Medicinal Sex

Sometimes we just need a release. Something or someone to help us relieve stress, tension, anger, sadness etc... While medicinal sex is a pleasurable realistic option, there are times when medicinal sex can be abused at our own expense and at the expense of others. Yes, the warmth of a body feels good. Passionate kisses, warm licking and sucking, feed the serotonin levels in our brain, taking us to erotic, euphoric heights, thrust after thrust. Being held and caressed makes us feel safe and protected, a calm place in the midst of the chaos in our lives and in our minds. But what if that person that we use isn't available or what if we know that the object of our medicinal escapade wants more but we do not?

There comes a time when we have to face the void that we have internally, and replace it with a healthy filler that's not predicated on whether we get the response that we want from someone else. We need a filler that's not dependent on us hurting others who feed our need at the expense of their hearts or hopes that we'd want more. SEX IS GOOD, however, sex as a band-aid over a deeper issue should be explored. Issues such as avoidance, denial, revenge and fear, are just a few of many possible reasons for our maladaptive medicinal hunger.

Once we recognize the true hunger that our medicinal sex feeds, and we replace that sex with another action that meets the need in a more healthy way, then and only then will we have, a "higher grade" cut. Don't you want a better high?