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Study: 4 In 10 Men Have Experienced ‘Inexplicable Sadness’ After Sex
Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy ^ | 7/27/18 | Joel Maczkowiack and Robert D Schweitzer

Posted on 07/28/2018 12:51:26 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom

Having sex may feel like a badge of honor for many men, but for others, it’s an act that, once finished, brings about intense feelings of sadness. Researchers for the first time ever have identified that women aren’t the only ones who can suffer from this emotional tidal wave in the bedroom, better known as postcoital dysphoria, or PCD. PCD occurs when a person has enjoyable consensual sex with a partner, but is met with “inexplicable feelings of tearfulness, sadness, or irritability” afterwards.

...men can and do suffer from PCD which results in feelings of sadness, tearfulness or irritability following sex.

Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology say PCD had only previously been recognized in women, but after a survey of 1,208 men from numerous countries — including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia — it’s clear that the condition is more common among males than one might expect. In fact, four in 10 participants recalled suffering from PCD symptoms at some point in their lives.

“41% of participants reported experiencing PCD in their lifetime with 20 percent reporting they had experienced it in the previous four weeks,” said Maczkowiack, a masters student at the university’s school of psychology.

As many as 4 percent of the individuals, who voluntarily participated in the online questionnaire via postings on social media and psychological research websites, said they battle PCD symptoms regularly. Men acknowledged that statements such as “I don’t want to be touched and want to be left alone,” or “I feel unsatisfied, annoyed and very fidgety. All I really want is to leave and distract myself from everything I participated in,” applied to them when thinking about times they’d made love. Others described feeling “emotionless and empty” even though the sex was otherwise satisfactory.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: marriage; psychology; sex
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Total unadulterated crap!


21 posted on 07/28/2018 1:08:15 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

22 posted on 07/28/2018 1:10:04 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

They did a study for this?

Obviously, they’ve never been alone, drunk and horny in a bar at last call.


23 posted on 07/28/2018 1:11:16 PM PDT by moovova
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

PCD, huh? I would have thought it was Politically Correct Dementia or TDS. Learn something new everyday.


24 posted on 07/28/2018 1:13:19 PM PDT by DeFault User
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Too much soy.


25 posted on 07/28/2018 1:14:58 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard
Now I’m off to go rub my sexy wife


26 posted on 07/28/2018 1:16:47 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
This reminds me of Charlie Sheen, that great romantic -- “I don’t pay them for sex. I pay them to leave!”

I'm sure there are lots of married men would appreciate even having the opportunity to experience PCD. "

Given Charlie is HIV+, he probably shared that PCD experience with some married men...

27 posted on 07/28/2018 1:17:23 PM PDT by StAnDeliver ("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
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To: LostInBayport
Why did Bubba marry a lesbian? What does that say about either of them?
28 posted on 07/28/2018 1:17:56 PM PDT by StAnDeliver ("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
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To: StAnDeliver
Why did Bubba marry a lesbian? What does that say about either of them?

That they share a common interest!
29 posted on 07/28/2018 1:19:25 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Me too.

They lost part of their essence I guess.


30 posted on 07/28/2018 1:19:28 PM PDT by Califreak (Take Me Back To Constantinople)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

They turned the lights on?


31 posted on 07/28/2018 1:19:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I know I get to feeling that way. Like, “Yeah, that was great but this chicken is going to be on the dinner plate someday.” Can’t let it bring you down...


32 posted on 07/28/2018 1:20:21 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The sadness, I experience it too.

It is because for a brief moment I am no longer hitting it.

(sob)


33 posted on 07/28/2018 1:20:27 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The New York Times is so openly dishonest, even their crossword puzzles lie.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
When single, sadness? Nah. Occasional regret? Oh yeah! And very "explicable". But most times the old saying applied:

"The only thing better than the sleep of the just is the sleep of the just after".

34 posted on 07/28/2018 1:20:46 PM PDT by katana
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

***...men can and do suffer from PCD which results in feelings of sadness, tearfulness or irritability following sex. ***

Especially when you begin to drip, drip, drip.


35 posted on 07/28/2018 1:22:17 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Jeepers. PCD??? Quick someone invent a govt program to pay these poor souls. Free Disability for everyone.


36 posted on 07/28/2018 1:22:39 PM PDT by Kudsman (I'm normnal.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

oh goodie, the greedy quacks have conjured up yet another “disease” or “disorder” they can bilk the insurance companies and taxpayers for “treating”

ain’t that nice!?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$follow the money$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


37 posted on 07/28/2018 1:23:13 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( "Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I couldn’t take it any longer Lord I was crazed
And when the feeling came upon me like a tidal wave
I started swearing to my god and on my mother’s grave
That I would love you to the end of time
I swore, that I would love you to the end of time
So now I’m praying for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive
‘Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
I don’t think that I can really survive
I’ll never break my promise or forget my vow
But god only knows what I can do right now
I’m praying for the end of time
It’s all that I can do (oh oh oh)
Praying for the end of time, so I can end my life with you

It was long ago and it was far away
And it was so much better that it is today

*Paradise by the Dashboard Lights*~ Meatloaf


38 posted on 07/28/2018 1:24:18 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: LostInBayport

“Ya gotta know how to Pony…like bony Peyronie”


39 posted on 07/28/2018 1:25:12 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Maybe....Just maybe they forgot to mention this condition happens with gay men only. Just wondering.


40 posted on 07/28/2018 1:26:51 PM PDT by mosaicwolf
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