Is it normal that i cry after sex, but not because i'm sad?

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I know the title makes it sound like I'm overly emotional, but it actually is not completely connected with emotions. One time in particular, my boyfriend and I were having sex. It was incredibly intimate, and we drew it out over an few hours by stopping and taking our time. I had orgasmed a few times already, but we finally built up to our last time. For some reason it was INCREDIBLY intense for me. So much so, that I had to gasp for air. I think it may have been the way I was breathing, but I started sobbing and then crying. Not hysterically in that I was bawling, but I had the really intense hiccuping and sobbing. I was incredibly happy, but maybe overwhelmed by the intensity of the moment? It's happened a little before, where as I orgasm, my gasping turns into little sobs. I feel bad, because I love my boyfriend so much, and he always gets so worried because he is afraid he has hurt me. I want to be able to explain it to him. So what do you think? IIN?

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  • stevieo
    9 years ago

    that never happen to me and im a man.i breath to much for that to happen to me.i think its the way you breath

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  • Cats_question
    12 years ago

    i know exactly what you are going through. when i used to be in love and have sex alot i would have these crazy orgasms where i wouldnt hear anything and i just felt like i was in heaven and i had to cry. its like the tears came out of nowhere and they just made the sex so much better. Its completely normal. i think we are prob lucky cuz i be alot of women can't even cry or orgasm.

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  • rwnz30
    13 years ago

    I actually came searching for information on whatever the heck happened to me last night. My sex drive was overcharged to start with, which is odd at this stage because I had a baby six months ago and I'm still nursing. Unheard of for me (I have four children). It was an intense encounter, but all of a sudden I was unaware of time, felt hot prickles, saw flashes behind my eyes, and felt like I was catapulted through space - that's the best way I can describe it. I was making sounds I couldn't control, then all of a sudden there was a sort of crash and I started sobbing. Purely emotional. I had no control over what was happening and it was utterly thrilling, confusing, and frightening at the same time. Wild.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    probably tears of joy

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  • InfectedSunshine
    13 years ago

    i've experienced what you're describing before, too. as you said, it probably has something to do with the intensity of the orgasm, and therefore is nothing for your boyfriend to worry about. try explaining your feelings to him calmly one day when you guys aren't being intimate, and maybe he won't get so flustered if and when it happens again. (:

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  • latoriam32
    13 years ago

    I have been experiencing the same thing over the past couple of months. I am married, but my orgasms have been so intense that I feel out of control, and then I start crying and sometimes real hard. I am not sad though, and it is a "good cry." It feels so good that it makes me cry. As a matter of fact I also came to website to ask IIN. The majority said the it was normal so I guess it is. It seems weird to cry when you orgasm, but I can't help it. Even when I try not to cry, I end up crying anyway and I couldn't be happier.

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