Never had sex, so I’m speaking purely about masturbation here, but every time I finish, I promptly fall asleep for about 20 minutes before waking up again. Sometimes every day, I use this to fall asleep at night. (If I fall asleep at night this way, I stay asleep).
Why? Is this normal or weird? Should I stop using this method to sleep (at the risk of classically conditioning myself to associate orgasm with sleep)?
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Orgasm is a pretty strong physical event. Your heartbeat increases, your breathing comes quicker, it actually is a bit physically tiring. MANY people fall asleep right after orgasm. Before I completely lost my sex drive, I used masturbation or sex with my husband to help me fall asleep, and it was never a problem.
i think because it release seratonin and it can make you sleepy. its like eating turkey.
Because orgasms make some people very tired and very relaxed.
It’s normal frankly it’s more weird for it to make you more alert apparently or so I am told as a guy who had that reality.
It’s a mix of relaxation and seratonin and the physical exertion etc that makes you sleepy atleast that’s what I have been told
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Normal unless you are talking about instantly after you orgasm in which case you should talk to your doctor.
Totally normal, actually. After orgasm, your body releases a combo of hormones — mostly prolactin, oxytocin and serotonin — that naturally make you feel relaxed and sleepy. It’s like your brain’s way of going: “Mission complete, now rest.”
A lot of people use masturbation as a sleep aid, you’re not weird at all for that. It only becomes a problem if it’s the only way you can fall asleep or if it starts messing with other parts of your routine.
So unless you’re suddenly falling asleep in weird places after jerking off 😅 I’d say you’re fine. Sleepy-post-nut-naps are basically built-in.
That’s actually a super common physiological response during orgasm, your body releases a cocktail of hormones like oxytocin, prolactin, and serotonin, all of which promote relaxation and sleep.
So no, it’s not weird at all. You’re not broken it’s just your nervous system just knows how to tuck you in after a good time.
It’s Normal, actually for when I was fapping like 5-6 times a day. But now I can go straight like 5 times in a row and almost 20 times a day and I don’t get sleepy at all. Proudly i completed 31 times a day back the last week without feeling exhausted.
Because the release of the dopamine. Latest research reveals that an orgasm releases more dopamine than heroin.
Me too
In addition to all that:
if you use it to fall asleep you teach your brain and body to get tired afterwards.
Because you’re relaxed from the whole process I don’t think it’s weird because I do it as well as you sleep really good and deep from being relaxed 👍🏽
Same applies to me, it’s normal tbh
Your body gets relaxed.
So how porn actors manage this sleepiness?
I have two partners our group activities can get pretty intense we go through so many towels there’s never enough towels LOL
Usually one of them takes a nap for an hour or two afterwards my other partner doesn’t seem to be affected in the same way she is usually energized afterwards.
As for me I generally feel a little tired for about 20 to 30 minutes then I’m okay after that.