"If someone is giving themselves the space they need to feel their feels about the breakup, to process the relationship status change and loss of a partner, to communicate clearly to their rebound sex partner, and is able to use rebound sex as a way to reconnect with their body and their sexuality (with lots of great endorphins), then it can be a helpful part of the breakup process," McDaniel says. Essentially, you have to go into it with good intentions, not because you want to get back at your ex or prove to your friends that you're over the breakup . Instead, rebound sex should be about reconnecting with your sexuality outside of your ex-relationship.