Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

Exploring the Link Between Dopamine and Orgasms: The Surprising Benefits Beyond Pleasure #shorts

9 May 2023 · 1 min

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A short spoken transcript describing how orgasm triggers a surge of dopamine in the brain. The speaker explains that dopamine contributes to pleasure, desire, and motivation, and also functions as a learning chemical that helps the brain register rewards—especially sexual reward.

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When you orgasm, your brain releases a surge of dopamine. Your brain essentially start working overtime to produce a slew of hormones and chemicals. One of those is dopamine, which is responsible for the feeling of pleasure, desire, and motivation. And so research has shown that it offers so much more than just a good time. And it's also a learning chemical. It helps you take notice of rewards, like, if you eat, like, food that you love, you get that dopamine rush, and particularly with sex.