The medical reason behind ‘Post Nut Clarity’

It’s a term grown in popularity over the last year, Post Nut Clarity, or the ‘the immediate clear mindedness or soberness an individual gains after orgasming’. However, what is it about this state of post euphoria that has us literally, coming to our senses?

Post Nut Clarity can hit for many different reasons, and usually jogs a sober amount of sense into the individual, often resulting in balanced thought, clearer mindsets, or even shame/regret about the choices that led them there.

The term “post-nut clarity” was coined by Alexandra Cooper and Sofia Franklyn, hosts of the Call Her Daddy podcast.

The idea is that we make strange – and sometimes bad – decisions when we’re ridiculously horny, and that an orgasm clears that mental fog and lets you see things in a more coherent way.

There is also a rush of endorphins that can cut through heartbreak and longing, with pop culture often suggesting to ‘Jack off and remember who you are’ in an effort to get over a past fling.

Post Nut Clarity (PNC) is a wonderful term for a chemical reaction that happens immediately after climax.

The feel-good hormones rushing around our body after orgasm – for all genders – can create a sense of clarity, focus, and better decision making. Not to mention when your sex drive has decided its needs attending too, people are often very tunnel-visioned, thinking with desire first and logic second.

In fact, according to Science Alert, the logical part of your brain basically shuts down during sex. The lateral orbitofrontal cortex becomes less active during sex and all reasoning, fear, and anxiety are basically briefly forgotten.

Following the climax, both Oxytocin and Dopamine are released into the body, chemicals responsible for motivation, desire, and affection. In both men and women, the orgasm signals the parasympathetic nervous system to start down-regulating (or calming) the body. The brain also churns out serotonin after an orgasm. This hormone is known to promote good mood and relaxation and for men, the immediate need to nap.

This PNC often leads people to make big decisions and changes, as the euphoria they feel after can increase confidence and the ‘alpha drive’, which most mammals experience after successfully mating.

It’s not so much that we become alpha humans, capable of making life-changing decisions after we orgasm, but more so that when we are in a sex haze, we are animalistic idiots that are only able to think about fucking. When you’re overcome with arousal your short-term goal is getting laid as quickly as possible, your long-term goals don’t mean shit.

However once you succeed in obtaining those short-term goals your mind relaxes, and that fevered state of lust dissipates into reason and planning.

So next time you’re angry, procrastinating or unmotivated, why not try this latest method of jump-starting your mindset? You may find you get a lot more achieved during your day than usual.