Masturbation, Orgasms, and Depression?

Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
There are times when it's harder when I'm feeling down, but I still do it most of the time
03/24/2012
Contributor: RomanticGoth RomanticGoth
I can't when i'm depressed. I lose interest or just don't feel up to it.
03/25/2012
Contributor: Bethy Cassatt Bethy Cassatt
I usually end up eating chocolate, watch a funny movie, read a book, maybe workout, THEN when I'm a little cheered up I have sex/masturbate. My first impulse, however, is not to grab my Uma and go go go.
04/01/2012
Contributor: Curiouscat Curiouscat
When i'm depressed I just don't have the energy or interest to, though I still could if I tried.
04/01/2012
Contributor: DiamondKoala DiamondKoala
I'm a male and I don't know so much that I can't, but I don't. It just seems weird.
04/01/2012
Contributor: Mwar Mwar
Sometimes I do, but it's more to sleep when my mind keeps going a mile a minute.
04/01/2012
Contributor: Paco Paco
i'm male, and almost constantly depressed, and I masturbate a lot. I don't think the two have any correlation to each other in my case though.
04/02/2012
Contributor: underHim underHim
When I am upset I do not want to masturbate or have sex but if my husband initiates and gets me feeling good I feel better after.
04/02/2012
Contributor: spineyogurt spineyogurt
I liek to do it all the time
04/08/2012
Contributor: geliebt geliebt
I generally have to be at least a little in the mood to masturbate. When I'm genuinely depressed, I will sometimes try masturbating to cheer me up, but it never really works, at least not for more than a minute or so.
04/09/2012
Contributor: badk1tty badk1tty
Quote:
Originally posted by SexyLilPixi
I had this conversation with a friend a while back & I'd be real curious to know what the statistics are on this. I'm not depressed currently. It's just for curiosity's sake.

He says that when guys are depressed, they ... more
When I'm depressed, I have no desire.
04/18/2012
Contributor: True Pleasures True Pleasures
I masturbate when I'm upset sometimes. It masks the problem for at least a little bit.
04/18/2012
Contributor: Geogeo Geogeo
Interesting results; pretty even.
04/28/2012
Contributor: Sally Forth Sally Forth
I can masturbate all dsy long when I'm depressed, I just can't seem to cum. Now that's depressing.
04/28/2012
Contributor: sweetpea12 sweetpea12
Quote:
Originally posted by SexyLilPixi
I had this conversation with a friend a while back & I'd be real curious to know what the statistics are on this. I'm not depressed currently. It's just for curiosity's sake.

He says that when guys are depressed, they ... more
I definitely masturbate when I'm depressed. And it helped a little bit
05/13/2012
Contributor: Stinkytofu10 Stinkytofu10
libido goes down when depression hits.
05/13/2012
Contributor: Arch600 Arch600
When I'm depressed, even the most basic things feel like monumental chores. I don't feel like doing anything, including sex/masturbation.
05/13/2012
Contributor: michael scofield michael scofield
maybe that is why im addicted to masturbation. i have been depressed my whole life and i can say masturbation is the only thing that helps
06/08/2012
Contributor: CadmiumKitty CadmiumKitty
i definitely masturbate when im depressed
07/12/2012
Contributor: freshbananas freshbananas
Quote:
Originally posted by SexyLilPixi
I had this conversation with a friend a while back & I'd be real curious to know what the statistics are on this. I'm not depressed currently. It's just for curiosity's sake.

He says that when guys are depressed, they ... more
Ohh this is really interesting poll
07/13/2012
Contributor: laflauta laflauta
When I'm feeling depressed, my mind and body feel too lethargic to do much of anything. Masturbation doesn't even occur to me.
07/13/2012
Contributor: Danneh Danneh
Masturbation helps with the feeling of being depressed- but not with depression. So I don't really find it worth the while.
07/13/2012
Contributor: sexykiss sexykiss
sometimes i can sometimes i cant
07/14/2012
Contributor: Girly Juice Girly Juice
I'm female and I don't find that masturbation has much of an effect on my depression, or vice versa. I just do it when I'm horny, which happens pretty regularly regardless of how my mental health is doing.
07/21/2012
Contributor: Noelle Noelle
Quote:
Originally posted by SexyLilPixi
I had this conversation with a friend a while back & I'd be real curious to know what the statistics are on this. I'm not depressed currently. It's just for curiosity's sake.

He says that when guys are depressed, they ... more
I can't either, but I can't do a lot of things when I'm depressed. I have bi polar, and I can somewhat control it with medication, but I still get manic, and depressed. I have found that mood stabilizers work better than anything. GOOD LUCK!
07/21/2012
Contributor: chelly411 chelly411
I like masturbating when Im depressed because the release of endorphins and all that makes me feel better.
08/03/2012
Contributor: Layenna Layenna
I suffer from depression, but my medications help with it. When i'm not on them, I find it hard to even get erect, let alone masturbate.
08/05/2012
Contributor: epiphanyjayne epiphanyjayne
My man can't when he's depressed, but I can I find it helps. But if I'm really deep in it I probably wouldn't even think about it.
08/09/2012
Contributor: kitty1949 kitty1949
Both, it just depends how depressed I am.
08/09/2012