post coitum omne animal triste....
dudemtl said:
My brother calls it POD. Post-Orgasm Disgust.
Any thoughts?
Even the (ancient) greeks and the romans knew about this phenomenon,
A qutote attributed to Aristole, Ovid or Galen
"Post coïtum omne animal triste est, praeter mulierem gallumque"
which translates to
After sex every animal is sad, except the women and the cock.. (The rooster, that is!)
and which tends to demonstrate that this is a "natural" state for many of us.
It is how the young novice Adso describes his feelings after being seduced by the beautiful peasant girl in the novel The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.
I quote
http://english.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=31808
"Human beings since the dawn of time have experienced, in one form or another, this "post-coital sadness" (read: Depression) that Hecht writes about. Perhaps you and your sweetie are about to be parted by several hundred, maybe thousands of miles, due to whatever forces are at work to separate you… maybe she's going away to college, perhaps he's in the Armed Forces and is being sent overseas. Your last sexual encounter with each other will be bittersweet, with an overwhelming sadness for both of you. For weeks you pine away for your lover, not knowing when the two of you will meet again.
Or perhaps you're in the midst of a passionate affair. It's my belief that most cases of post-coital depression arise from affairs of lust and obsession, not from long distance love. Perhaps you're married; maybe you're 20 years older than your lover is. But for whatever reason, this is an affair that both of you know is doomed to tragedy from the beginning. Both of you understand that nothing good can come of the affair, but still you are drawn to each other like moths to flame. "
A french film has been made about it ...
SEE
http://imdb.com/title/tt0119923/
I think it is best treated by behavioral therapy, by reason and sense
Why the hell should I ruin a perfectly good fuck on remorse and guilt !!!
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