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And yet, she says, feeling depressed after sex — even consensual, good sex — is something that many people feel at some point in their life. A study found that 41 percent of penis-having folks experienced it in their lifetime. Another study found that 46 percent of vulva-owners experienced it at least once in their lifetime. It can even make you cry. For example, one study found that postcoital symptoms were present after consensual sex , as well as general sexual activity and masturbation.

And for the people hit with an explained sadness after sex, it can be a frightening and lonely experience. Post-coital dysphoria, or post-coital tristesse, is the term used to describe feeling of tearful, sad, anxious, aggressive, agitated or generally melancholic after sex. What is most interesting about the condition is that it happens after sex that is consensual. She explained that it comes down the explosion of hormones in the body after sex, including endorphins, oxytocin and prolactin.

When he was in his early 20s, Los Angeles-based writer Brandon G. The condition can last between five minutes and two hours. Many studies have examined the first three phases of the human sexual response cycle excitement, plateau, orgasm , but the resolution phase has often been overlooked. More often than not, Schweitzer thinks PCD is a culmination of both physical and psychological factors. Physically, orgasms activate a flood of endorphins and other feel-good hormones , but the neurochemical prolactin follows, resulting in a sometimes intense comedown.