Depressed Women Do It More
Posted by: Simcha Whitehill
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news, sex
2:30PM, Wednesday March 26th 2008
Hold on to your Prozac, because women who suffer from depression have 1/3 more sex than their “normal” counterparts. Finally, some news to cheer up my sad sisters! A study of 107 women, published in the British Medical Journal, found that when you’re down, you put out—no matter whether you’re in a committed relationship or ho-ing the road alone. Dr. Sabura Allen, who headed the study at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, says, “When people are depressed they feel more insecure about their relationships and concerned that their partner may not care about them or find them valuable.” So they overcompensate to feel secure by getting naked, and as often as possible. As for the single girls they studied, researchers found they were more inclined to let loose and have adventurous casual sex. They make depression sound like Spring Break, without the hassle of traveling! [NY Daily News]
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Slainna
wrote on April 15 2008 @ 06:25 pm: [report]
lol My boyfriend and I are both clinically depressed, but sex really does make us both feel better, so I can understand why others like us might want it more (that, and we both border on nymphomania)!
Miss Frou-Frou
wrote on April 20 2008 @ 06:41 am: [report]
I actually find this story really said. The fact that women who are depressed “overcompensate to feel secure by getting naked” is pretty upsetting. Plus, I was always under the impression that anti-depressant meds kill your sex drive, especially when combined with the Pill.
Amelia
wrote on April 20 2008 @ 07:31 am: [report]
I agree Miss Frou-Frou—I don’t think these women, by and large, are having sex because they’re horny.
Slainna
wrote on April 20 2008 @ 09:46 pm: [report]
::shrug:: I actually am really horny, even with the meds.