Do you feel different after ejaculating?

[Hideous]

Everytime I ejaculate, my mood changes...it's like I'm jumpy and energetic but when I ejaculate I'm upset and tired and lazy to do anything. Does anyone have the same experience?

[Remora]

That's the whole reason i do it before i sleep. D:

[Zachary G]

yeah it happens to me most times, thats why i do it before i goto bed. you feel that way because when you jo you use all of your muscles and exert a lot of energy while you are doing it, so you seem exhausted when you are done and much more alert.

[MechaSniper]

Yeah i know what you mean. yeah every now and then.

[TimCox]

I'm always exhausted after

[deregisterme]

Yeah. I can get really horny. Though afterwards it's more relaxed and satisfied

[Noody]

Yeah I do, generally afterwards I feel quite suppressed, sensible and more productive for some reason.

[JamesSuperBoy]

Its known as the refractory period read more

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refractory_period_%28sex%29

might also be time you masturbate - end of day - bed time

[football matt]

I'm mostly just tired.

[Catholic Guy]

I feel really horny and then I feel regretful afterwards

[CrazyPerson101]

When I do, I feel tired but that's only because of hormones your body produces. Believe it or not, there are chemicals that make get aroused ( as we all know ) AND un-aroused. There are interesting things you can learn, I forget what they're called but im sure if you look it up, you can find what you're looking for ( assuming you're curious or want to know ).

[Your Captain]

I am like this aswell and my libido disappears straight away. For example I want to eat my cum but when ever I cum I lose interest

[matt_tgr]

Oh yes, the same happens every time!

[pjones]

i'm very relaxed after

[Oblivio]

I am the same. Before i ejaculate im energetic, but then after im tired and dont want to j/o anymore

[mcsteamy]

Yeah I've experienced the same. Usually after I jo i really want to listen to music lol

[Cloud_Strife]

Everytime I ejaculate, my mood changes...it's like I'm jumpy and energetic but when I ejaculate I'm upset and tired and lazy to do anything. Does anyone have the same experience?

Hi John,

As you can see, you're in good company:
That's the whole reason i do it before i sleep. D:

yeah it happens to me most times, thats why i do it before i goto bed. you feel that way because when you jo you use all of your muscles and exert a lot of energy while you are doing it, so you seem exhausted when you are done and much more alert.

Yeah i know what you mean. yeah every now and then.

I'm always exhausted after

I feel really horny and then I feel regretful afterwards

When I do, I feel tired but that's only because of hormones your body produces. Believe it or not, there are chemicals that make get aroused ( as we all know ) AND un-aroused. There are interesting things you can learn, I forget what they're called but im sure if you look it up, you can find what you're looking for ( assuming you're curious or want to know ).

I'm mostly just tired.

I am the same. Before i ejaculate im energetic, but then after im tired and dont want to j/o anymore

Yeah I've experienced the same. Usually after I jo i really want to listen to music lol

Oh yes, the same happens every time!

It might seem like a simple process, but the act of ejaculation and orgasm is actually very complex. The amount of chemicals and hormones involved are numerous. In particular, the hormones you'd all probably be interested in here are prolactin and oxytocin. There are other hormones which are released during sex which do similar effects (like noradrenaline and serotonin, but I'll just mention these two as part of the explanation to your question.

Prolactin plays quite a part in the sensation of satisfaction following intercourse or ejaculation. It also leads to drowsiness and and makes one feel tired. Oxytocin is sometimes termed the 'love hormone'. It has been linked to the bonding interaction between mating partners and leads to a sensation of relaxation and promotes rest - which is why you're feel sleepy after ejaculating.

You might ask, what is the point, in making a person following intercourse? Does it make sense at all? From an evolutionary point of view, it makes sense that these feelings are fostered. It promotes caring and close mateship between sexual partners to ensure that the offspring are protected or cared for. So it's not unsurprising, if you guys feel very tired after ejaculation or sex - it's a topic that is on health shows all the times, that women complain that men fall asleep after they undergo orgasm. There were actually surveys in the past, which showed that some men actually fell asleep during sex!


As an aside, it's actually been a topic of study for many years in scientific circles and from memory, some of the more illustrative studies were from researchers noticing that prairie voles were more close in pair-bonding than other similarly related species, like the montane voles. Very interesting reads if you have the time!

Hope that helps!

P.S. If you do reply back, please quote my post so I know you wrote back! Thanks!

[Hideous]

Hi John,

As you can see, you're in good company:




















It might seem like a simple process, but the act of ejaculation and orgasm is actually very complex. The amount of chemicals and hormones involved are numerous. In particular, the hormones you'd all probably be interested in here are prolactin and oxytocin. There are other hormones which are released during sex which do similar effects (like noradrenaline and serotonin, but I'll just mention these two as part of the explanation to your question.

Prolactin plays quite a part in the sensation of satisfaction following intercourse or ejaculation. It also leads to drowsiness and and makes one feel tired. Oxytocin is sometimes termed the 'love hormone'. It has been linked to the bonding interaction between mating partners and leads to a sensation of relaxation and promotes rest - which is why you're feel sleepy after ejaculating.

You might ask, what is the point, in making a person following intercourse? Does it make sense at all? From an evolutionary point of view, it makes sense that these feelings are fostered. It promotes caring and close mateship between sexual partners to ensure that the offspring are protected or cared for. So it's not unsurprising, if you guys feel very tired after ejaculation or sex - it's a topic that is on health shows all the times, that women complain that men fall asleep after they undergo orgasm. There were actually surveys in the past, which showed that some men actually fell asleep during sex!


As an aside, it's actually been a topic of study for many years in scientific circles and from memory, some of the more illustrative studies were from researchers noticing that prairie voles were more close in pair-bonding than other similarly related species, like the montane voles. Very interesting reads if you have the time!

Hope that helps!

P.S. If you do reply back, please quote my post so I know you wrote back! Thanks!

Very informative and... pretty enlightening, thank you so much for the clear explanation on why this happens!!!

[Cloud_Strife]

Very informative and... pretty enlightening to read, thank you so much for the clear explanation on why this happens!!!

No worries mate!

[ILoveTurtles]

sometimes when i ejeculate i just wanna chill :D

[chris97]

That's what happens to me

[Cheesydog567]

Ejaculating relieves tension and stress, it is quite normal to feel tired afterward

[Tendencies]

What happens to me, actually, is that after i finish, I actually feel really guilty and stuff. That doesn't happen all the time, but more than I would like it to.

[jayjay's toocool]

their's a reason we are depicted that way, on screen. lol

[Elliott_hn]

after i do it i feel tired but i also feel guilty.

[hotteengeek97]

normally just about every time i do it.

[hockeyfan]

It tires me out sometimes.

[Cognizant]

I'm the same way. If I'm going solo I like to just clean up and go to bed/move on with my day, or if it was with a partner I like to just spend time laying in bed cuddling for a while before I want to do anything else.

[Dyzon732]

When I'm masturbating I'm all pervert and energetic, and my pervert thoughts overpass my logical thoughts. After the ejaculation, my logical thoughts come back and I'm less energetic

[Hideous]

I'm the same way. If I'm going solo I like to just clean up and go to bed/move on with my day, or if it was with a partner I like to just spend time laying in bed cuddling for a while before I want to do anything else.

I love cuddles.

[Hermes]

I'm the same way. If I'm going solo I like to just clean up and go to bed/move on with my day, or if it was with a partner I like to just spend time laying in bed cuddling for a while before I want to do anything else.

About the only thing I can add to Cloud Strife's excellent explanation is that hormonally there is no difference in this effect between sex and masturbation. Of course how you respond to that hormonal change does depend on whether you are solo or with partner.

[Jack_smith1234]

yeah i just get really sleepy

[Snydergate]

After I finish I instantly loose all interest in jerking off or anything like that, before I used to feel guilty, but not I am just like "I don't feel like doing anything now.."

[Liven]

I'm usually tired but mainly I feel relaxed.

[Curious.kid]

I feel sleepy, my face gets red, I feel guilty and naughty, I feel sad and regret it.

[marko08]

That's the whole reason i do it before i sleep. D:

same here, sometimes If I can not sleep I masturbate....

[Ricky.h]

Everytime I ejaculate, my mood changes...it's like I'm jumpy and energetic but when I ejaculate I'm upset and tired and lazy to do anything. Does anyone have the same experience?

For me it's different like sometimes after sex I want to go to sleep and other times I want to keep going. And if it's been going on for a long time I get hungry

[lovelycaleb]

Some people will be relaxed and sleepy after an orgasm, others will be unsociable and grumpy. We all respond similarly

[DeadEyes]

Relaxing.

[Samstar]

I definitely become more relaxed, and lazy.

[Joshy]

Happens to me every now and then, i feel ashamed and guilt and tired afterwards like my mood suddenly changed..

[poiuytrewq]

Everytime I ejaculate, my mood changes...it's like I'm jumpy and energetic but when I ejaculate I'm upset and tired and lazy to do anything. Does anyone have the same experience?
For me it's the other way roune.