Can the lack of sex cause psychological problems?

[MegaManOfNumbers]

Well, I am the most fucked up person I know, so yeah, I guess.

seems ironic that federal governments around the world gives off the impression that they want to ban sex.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

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A waste of time for me may not be a waste of time for you.
I think it's a waste of time and want nothing to do with it. That's me. You may not agree. It won't change my stance. Also: If I think it's a waste, then why should I care if everybody else likes it? Answer: I don't.

 

[Wolfram23]

Meh, an orgasm is an orgasm. Just throw on a kinky porno and beat it.

Honestly tho the only thing you're missing out on is boobies.

Um, no. If you really think that intimacy with a person you like is the same as jacking off to Sasha Grey, then you're one step away from suggesting that eating a protein bar while looking at an image of a banquet table is the same as having a great meal prepared by an ace chef.

Hah. More like saying eating delivery pizza alone vs eating it with a buddy, it tastes just as good either way. Sure intimacy is nice. The cuddling and touching and all that. But the actual act of sex and having an orgasm isn't really different than wanking. Most of the pleasure is from your mental state. I'm merely saying that you can still have orgasms and the associated mental stimulation without sex, whereas you seem to be arguing the companionship is the all important thing, which in reality is an entirely different question. Especially since you'd have to consider if one night stands count or if it's about the long term love affairs or whatever else.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

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I'm not. But you know what? I don't care. This, along with drugs are the things that I refuse to partake in. I'm usually open to other ideas, but fuck romance (sex being part of that) and fuck drugs. Don't want them, don't need them, will not have any part of them.

 

[DarthFennec]

Probably. Well, maybe. I think it's more that whatever is causing the lack of sex in any specific case will also cause psychological problems. But that's just my gut instinct on the matter, I have no backup for my claims.

 

[sycoesis]

i think it could cuase frustration and depression in some people but i doubt anything to severe i think

 

[Sniper Team 4]

Um, I get depressed sometimes because I don't have a girlfriend/wife (someone who cares about me deeply), but never because of lack of sex. Of course, I'm still a virgin, so I'm not sure if my point is valid. I place more on the actual relationship instead of just sex.

 

[Byere]

I can tell you from personal experience that I agree with Julianking93. While lack of sex may make you grouchy, it's the lack of companionship that really drives you insane.
Lacking in sexual contact with others will make you feel frustrated and irritable but if you've ever been in a long term relationship and then when it ends you go without any form of relationship (even if you do get laid now and then), you start becoming slightly unstable in the mental department.
It's been over 3 years since my last proper relationship with anyone and there are times I really just burst out. Not just into tears and such, but when I get jittery, anxious and/or upset, knowing that I'm alone (in that sense). Problem is that it becomes a vicious circle. Because I'm now like this, whenever there comes a time when I may get into a relationship again, I get antsy... much like a child in a candy store... and often tend to end up going a bit fast for people, putting them off me and thus stopping me getting into one again.

Sh*t sucks...

 

[Smooth Operator]

It is a conundrum for sure, because it involves emotions on the whole spectrum and it's silly to say A will lead to B, there are many factors and even more results.
The way I would roughly put it, for a good balanced psyche you need fun to counter all the crap.
Sex being the ultimate fun (anyone who had it should understand this) it is the best way to keep you on the right side of things, there are ofcourse many other things you can do for fun (but they pale in comparison), and if you can't keep the fun levels at a steady rate you may find yourself increasingly frustrated and depressed.

This is also why people with heavy depression are prescribed "happy" pills, essentially simulating you having fun.

 

[Sjakie]

Bulls***

If that was true, all children should be considered raving lunatics...
(except the ones that go to church)

 

[The Stonker]

Having troubles?
Just jerk off!

 

[sycoesis]

i think it could cuase frustration and depression in some people but i doubt anything to severe i think

The entire literary oeuvre of Heinrich von Kleist is a testament to how you're wrong, as are the myriad instances of child molestation committed by ostensibly celibate clergymen.

Sexual repression leading to hormonal/psychological imbalance is a matter of bloody fact. Now, if you actually genuinely don't care about it, that's another matter; but if you do crave it but cannot get it, it will fuck you up but good. It even works on a global scale; look at any society which is aggressive and belligerent, and you'll see a society in which religious or social morals repress sexuality. Societies in which homosexuality is tolerated, in which tits on the beach are the norm, and which don't preach abstinence to teen-agers don't usually invade other countries or fly airliners into sky-scrapers. I mean, just look at any picture of some terrorists posing: machismo and phallic imagery everywhere.

If you have somebody who regularly has good sex with a person they care about on one side, and somebody who hasn't gotten any for five years on the other, and you had to bet your life on who of them would be more liable to do something crazy, whom would you pick?


Thought so.

all good points i take back my severly understated thoughts

 

[xdom125x]

not doing something fun, in this case having sex, usually leads to sadness.

 

[Tirnor]

Yes, I'm sure it can. It serves asa good way to relax and worries can be brought up with lack of it. This doesn't happen to everyone, but I am certain it applies to some people.

Just like how lack of relationships causes your standards to be too high if you haven't been brought down to earth since you're 16 and never had a date.

Wow, that's exactly the situation that I am in right now.

Is "thirded" a word?

If so.. Thirded!

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

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Fine, then I'm abnormal. None of this is from a lack of sex, though. These are conclusions I came to on my own due to having too much time to think of them. They are not anomalies in my brain.