Contents:
- Medical Video: FEAR OF INTIMACY & the 5 Ways to Overcome it | Kati Morton - Love, Relationships, Dating & Sex
- Psstt ... sex can be a cure for depression
- Depression can be "contagious" to healthy partners
- A safe way to have sex when your partner is depressed
- 1. Look for expert help
- 2. Change medication
- 3. Fasting making love
- 4. Just do it
- 5. Communication
Medical Video: FEAR OF INTIMACY & the 5 Ways to Overcome it | Kati Morton - Love, Relationships, Dating & Sex
Depression can be experienced by anyone. The most unfortunate, depression can be a thorn in your relationship and partner, especially related to activities in bed. If your partner has depression, is it permissible to invite him to have sex?
Psstt ... sex can be a cure for depression
Experts say that sex is one of the instant drugs to cure frustration or mild depression.Sex will make your body release endorphins into the bloodstream, which then produce a sense of euphoria. This hormone is produced naturally by the brain gland. This endorphin hormone causes you to feel happy.
This hormone is produced naturally by the brain glands to compensate for the abundant amounts of adrenaline and cortisol when you feel irritated, angry, or stressed. When you have sex, the production of endorphins increases and your body's metabolism is smooth.
It is this smooth metabolism that determines the sensitivity of endorphins, so that when the body needs it, these hormones will be available in abundance. As a result, you feel yourself becoming more 'complete', and even mild depression and frustration will disappear.
Depression can be "contagious" to healthy partners
One symptom of depression is the loss of interest and pleasure in things that were previously liked. One of the activities in question is certainly sex. Depression makes people suffer from anxiety and despair, so he may feel reluctant to make out. Plus, when one partner is depressed, a healthy partner is also at high risk for depression.
Then how to overcome it?
Check out the sex tips when a depressed partner is given a prominent New York sex expert, Ian Kerner, below if you want to not only want your sex life to be passionate again but also the future of your household can be saved.
A safe way to have sex when your partner is depressed
1. Look for expert help
If the depression is not severe or still mild, invite your partner to take cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This therapy focuses on efforts to eliminate negative thoughts and behaviors and replace them with positive things.
2. Change medication
If you experience severe side effects of antidepressants taken, talk to your doctor and ask for it instead. For example, with drugs that have low side effects on sexual ability (such as bupropion) or can help increase sexual desire.
3. Fasting making love
Ian suggested there was no harm in stopping first making love with a partner, for a while. Don't force yourself to have sex with a husband or wife who is depressed. Making out without having to have sexual penetration can be an effective way to keep on waging the fire of your love, like holding hands, hugging or making out.
4. Just do it
Some say, sex cannot be delayed. Therefore, it feels legitimate if you choose to go ahead; can be with a partner (if he is really pleased) or just masturbate. Sometimes when depression strikes, just doing a little sexual activity is enough to help calm down.
Moreover, experts agree that if someone feels orgasm, this activity will increase serotonin levels, endorphins and opioids which are often said to be the 'source of happiness' in the brain. Sex also relaxes and increases self-confidence.
5. Communication
It is said that depressed people often feel alone and isolated so that it is difficult to communicate. That is why it is important to discuss the side effects of depression experienced by a partner and also to a doctor. Communication is your easy way to talk about sex when your partner is depressed.
According to Sara Benincasa, author of Agorafabulous !: Dispatches from My Bedroom, sex is a communication tool that couples can use to stay connected, both in joy and sorrow.
