Also: is your response different if your romp was solo as opposed to being with a partner?
Post-coital depression, or a feeling of sadness/hopelessness after orgasm is a real phenomenon, but stats are lacking about its frequency. I thought I’d use the SDMB members to get a [del]headcount[/del] sampling regarding how many folks have experienced this on a regular basis.
I am sorry, but I won’t be sharing my own experience here, as elfbabe, my daughter, posts here. Likewise I’m sure she will avoid chiming in on the topic too.
if I have to choose a number, then 1. It is more like full of energy, though. Ready to go for whatever comes next. Mrs. Sapo is more the sleepy type so I often end up pressure-washing the bug-screens or something like that.
if it is solo, then it is definitely 2) sleepy. It is, in fact, my only and 100% effective insomnia busting technique and the reason I do it 99% of the time.
#1 and there’s no number for this one, but I feel pleasantly “detached”. This means if you ask me a question, I may not answer or the answer may not make sense.
#1, greatly. I’ve never felt sleepy afterwards, just blissful and wanting to cuddle.
Solo, afterwards, I feel completely energized. It is the vanquisher of sleep – rubbing one out before bed ensures that I won’t be able to sleep for an hour, at least.
I wouldn’t say I feel sad, but immediately afterward I often feel very emotional, like I could just bust out crying. I have a very sensitive central nervous system, and it can get very wound up. Maybe orgasm just isn’t enough of a release for the tension I’ve built up during the act. Better to have 2 or 3, just to make sure.
Usually happy, often sad, and almost always either sobbing or on the verge of tears, even if I’m feeling happy. It’s weird. It’s the same kind of tears I have when watching women give birth on TLC - I get these heaving racking sobs, even when I’m not particularly emotionally moved. (When I assisted in a birth, I didn’t do that at all, nor did I either time I gave birth myself, which surprised me.)
When I’ve been with someone and feel like I trust him enough to not completely scare him away, I’ll tell him of the proclivity for tears at some other neutral moment, which makes it a little less awkward to deal with when it happens.
