Q&A: Is sex a therapy for social anxiety disorder?

Question by Anna S: Is sex a therapy for social anxiety disorder?

I am reading an article and it writes, “Sex is when you can explore your personality without any social anxieties” (SELF.2009) Basically, during sex your ture self/nature comes out without regard to playing a role in public or maintaining social norms. Thoughts?

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Answer by Gregory S
That article is probably messed up. A real therapist would not say that… if that were true, than all sorts of bad things (rape, incest, etc) would be permissible… and they most certainly aren’t.

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