Would you trade severe suicidal depression for permanent sexual dysfunction?

[Final_frontier]

P.S I think I've already made that trade with antidepressants. The only thing I'm wondering is if I'd have got better anyway without a chemical castration. I'm only 26.

 

[Mr2005]

Good question. Probably. My sexual prowess is no use to anyone if I'm going to kill myself

 

[Life_and_Death]

yes. of course i hate my disorders and im not the biggest fan of sex so its really not a loss to me .

Good question. Probably. My sexual prowess is no use to anyone if I'm going to kill myself

i love this. that is a very good point lol

 

[Meditation guide]

I wouldn't mind sexual dysfunction at all. That would be tiny compared to what I'm dealing with.

 

[Ghost2211]

Sexual dysfunction (medical not emotional) for both males and females has solutions and work arounds. I would take sexual dysfunction over depression.

Edit to add. If you mean those solutions can't work depression is still worse.

 

[schopenh]

I'm always highly skeptical of trading one bad for another. If you asked me a year ago would I trade my neuropathic pain problem for interstitial cystitis (IC) I'd have thought "nothing could be as painful/debilitating/depressing as this pure nerve pain". But I've developed IC in the past few months and it's pushing me to CTB more than my original problem. And since it's relevant, I'll say the bulk of the issue is that I can't ejaculate anymore without severe pain increasing due to the IC.
Careful with such trades! Sometimes it's hard to imagine that things can get worse.

 

[FatalSystemError591]

I'm ace so yeah, I would trade it in a heartbeat. I have a super low libido too to boot.

 

[Matthias_k]

Yes. Sexual dysfunction would be a piece of cake compared to what I've been going through these past years.

 

[LonelyNick]

I'm ace so yeah, I would trade it in a heartbeat. I have a super low libido too to boot.

Ace here too. I'd love to be happy since I'm not getting laid anyway

 

[nerve]

I'm not good-looking enough for sex in the first place, so absolutely. I'd be so much less bummed out about life if I wasn't dwelling on how unattractive I am and everything I'm missing out on because of that. Like I just want to stop thinking about it.

 

[Caspers]

I'm an aromantic asexual who is grossed out at the concept of having sex, so no probs for me

 

[Wheelz1985]

I'm paralyzed from the waist down and cannot ejaculate. I also have severe depression that causes suicidal thoughts. So.. I dont know why I am still here. I plan to ctb very soon. In less than 2 months. I can't now because of reasons...but the sweet release of death stays on my mind daily.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

What if I already have both? :/

Well actually I have the same level of both. Neither are ultimately too severe in me, but definitely at above average levels for a normal person...

 

[Meditation guide]

I'm paralyzed from the waist down and cannot ejaculate. I also have severe depression that causes suicidal thoughts. So.. I dont know why I am still here. I plan to ctb very soon. In less than 2 months. I can't now because of reasons...but the sweet release of death stays on my mind daily.

I wish you had a nicer life. I hope things go well for you.

 

[ocd is bad]

I probably would. I'm not really interested in sex so I don't think it'd affect me.

 

[StringPuppet]

I won't be using this thing anytime soon so it might as well be dysfunctional

 

[Sinkinshyp]

I'm single by choice. I have been for ohh 10 yrs or so with the exception of 8 months. I met a guy end of march we hit it off amazingly well. My son died october and that ended our relationship. I'll be 49 the end of this month so yea I would in a heart trade sexual dysfunction for a cure for my depression. No questions asked hands down count me in

 

[rt1989526]

The anhedonia + PSSD from the antidepressants is the root cause of my depression. Antidepressants are the devil's poison

 

[Squiddy]

In a heartbeat I'd trade it for that. If only it was possible :(

 

[Worthless_nobody]

Yes 100% sex really isn't that important to me. (I know it's important to others I was just saying me personally)

 

[Gnip]

Yes, that is a deliberate choice I actually did make in my life, although I was never able to ditch my depression anyway.

I've had major depressive disorder for most of my life. Like many depressives, I was a chronic masturbator. When I was placed on Prozac, all my sexual desires disappeared, much to my relief and pleasure (the usual reaction to SSRI medications among those who are not in a sexual relationship), but then, unfortunately the fluoxetine stopped working. Soon after, in a freak accident, I fractured my penis (sleeping on my stomach on a new textured mattress when I had a nocturnal erection which caught on the edge of one of the foam tips, causing it to crunch like a potato chip and gush blood) and was told by my surgeon I would never have an erection again. But when I started having them again while still hospitalized, I demanded chemical castration in the form of leuprolide acetate injections to make sure I would never sustain that kind of injury again.

When my urologist told me I'd never have an erection again, I instantly replied, "No great loss." That is not, and never was how I define my masculinity.

No question that trying to trade severe suicidal depression for permanent sexual disfunction was the right choice for me to make, even if it failed. I have a vivid long term memory, and before sexual awakening and interest in girls polluted my existence, I enjoyed a rich and curious interest in life. I wouldn't mind being able to go back to how I was before entry into first grade at age seven destroyed my life for all time.

 

[Viro_Major]

No trade-off, thanks. I would be demanding and try other experimental alternatives before. Ketamine, LSD/shrooms, turmeric to start.

 

[Lupgevif]

Yes.

 

[TheEndIsIrrefutable]

Definitely not. I'm severely suicidal partly because of permanent sexual dysfunction that is not treatable (PSSD).

If I did not have that particular dysfunction, at least I could be happy about one aspect of my life.

 

[rabbithole]

I have severe suicidal ideation and no sexual function lol. What a nightmare.

 

[DocNo]

never having sex compared to depression is like comparing the size of a little stone to the mount everest - at least for me.
would be an instant trade.

 

[stygal]

I don't even think I'm depressed but I'm sure as hell suicidal which is only caused by my physical disability and I'm also not able to have pain free sex. So I could have a dysfunction of some sort for a healthy body ?? That'd be the only good trade for me.

 

[Acopia]

Thanks to antidepressants, I made that choice.

I'm not too sure of my opinion about it.

 

[Emily_Numb]

Absolutely not.

No trade-off, thanks. I would be demanding and try other experimental alternatives before. Ketamine, LSD/shrooms, turmeric to start.

Have you tried any of these?

 

[Mellowmood]

I have both what do ?