Paths of cyber sex lead but to depression!

Paths of cyber sex lead but to depression!

Those who frequent online sex, fetish and swinging sites have 'alarmingly high' rates of depression, anxiety and stress, says new research

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

BANGALORE, INDIA: Are you frequenter in the darker alleys of the Internet for sexual gratification? Do you have the habit of indulging in online sex, fetish and visiting swinging sites? Then beware! There are chances that you are going to be a victim of acute depression, anxiety and stress.

According to a new research from Australia, those who seek out cyber sex have “alarmingly high” rate of depression. And this cyber sex addicts devote hours a day to the clandestine sexcapades, the study found.

Such addicts, on an average, spend more than 12 hours a week chatting, participating in cyber sex with webcams, downloading video and images, or sending erotic emails. And this addiction has no age bar too. From teenagers to goldie oldies engage in this activity for the sake of pleasure!

Marcus Squirrell, a doctoral student at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, conducted the research.

As part of this he surveyed 1325 American and Australian men and 65 per cent of them said, they had met someone off line that they had first encountered online, said a report. The survey also pointed to the high rate of poor mental health among the sample group.

“We found that 27 per cent of them were moderate to severely depressed on the standard depression scales,” Squirrell told Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.

According to him, 30 per cent had high levels of anxiety and 35 per cent were moderately to severely stressed.

The rate of depression and anxiety was proportional to the frequency and intensity of online sexual activity, he said, though they visit such sites to ‘lift their moods’.

Are you one among those virtual pleasure seekers? If so do you think such ‘mood lifting’ activities may result in you reaching the doors of a psychiatric clinic?

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Holy man said on 10/31/2008 1:25:43 PM:
Interesting comments. Interesting story

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Sarala Devi said on 10/30/2008 11:09:41 AM:
It is a proven fact that ones job and lifestyle has certain influence on the health of a person. That is why the coinage lifestyle disease. So there is enough ground to believe that frequenting the darker alleys of the Internet may lead to unhealthy conditions like depression. So it is childish to say that the study has no logic. It has never told cyber s-e-x is the only reason for depression. Its one among the causes. I personally know some such cases

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manu said on 10/29/2008 10:24:27 PM:
This article and the research is baloney!! Have you guys ever heard of a concept of cause and effect?? A Person has a decease X and he does activity Y (amongst others) and so we can safely conclude that Y causes X? what kind of 2 grader logic is that?? There are million other things that could be wrong in persons life that could cause depression and also cause person to look for p-o-r-n...maybe unhappy marital life etc.....? Think guys before start writing and publishing things....

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Rakesh Singh said on 10/29/2008 9:36:55 PM:
Can we not eliminate p-o-r-n sites from internet? due to p-o-r-n sites, we cannot allow our young childrens to use internet for learning. if at all required, adult sites should be on separate network for which one should subscribe exclusively. a network should exist (with all good content on internet), which doesnt have p-o-r-n, which the families can subscribe, and give it to their children.

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Joe R.Solomon said on 10/29/2008 3:34:09 PM:
There are umpteen ways to satisfy the carnal needs of a person and c-y-b-e-r-s-e-x is one among them. Lack of faithfulness in marital relationship will alwys lead to depression. And this Cyber thing is also part of that.

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