{"id":30551,"date":"2025-01-27T13:20:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T20:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/?p=30551"},"modified":"2025-01-27T13:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T20:20:51","slug":"singles-are-abstaining-for-their-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/singles-are-abstaining-for-their-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Singles are Abstaining&#8230; for their Mental Health?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-30551\" data-postid=\"30551\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-30551 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_f24c483 tb_first tf_w\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_oh1x483 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_fsm8424 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/coupleinbed.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-15650\" title=\"coupleinbed\" alt=\"coupleinbed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/coupleinbed.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/coupleinbed-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/coupleinbed-340x265.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_umed746   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t<p>It&#8217;s a new year &#8211; a time to meet new people, try new ideas for fun dates, geting creative in the bedroom, and&#8230; celibacy? Say WHAT? It&#8217;s true:\u00a0 for some, the new years means abstaining from any and all sexual pleasure. WE ARE NOT IN FAVOR. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-14329709\/dating-app-abstain-sex-masturbating.html\">Via Daily Mail:\u00a0<\/a><\/p><blockquote><p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Over half of people on dating apps are considering abstinence from both sex and masturbation, a survey suggests.<\/p><p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">[In the study,] 59% of the 2,000 adults surveyed said they were trying or considering complete celibacy in 2025.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When asked why, the majority said they wanted to instead focus on self-improvement while one in three said they thought avoiding sex and self-pleasure would improve their mental health.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Ok, WE FOR ONE disagree with the idea that no sex would help our mental health &#8212; far from it, because<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/healthy-sex-health-benefits\"> sex has been shown to IMPROVE mental health<\/a>. And while self-improvement is always a plus &#8211; it&#8217;s SO possible without giving up one of life&#8217;s great gifts: sex.\u00a0<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re thinking you need a boost, may we suggest getting laid MORE, by joining OBC Dating? We think you&#8217;ll hav a higher success rate than if you (ugh) give up sex altogether. YUCK!<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a new year &#8211; a time to meet new people, try new ideas for fun dates, geting creative in the bedroom, and&#8230; celibacy? Say WHAT? It&#8217;s true:\u00a0 for some, the new years means abstaining from any and all sexual pleasure. WE ARE NOT IN FAVOR. Via Daily Mail:\u00a0Over half of people on dating apps [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dating-and-sex","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<img src=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/coupleinbed.jpg\" title=\"coupleinbed\" alt=\"coupleinbed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/coupleinbed.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/coupleinbed-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/coupleinbed-340x265.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<p>It's a new year - a time to meet new people, try new ideas for fun dates, geting creative in the bedroom, and... celibacy? Say WHAT? It's true:\u00a0 for some, the new years means abstaining from any and all sexual pleasure. WE ARE NOT IN FAVOR. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-14329709\/dating-app-abstain-sex-masturbating.html\">Via Daily Mail:\u00a0<\/a><\/p><blockquote><p>Over half of people on dating apps are considering abstinence from both sex and masturbation, a survey suggests.<\/p><p>[In the study,] 59% of the 2,000 adults surveyed said they were trying or considering complete celibacy in 2025.\u00a0<\/p><p>When asked why, the majority said they wanted to instead focus on self-improvement while one in three said they thought avoiding sex and self-pleasure would improve their mental health.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Ok, WE FOR ONE disagree with the idea that no sex would help our mental health -- far from it, because<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/healthy-sex-health-benefits\"> sex has been shown to IMPROVE mental health<\/a>. And while self-improvement is always a plus - it's SO possible without giving up one of life's great gifts: sex.\u00a0<\/p><p>If you're thinking you need a boost, may we suggest getting laid MORE, by joining OBC Dating? We think you'll hav a higher success rate than if you (ugh) give up sex altogether. 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