While many look at the concept of intercourse through rose-tinted lenses, one doctor claims that he literally sees in shades of pink when he has an orgasm.
According to an entry in the Iranian Journal of Psychiatry, the individual, simply referred to as “Mr. R,” a 31-year-old Caucasian physician, was diagnosed with a unique neurological phenomenon that affects his vision during sexual climax. In essence, it makes him see things both rosy and more vividly and clearly overall.
Specifically, the study noted that Mr. R “described these changes as ‘high-contrast vision with a dominant pink color everywhere’ and said that the environment became brighter as it was early morning, even if the environment was dark.”
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This is also not the first time that certain feelings manifest as color in a patient. The study found that Mr. R “described the sensation of pain in color every time he experienced severe chest pain during his childhood,” which manifested itself in white. As an adult, Mr. Ra’s symptoms appeared to manifest sexually, and the patient experienced this phenomenon only during orgasm.
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According to the study, Mr. R, a general practitioner, prescribed himself sertraline, an SSRI antidepressant, in an attempt to treat the phenomenon. When that didn’t work, he sought further treatment.
Fellow medical professionals found that there were no underlying causes to trigger the colors in these situations and that his self-prescription of sertraline had no effect on his health as it was administered in response to pre-existing symptoms. As a result, they officially diagnosed Mr. Ru with synesthesia.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, synesthesia is “when your brain routes sensory information through multiple unrelated senses, causing you to experience more than one sense at a time. Some examples include tasting words or associating colors with numbers and letters.”
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The clinic further noted that synesthesia “is not a medical condition” and can most simply be described as “crossing wires” in one’s brain “because it activates two or more senses when there is reason to activate only one sense.”
Regarding the specific case of Mr. Ra, “The report shows the coexistence of a rare form of synesthesia such as color orgasm with specific color synesthesia in color. Unlike previous reports, our case showed color orgasm as a type of synesthesia that may not be negatively affected on men’s sex life,” explained a study in the Iranian Journal of Psychiatry.
At the time of writing, researchers have identified at least 60 different forms of synesthesia, while some experts estimate that there may be more than 150 different forms in total.
Although Mr. Ra’s symptoms fully manifest during orgasm in his adult life, the study noted that there are very few immediate risks associated with his synesthesia and that it rarely causes problems for those affected, although there is also no specific treatment for it in this moment time.
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Source: HIS Education