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All About YOU: The Ultimate Mood Booster?

Great sex -- if it is within a mutually monogamous relationship -- may be one of the ultimate mood boosters.

In fact, semen contains powerful -- and potentially addictive -- mood-altering chemicals, including testosterone, estrogen, prolactin, luteinizing hormone, and prostaglandins. So although sex won't cure depression, it may boost mood if some of these chemicals are absorbed through the walls of the vagina.

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7/3/2008 10:35:02 PM

Happiness is knowing what you need. There're 3 levels of sex. PHYSICAL SEX: Put off eating for too long, your stomach's going to bother you with hunger pangs until you drop everything you're doing to satisfy it. If the sexual urge is put off too long, it becomes very much a physical need and comes on like an unfeeling act to the partner, especially the female partner. EMOTIONAL SEX: This sex is about the need to be accepted - like a baby needing love. It comes during testing periods which leaves the person with negative self esteem. Emotional sex is heavy because it is demanding. Most find it hard to have orgasm in emotional sex bec its need often outlasts one's physical stamina. MENTAL SEX: Mental sex is energetic. The couple is more vocal during the coupling. It is often termed naughty sex. At this level one drops the heavy yoke of prohibitions that society, especially religion, clamps on us. Every level of sex brings the needed balance to the health of the lover. Satisfaction is not a marathon, but getting the right medicine to fix your imbalance. Sex is a natural function given to every human being to maintain balance to his/her health.

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