Posted by prisbrou Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:36am PDT

  "All the women surveyed were getting laid at least twice a month, 90 percent with a regular partner." This is crazy and I think this is the problem...how the hell do you have regular partner and you are only have sex twice a month.

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  Posted by M.J Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:58pm PDT

  It happens Prisbrou. Even with married couples. Stress from work, kids, and so much more can put a huge strain on the sex life. And whats worse, if you do end up having it, who is to say that you yourself will get to go all the way? For all we know their partners end up finishing and losing it before the women themselves even get close to a climax. When you think about that level, yeah you can prob see where the depression comes in lol.

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  Posted by jennifer Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:37am PDT

  I think that our problem with lackluster sex it that we expose ourselves to too much outside stimulation.. ie: tv,videos,magazines,unhealthy lifestyles. I have been happily married for 20 yrs and my husband and I are more fulfilled today than at any other time in our marriage. This comes from focusing on each other and on our commitment to being completely focused on each other. Sex is just one aspect of our relationship not "the" focus of our relationship. True love is not a feeling you have for a person it is a lifetime journey of commitment in ALL things having to do with your partner. Believe me if you change your focus to the person instead of the act of sex you will see that it will become way more fulfilling.

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