[Anonymous]

All in the title. I've had multi-impulsive bulimia, depression and anxiety for quite a while and as my problems have deepened I've found myself sleeping around with random guys quite a lot. Alcohol is always involved (another thing I have a problem with), and the worse thing is that I don't even feel that ashamed or guilty after each time.. I can't stop doing it.

Anyone able to relate? And is my promiscuity linked to my mental health problems or am I just a slut?

[superwolf]

Could quite possibly be linked to your mental health problems - over the last couple of months I found my sex drive drastically increasing, along with problems eating (don't believe an actual diagnosis was made on that front though), increased self-harm and other unhealthy behaviours (not that having a high sex drive is necessarily unhealthy, but some of the stuff I was doing was kind of odd). My psychiatrist thought they were all related, and that the stupidly high sex drive was working as another coping mechanism. The diagnosis he came up with (on top of my depression which is a recurring problem) I don't entirely agree with (emotionally unstable personality traits), but I do agree that the sexual stuff was related to my mental problems (now evidenced by the fact that my symptoms mostly diminished once I'd been put back on the right antidepressant.

Now any strange sexual practises I partake in are thoroughly from my own natural perversion.

[MancStudent098]

(Original post by Anonymous)
I've found myself sleeping around ... quite a lot.... and the worse thing is that I don't even feel that ashamed or guilty after each time.. I can't stop doing it.

You could just be turning into a bloke?

[darthgirlie]

Alot of people when they are unwell and well for that matter, feel dis-inhibited and to be honest if you're not feeling guilty about it; its not affecting your relationships with your friends; you're being safe- sexually and from a safety perspective (telling friends where your going if you're going back to theirs) and its something that you want to do. I don't see what the issue is, in all honesty.

[Wilfred Little]

(Original post by darthgirlie)
Alot of people when they are unwell and well for that matter, feel dis-inhibited and to be honest if you're not feeling guilty about it; its not affecting your relationships with your friends; you're being safe- sexually and from a safety perspective (telling friends where your going if you're going back to theirs) and its something that you want to do. I don't see what the issue is, in all honesty.

Read this:

http://thenewviewonsex.blogspot.co.u...le-of-two.html

People who have misused sex to become bonded with multiple persons will diminish their oxytocin bonding within their current relationship. In the absence of oxytocin, the person will find less or no excitement. The person will, then, feel the need to move on to what looks more exciting

Saying "as long as you use protection and aren't at risk it's fine" is a very short-sighted way of looking at things. I feel sorry for people who haven't slept with many people or who are virgins who don't want to date people who've slept around and are ridiculed for it, because their reluctance is absolutely justified.

Here's another good read:

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Perspectiv...aspx?id=567964