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'''Post-coital tristesse''' ('''PCT''') is a feeling of [[Depression (mood)|melancholy]] after [[sexual intercourse]] (coitus). |
'''Post-coital tristesse''' ('''PCT''') is a feeling of [[Depression (mood)|melancholy]] after [[sexual intercourse]] (coitus). Its name comes from [[New Latin]] ''postcoitalis'' and [[French language|French]] ''tristesse'', literally "sadness". With respect to symptoms in women, one study involved an epidemiological survey of post-coital psychological symptoms in a United Kingdom population sample of female twins.<ref>{{cite pmid|21623654}}</ref> Many PCT sufferers may also exhibit strong feelings of [[anxiety]], anywhere from five minutes to two hours after coitus.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/health/20iht-20mind.19507430.html|title=Sex and depression: In the brain, if not the mind |newspaper=New York Times |date=2009-01-20 |accessdate=2011-10-05}}</ref> |
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The phenomenon is famously traced to the Greek doctor [[Galen]], who wrote, "Every animal is sad after coitus except the human female and the rooster."<ref>Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, ''via'' [[q:Galen#Latter day attributions|Wikiquote]]</ref> The philosopher [[Baruch Spinoza]] in his ''[[Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione]]'' writes "For as far as sensual pleasure is concerned, the mind is so caught up in it, as if at peace in a [true] good, that it is quite prevented from thinking of anything else. But after the enjoyment of sensual pleasure is past, the greatest sadness follows. If this does not completely engross, still it thoroughly confuses and dulls the mind." Poet [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]] also referenced the phenomenon in his 1955 [[City Lights Pocket Poets Series]] book ''Pictures of a Gone World''. |
The phenomenon is famously traced to the Greek doctor [[Galen]], who wrote, "Every animal is sad after coitus except the human female and the rooster."<ref>Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, ''via'' [[q:Galen#Latter day attributions|Wikiquote]]</ref> The philosopher [[Baruch Spinoza]] in his ''[[Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione]]'' writes "For as far as sensual pleasure is concerned, the mind is so caught up in it, as if at peace in a [true] good, that it is quite prevented from thinking of anything else. But after the enjoyment of sensual pleasure is past, the greatest sadness follows. If this does not completely engross, still it thoroughly confuses and dulls the mind." Poet [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]] also referenced the phenomenon in his 1955 [[City Lights Pocket Poets Series]] book ''Pictures of a Gone World''. |
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Post-coital tristesse (PCT) is a feeling of melancholy after sexual intercourse (coitus). Its name comes from New Latin postcoitalis and French tristesse, literally "sadness". With respect to symptoms in women, one study involved an epidemiological survey of post-coital psychological symptoms in a United Kingdom population sample of female twins.[1] Many PCT sufferers may also exhibit strong feelings of anxiety, anywhere from five minutes to two hours after coitus.[2]
The phenomenon is famously traced to the Greek doctor Galen, who wrote, "Every animal is sad after coitus except the human female and the rooster."[3] The philosopher Baruch Spinoza in his Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione writes "For as far as sensual pleasure is concerned, the mind is so caught up in it, as if at peace in a [true] good, that it is quite prevented from thinking of anything else. But after the enjoyment of sensual pleasure is past, the greatest sadness follows. If this does not completely engross, still it thoroughly confuses and dulls the mind." Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti also referenced the phenomenon in his 1955 City Lights Pocket Poets Series book Pictures of a Gone World.
Some doctors prescribe serotonin reuptake inhibitors, such as Prozac, Zoloft, to treat PCT. After two weeks, patients reported that, "while sex was less intensely pleasurable, no emotional crash followed." [4]
See also
References
- ^ Attention: This template ({{cite pmid}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by PMID 21623654, please use {{cite journal}} with
|pmid=21623654instead. - ^ "Sex and depression: In the brain, if not the mind". New York Times. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, via Wikiquote
- ^ Meinzer, Kristen. "Treating Post-Coital Depression". yourtango.com. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
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