"I didn't really pay much attention to how disgusting I felt afterwards, like that horrible sense of shame, like I was a bad person. I didn't pay much attention to that."
There is a biological reason for what you cite here. It's not a failing. Nobody should feel bad about this, or let that prevent them from making changes, should they desire to. I hope this information will free a few viewers from guilt or shame.
Prolactin is a hormone released, among other times, during and after sex. It's function is to counteract dopamine. In other words, it's literally designed to make you feel bad. In fact, it's probably the source of the old joke about how "You don't pay a prositute for sex, you pay her to leave afterward."
Men are literally wired this way, likely to encourage a wider spread of genes.
Bold post Jerry, props.
Read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolactin
Bold but you got a love his honesty refreshing !
@lexiconical grateful for your insights using science and the brain here which does make perfect sense in evolutionary terms!
That is always a good combination....scientific insights....mixed in with good old fashion common sense and brain power. Isn't it funny though how lazy we as humans have become to even think and analyze certain things independently. We have indeed come a long log way.