Does mental illness and/or depression cause excessive sexual stimulation? Just wondering.
Mental Illness/Depression = Sexual Stimulation?
by Windchaser 19 Replies latest jw friends
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Xander
Ummmm....no?
What on earth brought that up?
(I actually hope there is a legitimate reason for your question - otherwise, you might be seen as stirring up trouble and getting your post nuked)
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kenpodragon
Sex drive is a natural form of pleasure, thus when we are depressed we sometimes seek the easy solution. Which often gets us into deeper trouble.
My thought
Dragon
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Lady Lee
Cause? No
but....
the endorphins released during sexual stimulation can ease depression
NOTE: This is NOT a cure for depression
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I can't believe I just posted to this question
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Xander
Yeah, but for guys at least, you rather need to be 'really in the mood', as it were, to even be ABLE to participate, and I just can't see that happening if you are feeling depressed.
I honestly don't know about mental illness - that just seems a weird question?
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kenpodragon
Everyone is different, depression does not always lower the sex drive. Some people find depression to be a turn on ... you can not define anything globally.
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Xander
You mean, like, being depressed as a turn on? Hmmm....don't really see that.
A gloomy outlook can sometimes be a turn on. (Which reminds me....any goth chicks here? )
But I don't think a negative attitude severe enough to be classified as 'depression' could turn anyone on:
A psychiatric disorder characterized by an inability to concentrate, insomnia, loss of appetite, anhedonia, feelings of extreme sadness, guilt, helplessness and hopelessness, and thoughts of death
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Xena
like drugs and drinking, sex can be used as an escape by a depressed person. you lose yourself in it and forget your troubles for awhile....
I know
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Elsewhere
For a lot of people, depression does increas the labedo.
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RunningMan
Depression can be a major turn on. That's why "goth" chicks are so hot.