When depression hits me whether it's due to having PTSD or if it's due to something specific that was upsetting, I crave sex and a lot of it. It makes me feel alive again, instead of feeling numb and feeling like I'm just going through the motions of living but not existing.

My depression starts with me not feel good about my self. So I might avoid sex and others. But being with someone I love usualy brings me out of it. So my responce is not logicial. I think when we get depressed sometimes we want to stay there or maybe we don't love ourselfs its hard to believe others could love us.

it depends, sometimes my sex drive goes up, sometimes i have no sex drive at all. my depression is just weird

sex is my antidepressant, and i use it that way. it's a pretty effective tool. For me and my partner. We have had some hard times this year.

Yes and yes.

Depression knocks all drive out of me but a couple of days after I pull out of it I go nuts.

I've avoided it, because I see it leading to babies, and thus more financial hardship, and this is sad.

I've craved it, because it does indeed lift the spirit, and the loins! Makes me realize I am indeed a VERY powerful man.

Exercise produces longer lasting endorphins. But sex is a nice "temporary fix", like putting a band-aid on a gushing corrotid. I still crave it though!

I've never avoided sex.

A little sex always lifts my spirits.

A lot of sex makes me positively euphoric.

Not having sex is very depressing. Even more so when it is involuntary or imposed.

Another reason I've avoided it is a fear that I'll get hooked on a person for sex, even if I hate the person (!). Want to like the person as well as like them as a fuck doll.

Fear of losing control of one's mind is a big reason to avoid sex (!).

If one is prone to depression, or any mental illness, for that matter, sex will open the mind to some deep, dark corridors of pleasure, and also widen, and deepen the chasm of depression!

Just thought I'd throw that in.

The wife has depression and anxiety issues as well as i do and i also have PTSD. However, her sex drive is very low and mine is EXTREMELY high !!

I agree with Kool..go do some exercising and get that blood pumping..feeling lasts longer..don't get me wrong, the sex part can really make you feel good though

I have also been one to use sex as a Antidepressant! Of course not having a special someone in my life right now dosent help so I guess medication has to do for now. :)
I read some were that sex was the best form of exercise :) burning an average calorie amount of 350 depending of course whos doing the work ;).

I agree, and it would be great to follow a workout with a shower and then a bit of relaxation and, finally, some hot, steamy sex.

Sex with someone you truly LIKE, TRUST and feel completely comfortable with, is the best; divine, nothing else like it. Would like to relax completely with a woman again.