The next morning, I woke up with the hangover of all hangovers. Note to self, never a smart idea to grab a “casual” drink with an ex. Oooooh.
He had all the earnings of a day wasted in bed. Headache – ticks, fatigue – ticks and a strange feeling of awakening – ticks.
The latter was further prompted by a text from her ex-boyfriend saying: “You looked so hot last night.”
Good morning, libido.
As I lay in a cloud of dirty thoughts, a brief question popped into my head – am I the only one who gets ridiculously hot in the morning after a few too many cocktails?
Later that afternoon, I drank the elixir of life (a bloody mary) in a dark pub with friends and started asking around. Turns out I wasn’t the only one to experience this “hangover horn.”
I had mistakenly assumed that it was only men (and, for some reason, me) who felt it the next day.
I know, a little biased, but let’s be honest – guys can be in the middle of a fight and still be willing if you give them the wink and the nod.
So I was pleasantly relieved to discover that my lady friends also found the hangover horn to be a common occurrence after a big night out. Seriously, the results were 100 percent yes.
A friend admitted that her orgasms seem extra intense with a hangover. Well, me too.
Another friend joked that her body was telling her she was dying and needed to reproduce quickly to avoid extinction. I mean, dramatic but insightful.
When I was about this phenomenon, I dug a little deeper into the science. It turns out that research backs up my experience. Huzzah – turns out we’re all hangover horn bags.
But let me give you my theory before I get to the scientific reasoning.
I think we can feel weird because of the sexual arousal still lingering from the night before. The night we practically gave ourselves blue balls (can girls get blue balls?) with the wild amount of flirting we engaged in with no follow through. Reliving the jokes, flirtatious glances and cheeky innuendos gets us all hot under the collar.
Science, however, says that one of the main reasons we feel this way is because of dopamine. Yes, that cheeky little neurotransmitter responsible for pleasure and motivation.
When we drink too much, we deplete our body’s stores of dopamine, and the next morning, we find ourselves frantically trying to restore it to a healthy level.
Our bodies send the message that sex equals dopamine, so why not give it a shot? Cheeky, cheeky body.
Another reason is that our cortisol levels are through the roof. This hormone regulates our response to stress and plays a big role in that “hangover anxiety” we feel the next day. When our cortisol levels are high (thanks, alcohol) we feel so anxious that we’ll do anything to distract ourselves from bad thoughts, and what better distraction is there than sex? Hence the urgent need for it.
Finally, we may be experiencing a “hangover” because the alcohol from the night before may still be in our system, making us feel more sexually adventurous.
Anyone who has woken up next to someone they really shouldn’t have slept with knows this all too well.
Sure, a Hydralite, aspirin or Bloody Mary might help in the short term, but what if a good roll in the hay was the ultimate hangover cure?
Got this week’s to-do list sorted – find the boyfriend (or strip vibrator). Because no one should suffer a hangover without an orgasm. No one.
Frankly, Gandhi has nothing to do with my advice.
Jana Hocking is a columnist and aggregator @jana_hocking
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