What Happens When You Have Sex Twice A Day

If you're a sexually active person, you may have asked yourself if there's such a thing as too much sex. While that's a reasonable question, there's no definitive answer. What seems like a lot of sex to one person, might feel like not enough to another person. "The concept of 'too much' sex is usually used to shame people about the fact that they're sexual beings," sexologist Dr. Jill McDevitt told Healthline. Basically, what's too much is extremely subjective.

According to a 2017 study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, people in their 20s have sex about 80 times a year, which comes out to more than once a week, on average, but not quite twice a week. The same study found that once people hit their 60s, sexual activity decreases to 20 times a year — roughly less than twice a month.

But no matter your age or what your personal average might be, if you were to step up your sexual activity and have it twice a day for, say, a week or more, you'd definitely notice some changes. Not only would your body respond differently, but so would your mind — and not necessarily in the ways you might think they would.

If you've never engaged in having sex twice a day or even daily, you're in for a treat: your libido skyrockets. In news that might seem confusing but also makes perfect sense, the more you have sex, the more sex you want. This has everything to do with the hormones that are released during sex and the impact they have on your desire.

"Sex is a heightened physical and emotional experience," somatic sex educator Kiana Reeves told Cosmopolitan. "When your body experiences something that feels deeply satisfying, it'll send signals to encourage more of that behavior." It's as though you become obsessed — in a positive way — with the oxytocin and dopamine that swirls about your body when you have sex, so you want more and more. You might even find yourself so insatiable that in between partnered sex, you'll masturbate more than usual just to keep that sexual desire riding high. This is a completely normal and natural response to having sex twice a day. In other words, no, you didn't just develop a sex addiction. Instead, you're just responding to the hormones that, thanks to all the sex, are now in constantly elevated doses.

As much as you may be craving more and more sex, the downside to having sex twice a day is that it can result in pain for both partners. If you have a vulva, you can experience soreness internally due to dryness caused by excessive intercourse. If you and your partner are fluid bonded and you're skipping condom use, then all that sex or, more specifically, semen can throw off the vagina's natural pH balance, leading to infections like UTIs. After several days of twice-daily sex, you might even reach a point where the internal and external pain is so uncomfortable that no matter how hydrated you are or how much lube you use, you won't be able to escape it.

If you have a penis, you're not necessarily safe either. Too much intercourse can lead to penile pain, penile fractures, chafing, and even back pain. Eventually, you might even reach a point where having sex is too much to bear and you become used to the heightened hormones, so you just sort of get over it, and the interest in sex drops. 

It goes without saying that having sex regularly has a plethora of benefits and both your body and mind get to reap those benefits. However, you can actually reach your own personal limit on sex and when you do, you'll know it. So follow your body's lead and roll back on how often you're having sex. After all, sex should be about quality and not quantity.