Gentle, loving intercourse without the goal of orgasm produces a comforting neuroendocrine “cocktail”. It differs profoundly from the fiery neurochemicals of passion-driven sexual arousal. For example, a gentler, heart-centred approach to sex appears to release soothing levels of the “bonding hormone” oxytocin. And relatively less of the fiery surges of dopamine, the neurochemical associated with intense arousal. As a matter of physiology, orgasm is the most intense high that humans can engineer without artificial means. The event of orgasm occurs in the brain, wherever we may feel it happening. During intense sexual arousal a release of potent neurochemicals activates portions of our brain known as “the reward circuitry”. This experience shares much in common with the neurochemical release of drugs of abuse. In fact, addictive activities and substances only “work” because they hijack this circuitry in our brain. Just as alcohol can lead to a hangover after the initial buzz, orgasm p...
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