Most Helpful Guys

  • Yes, but there is a reason it’s not recommended as therapy. Sex involves a second person. The relationship you have with that person and the kind of sex you have matter a lot. You cannot go to your wife and tell her “dear, I have depression so we shall fuck twice a day”. If you’re partner is not that much into it, it won’t be enjoyable sex and you don’t get the good brain hormones. If you’re not that much into it, no good brain hormones. A so-called sex addict will have a lot of sex and never get the good brain hormones. Sex is a highly satisfying kind of activity that can help keep your neuro chemistry in a better place if your relationships are already functional for your well-being. It’s too much of a risk to just recommend sex because it can go in a very bad way.

  • If the sex is done the right way with someone you truly love, it might.

Most Helpful Girls

  • When I was in university sex definitely helped with stress especially the night before tests/exams. As for depression no for me it was Mike's Hard Lemonade.

  • Yeah, it can reduce stress but not depression.

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What Girls & Guys Said

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  • It’s good for heart health, stress relief, relaxation, being close and imprinted on the one you love, and even things as healthy as moving all the sexual fluids along, keeping the glands flowing and cleaned out.

    Sex also creates powerful chemicals in the brain such as oxytocin, serotonin, dopamine, etc. Finally, semen in the vagina has been studied and peer reviewed to help women with depression and keep them in a more happy and content state.

  • Stress yes. Depression? I doubt it. Those people need to love themselves and all will heal in time

  • Way too short lived of an impulse for depression. Any sort of tension or negative feelings that are just a short term accumulation of problems, yes. It's like a massage. It will usually not fix your problem, but it may relieve some of the pain from it.

  • Yes.
    Sex releases endorphins which are what make you feel happy.
    So Fap a little if you need to get happy again.

  • It could with the right person and if you’re active for that

  • Definitely.

  • Just having sex? Nope. If doing it with a partner, aharing the passion will reduce stress, not depression though, that needs more work than sex

  • Yeah but it can be the other way around and consumes you

  • But masturbation also does the trick rigth?


    I could be wrong.

  • Masturbation helps two. 💞

  • Always helped me!

  • Yes….

  • It works for me.

  • Yes. Endorphins and oxytocin are released helping to stave off anxiety and depression.

  • Oh you have no idea how good it is at helping with these things.

  • Try it and find out

    • I will once I have a girlfriend or a friend with benefits.

    • @ALewis30. I friend with benefits is going to make you more depressed, bro.

  • Yes for sure

  • Yes... I have quit taking my depression meds I was on for quite awhile not that my partner and I have sex quite frequently... so to me sex did help my depression

  • Usually yeah

  • no it'll only compound to your added problems

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