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Of course they can. Some people (IMO misguidedly) say that people don't have sex, but they wouldn't exist without sex, and sex is a natural drive in people. I think it's reasonable to say that if a person hasn't had much sexual experience, then it can play on them.
I don't also think it's limited to America. It's a human thing. Whilst other cultures may have more socially conservative values, they still have sex since they are human, just like Americans obviously. Look at Africa. Africa by and large is a socially conservative continent, but it has by far the highest HIV/AIDS rates in the world, largely spread via sexual contact.
People who don't experience love go down the crapper long before they become sexually active. Even if you are not currently in love as a adult , To function you must have a memory of what it is ,what it felt like and what it will be like when you find it.
Babies who are raised by people who don't love them have a high probability of winding up in some kind of institutionalized setting for most of their life.
Last edited by thriftylefty; 01-16-2010 at 08:31 AM..
Reason: changed "born" to "raised"
People who don't experience love go down the crapper long before they become sexually active. Even if you are not currently in love as a adult , To function you must have a memory of what it is ,what it felt like and what it will be like when you find it.
Babies born to people who don't love them have a high probability of winding up in some kind of institutionalized setting for most of their life.
I was never loved as a child--and I turned out okay. I'm really not sure I believe in the concept, but by applying logic to everything, I've made it through life just fine. Love isn't likely to follow logic.
I'm completely in my head, that's all. Problems start when you start thinking with your heart instead of your head.
Sex is not the end all and be all of existence nor is it love. It can be an expression of love. There are many, many ways to experience loving and caring - 99% of them are non-sexual.
To answer the question directly: yes people can experience depression if they constantly pursue being in love or having sex and they don't achieve it.
note: it usually happens when one is not looking for it.
When we try and suppress our emotions, they seek an outlet. Suppress sex in your conscious mind, and your subconscious mind will raise the subject in your dreams. People that try to willfully suppress things are usually thinking about them all the time. When a shoe doesn't fit, you feel your foot; when it fits, you are not aware of your foot. Let life flow through you.
I think I've actually known more people who were negatively affected by love and sex than because of a lack of it. I've never been in love and I haven't been in any sort of relationship in over 12 years, and I'm one of the happiest people I know. Actually, most of the people I know who are in love and/or are having sex regularly seem to be completely miserable most of the time.
True, but I don't feel that extremely long periods of isolation is good either. It's just something that humans need regardless if we want to put up with the BS of relationships or not, the difference is, the desire does not reveal itself as urgent as hunger or thirst.
On what basis do you say we need sex? Obviously it is a need on the societal level, for the perpetuation of the species, but on the level of the individual? You're comparing it to hunger and thirst? C'mon...
Just asking. Let's say somebody never experienced either before. Could they be affected mentally especially in a society like America where love and sex is seen as a must?
Look at guys like George Sodini. He went 20 years without any sort of affection and look what he did as a result.
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