10% of Women after Sex Sadness

10% of Women after Sex Sadness

Syndrome post-sex blues or sad after sex may sound silly in your ear. You see, during sex is usually associated with feeling relaxed, connected, and happy.

However, recent research from the Queensland Institute of Technology in Australia reveals shocking discovery. According to the results of their research, one of three women bothered by feeling sad after sex, at least once in his life. Meanwhile, as much as 10 percent of women reported often or always feel sad after having sex.

The study involved more than 200 young women in Australia, so further research is needed to see if the results are similar in age and other local groups.

''In normal circumstances, the resolution phase of sexual activity, or the period right after sex, allowing a sensation of well being, along with psychological and physical relaxation,''said study author Robert Schweitzer, as quoted livescience.com.

A number of symptoms that indicated people with this syndrome include feeling melancholy, sadness, irritability, anxiety, or feelings of anxiety immediately after having sex.

Schweitzer said the cause of that feeling until now unknown. According to him, sexual abuse ever experienced before can cause feelings of shame, guilt, and loss in subsequent intimate relationships.

However, Schweitzer study published in the International Journal of Sexual Health, only to find little correlation between prior sexual abuse after sex with a disappointment in the future.

''This suggests other factors, such as biological predisposition, perhaps more important,''he said.

The next step, Schweitzer added, namely to see how the emotional characteristics of women and the way he looked at himself

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