Discussion Do you feel like your Depression makes you more or less horny?

[Suizid]

I think i crave sex even more when i'm really depressed. Me wanting to die is partly because of the sheer amount of loneliness i'm in. Maybe when you're lonely your body makes you feel more horny so you want to find someone even more. So you can be close with someone and eliviate the loneliness. Essentially your body uses sex as an excuse for you to connect with someone. Idk. Ima shut up

 

[Macedonian1987]

When I have a bad day caused by either my chronic pain or my depression, the last thing i think about is sex.

 

[BrainSplatter]

My sex drive changes a lot sometimes I'm totally disinterested or even disgusted by sex and other times I get really hypersexual and impulsive. I think it makes sense that when you're lonely you feel hornier. We're built to connect so maybe it's just the body's way of trying to feel close to someone

 

[Jadeith]

Do you feel like your Depression makes you more or less horny?

In my case i think it makes me less. When bad days come, bed time is no longer fun time. Even if it happens it's meh at best.

 

[Namelesa]

More. I mean for me its always better to feel horny than to feel depressed and masturbation to me is a good way to cope and feels good so I do it more when depressed to feel better.

 

[NutOrat]

I'm not sure if it had effect on horniness, but I do think being mentally unwell made me indulge in my more extreme and dark fantasies. Some I've come to be content with, but some are very unhealthy and I actively despise, so I try to avoid any content depicting that. I'd say the more I hate myself, the more likely I am to slip.

 

[lost in the lilies]

My sex drive changes a lot sometimes I'm totally disinterested or even disgusted by sex and other times I get really hypersexual and impulsive. I think it makes sense that when you're lonely you feel hornier. We're built to connect so maybe it's just the body's way of trying to feel close to someone

I find that really relatable. Most of the time I feel either too exhausted to entertain such thoughts or it's just plain disinterest. But there have been times where I actually felt repulsed and disgusted at the thought of having sex, or just my own body. I also have periods of hypersexuality & impulse but those are quite rare. I think at least for me, it's not as tied to feeling lonely as much as it is my brain providing some sort of distraction as a means of coping with anxiety.

 

[ABadPerson]

Less.

Originally I thought my loneliness was caused by lack of romantic love or sexual desire but as I got into relationships I had realised it was something much more absolute than that: desire of our own 'world' together is the best way to put it, whether it's platonically, romantically or whatever I'm not really sure. I just see sex as one means of intimacy between people, which only seems nice if it's with someone who I could actually feel something towards.

 

[NormallyNeurotic]

I always see people saying "depression drops yoir libido" but I'm kinda in the same boat as you. Have you looked into hypersexuality and the things that cause it?