All people sooner or later start to experience stress due to lack of sex, says psychiatrist Carmita Abdo, writes O Globo.
As Abdo explained, how long after giving up sex a person will not experience mental health problems depends on their sexual habits. So, according to her, if the sexual life was active and included at least three contacts a week, then only after a month of abstinence a person will show the first signs of severe stress.
If a person had sex no more than once every two weeks, then his emotional and physical well-being may not deteriorate for several months.
Among the negative consequences of abstaining from sexual activity, the psychiatrist pointed out a feeling of loneliness, increased anxiety and an uncontrollable desire for intimacy.