Sex can act as a natural antidepressant because the chemical changes that occur in the brain during and after intimate contact can help improve mood, increase libido and confidence, and decrease the effects of depression.
Intimate contact produces mood-enhancing brain chemical changes due to the release of testosterone, estrogen, serotonin and prostaglandins into the bloodstream, hormones that regulate body functions and the ability to cope with stress. Thus, a sexually active life can help maintain proper hormone levels, which will help in the treatment of depression.
Tips for maintaining an active sex life while you are depressed
Maintaining an active sex life while you are depressed can be challenging as this disease ends with libido and sexual desire but this with dedication and medical follow-up can keep you from an active sex life that will contribute to your improvements. So there are some tips that can help you maintain an active sex life while fighting this disease such as:
1. Understand what you like best about sex and explore other horizons
Getting to understand what most attracts you to intimate contact with your partner is a good way to get around the lack of sexual desire. Often just the idea of having sexual contact may seem too tiresome and costly, so it is important to focus on intimate contact with your tastes and interests. In addition, experiencing other forms of sex can also help, as other forms can be found that enhance pleasure and facilitate orgasm.
2. Talk to your partner
Talking with your partner about how you feel and about your lack of sexual desire can be of great help, so that both can thus begin to combat this lack of desire in other ways, also reducing the anxiety and fear that may exist in relation to this subject.
3. Do not wait for just when you feel like it
Sex is only good when you feel like it, but if you are going through a depression, that will never seem or the moment never seems to be ideal. Thus, it is important that you do not constantly avoid your partner, making an effort every now and then for the moment to arise.
4. Focus on the treatment of the disease
It is important to focus on the treatment of the disease and not on sex and lack of sexual desire, as this lack of desire can cause insecurity, fear and anxiety, impairing their relationship and may even aggravate the disease.
The relationship between sex and depression can be complicated, since while intimate contact stimulates the production of hormones, improving mood, self-esteem and attenuating the remaining effects of depression, on the other hand, depression is a a disease that ends with libido and sexual desire and steals confidence and security. So that you can overcome your depression more easily, it is important that you maintain an active and healthy intimate relationship with your partner and it is important not to focus only on the lack of sexual desire but also on the treatment of the disease, which should be indicated and accompanied by a psychiatrist.
In addition, to contribute to better control of hormonal changes, you should also seek to have a good diet and regular hours of sleep and should try to engage in physical activity to combat the physical and mental fatigue associated with this disease. See other tips that can help you overcome depression in How to Get Out of the Depression.
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