I've got schizoaffective, and I've been doing a journal lately, because both my moods and my schizoid part of the illness has been flaring up. I noticed, and I noticed this in the past too, that if I refrain from any sex for too long, my delusions and schizo acts up.

When I was first diagnosed with shizoaffective, I was under a deep guilt for having any kind of sex outside of marriage, because that's what the church teaches. So I tried to stop, and then is when my symptoms got worse. Even though I'm on meds now, it still happens to an extent. It seems like if I give in to having an orgasm, it calms me down and I'm thinking more clearly. But then I'm not doing "right". I'm sort of trapped by my beliefs and what my body is telling me.

Has anybody ever noticed this in their lives?