“Postcoital dysphoria (PCD) refers to feelings that range from sadness to anxiety, agitation, anger — basically any bad feeling after sex that isn’t typically expected,” explains Gail Saltz, MD, associate professor of psychiatry at the NY Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell School of Medicine.

It can even make you cry.

PCD can last anywhere from 5 minutes to 2 hours, and it can happen with or without an orgasm.

For example, one 2020 studyTrusted Source found that postcoital symptoms were present after consensual sex, as well as general sexual activity and masturbation.