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sex cures depression?
I'm bipolar. Lately, I've been stuck in the depressive phase and am hating life. I wake up miserable, I go all day miserable, I go to bed miserable. However, I've noticed that I can be happy if I get laid. And it's not just that I'm feeling good at the moment; I'll go home hours later and still be happy and smiling, and actually go to bed happy. On the reverse side of this, the longer I go without sex, the more depressed I become. Is this normal?
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Comments (17)
hummer (1625)
2006-05-17 04:50:14
there has actually been a lot of the opposite belief.. that depression causes a decreased sex-drive.

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Anonymous
2006-05-17 05:31:12
@: hummer
bi polar?? what is this, and yes i agree with the chap above.
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Anonymous (Story Author)
2006-05-17 16:49:44
@: Anonymous
this should tell you everything you want to know about bipolar

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/Publicat/bipolar.cfm#intro
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ItIsntNormal (1877)
2006-05-17 19:52:14
Depression can cause lower sex drive and sex can raise your mood (during - duh - but also after). Sex can also help with acne! Yay! But it can also help give you herpes and the like. So if it's safe and consensual and everything, go for it. Question - if you masterbate more, does that help?
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Anonymous (Story Author)
2006-05-18 19:36:38
@: ItIsntNormal
no, masterbation doesn't help. sometimes that makes it worse. it's just sex.
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hangon2yourego (2128)
2006-05-18 20:28:57
When you have sex your body releases endorphins natural feel good chemicals. It also releases endorphins when you exercize. Get off the computer and get some exercize. It'll make you feel better and give you more energy for the next time you have sex.
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Anonymous
2006-07-10 14:40:09
i think it has more to do with u geting lonly and depressed like when im alon i get realy depressed and when i hang out with my friends i feel happy for the rest of the day and when i hang out wit girls i feel happy for a week beacuse i think i feel more loved so yea i think its fine
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mirado123 (2695)
2006-07-11 15:32:57
humm
yee sex just maked me tried and i fell like goin to sleep sex helps with acne ? wow i need the fuck my gurl more
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Anonymous
2006-07-23 21:51:02
There's just somethin' about this story that just cracks me up.
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GenX (2878)
2006-07-23 22:08:53
Sex doesn't cure depression. It only cures the symptoms temporarily. You're literally using sex as a drug, a natural antidepressent. And like a person who is addicted to drugs, the longer you go without it, the worse you feel. If you're on Bipolar medications, you seriously need to have a medication review and try something else. Treat the cause, not the symptoms.
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fugnug (2843)
2006-07-24 16:26:16
I was deeply depressed, to the point of suicide earlier this year, and I couldn't even get it up at times, no matter how much I pulled on the limp noodle... sex does NOT cure depression!
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smurph (2483)
2006-08-22 20:23:16
materbation helps yes it releses all those lovly happy chemicals in the brain and can lower migrane ase well as menstral pain
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galeni (2821)
2006-08-22 23:04:51
sex does makes serotonin to increase in the brain, therefore depesive thoughts could decrease
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CombatCarl (3223)
2006-09-03 20:35:53
hmm thats intereasting. There is medicine that can fight depression such as zoloft or something. Sex could help you to, though. Hah lucky im not your friend because if you were real irretable to me for no reason I owuld know for a fact you hadn't been gettin no ass for a looong time, haha.
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CrazyMoFo (1953)
2006-09-03 23:06:23
Lots of Prostitutes will solve ur problems.
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bouncexmysoul (3948)
2006-10-18 20:25:23
Thats not a true story
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anilisgoodguyinf**king (4328)
2006-11-14 04:36:20
@: galeni
hai im your new fucker
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