Orgasms leave her in tears
Dear Dr Patti
Recently, I have fallen in love with my boyfriend of five months. Needless to say, we have incredible sex. However, sometimes after a really intense orgasm I burst into tears. Why does this happen?
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What a lovely question. Contrary to what many people may think, the responses women exhibit at the peak of orgasm are varied and can often be misleading. Women report to me that at their climax they explode with many varieties of emotional release. Those expressions can include tears, laughter, sobbing and intense crying.
Because the sexual response cycle is multi-phased, there are different levels of build-up during the whole process. The sex researchers Masters and Johnson first noted the four basic phases, going from excitement to resolution; Helen Singer Kaplan chronicled the desire phase. Later still, the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality determined the initial phase. The sexual response cycle works like this: first a woman feels a slight interest in having a sexual experience, the ‘vague stirring’ phase; then she may become aroused and feel the desire for sexual activity. Next she will experience excitement, during which many physical changes occur, followed by heightened arousal at the plateau phase. Then comes her orgasm, at which point she releases all the energy and tension that have accumulated. And then she ends with the resolution or relaxation phase.
Throughout this cycle physical changes take place: blood rushes to the genitals, a woman’s breasts swell, her nipples become erect and her breathing becomes faster. From arousal to the orgasmic climax, energy is building up and must be discharged. That energy may take many different forms and for you it’s occasionally intense crying. Crying, for you, may be your body's way of telling you it has completed an intense sexual journey.
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