Mental health and sex are strongly connected in many fascinating ways. With our sex life, affecting our mental health and our mental health affecting our sex life, there are a lot of interesting facts to learn about the two together. Our mental health play a large part in how we experience sex and vice versa. So, in this video, we’ll be exploring five psychological facts about sex and mental health.
We also made a video on the benefits of sex here: https://youtu.be/5xie-potD08 Be sure to check it out!
Script Writer: Michal Mitchell
Script Editor: Caitlin McColl
Script Manager: Kelly Soong
Voice Over: Drew Baillie
Animator: Julie Ma
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong
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