Regular sex has been shown to lower stress-related increases in blood pressure.
Other studies have suggested that routine intercourse helped individuals cope better during stressful situations. Sex also releases endorphins and oxytocin (also known as the “love hormone”), which are your body’s feel-good hormones.
2b.) Depression
On the other hand, intercourse can have negative effects as well.
Other common reactions have been reported to include regret, disappointment, confusion, embarrassment, guilt, and…low self-esteem, although other individuals certainly report feeling proud, nervous, excited, and desirable or wanted. (Feelings tended to be more positive before and during a hookup, and more negative afterward.)
Researchers examining the mental health associations of hookup sex also report that participants who were not depressed before showed more depressive symptoms and loneliness after engaging in casual sex.
3. Improve Your Relationship with Sex
Remember that oxytocin we talked about earlier? It plays a role in bonding and feeling more connected to your partner during intercourse.
Achieving that on a regular basis has a way of spilling over into other areas of your relationship.
Feeling more connected to your partner allows you to relate to them more and you are more likely to try to see things from their perspective, instead of only thinking about yourself and your feelings.
4. Increased Self-Esteem
Self-esteem issues cannot be solved by having sex, even if you are in a healthy, stable relationship because that kind of peace must come from within.