Tag: anxiety

Not Masturbating Raises Health Risks

A study is hitting back at “NoFap,” a movement urging men to avoid masturbation, showing abstaining may lead to health issues. Born out of groups on Reddit, “NoFap” claims not masturbating boosts confidence, focus, and even cures erectile dysfunction. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) surveyed 587 men who had taken part in the abstinence practice, finding that men said they felt worthless, shame, sad, and sometimes suicidal when they “relapsed.”

Those who underwent more extended periods of abstinence were likelier to report erectile dysfunction, depression, anxiety, and more sex negativity. The UCLA scientists also found that many people on the online forums singing NoFap’s praises were doing so with little scientific backing. Medical professionals encourage regular masturbation, saying it can help to reduce stress, improve self-esteem and even, for men, reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

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People With Anxiety And Depression More Likely To Use ‘Sextech,’ Study Finds

People struggling with their mental health are more likely to explore digital sexual technologies, a study finds. Kinsey Institute experts say sextech helps these individuals find temporary relief. Examples of sextech include erotic webcam sites, virtual reality porn, or even just the capacity to share sexually explicit images or videos.

“It’s likely that many users in these spaces do have social support and adequate social networks, but they’re turning to online sexual technologies for a unique boost to their psychological mindset,” researchers say. “As the global need for innovative mental health resources and interventions increases, emerging sexual technologies may provide relief for people with mental health struggles.” The authors point out that sextech is not used by lonely people who can’t find sex in face-to-face relationships, but instead as an “important pathway for mental health intervention.”

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Check out more about how sextech helps people with anxiety and depression: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10235101/Mental-health-People-anxiety-depression-likely-use-sextech-study-finds.html

Science Confirms Weed Makes Sex Better

Sexy St Patricks Day WomanAccording to a new study, science has verified something that many cannabis users have known for ages: weed makes sex better. The study, which was published in the Journal of Health Economics, found that the amount of sex people have increases in states with medical cannabis. Researchers believe that marijuana lowers one’s inhibitions and makes them more able to indulge in behaviors that otherwise might cause anxiety or shame.

“Liberalized marijuana laws clearly lead to more use, and the effects from an epidemiological standpoint show clear increases in disinhibited sexual responses,” a sexologist says. There’s also a growing body of evidence suggesting that some compounds, including THC and possibly CBD, can increase vaginal and clitoral blood flow, which then signals to the brain that the body is down to fuck. “There may well be some women who smoke up before sex because it makes everything easier and perhaps better, but it also may affect the quality of orgasm, making it easier, with good sympathetic blood flow, to have one, and easier in the brain to suspend disbelief and let yourself go.”

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Check out more about why weed makes sex better: https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2020/01/31/27908366/science-confirms-it-sex-and-weed-are-a-great-match