A woman has sparked outrage after revealing her father’s death made her feel horny.
41-year-old Shanna Christmas from Las Vegas was left heartbroken when her dementia-ridden dad passed away at the age of 75, weeks after his condition escalated and robbed him of his memory.
Feeling the pain associated with the loss of a loved one, however, wasn’t the only thing Shanna experienced during the mourning period.
As the woman explained in a candid interview, her father’s death left her feeling horny even though she normally has a low libido and doesn’t feel the need to get physical for months.
Surprised by her sudden appetite for being intimate, Shanna admitted she would ask her male colleagues for hugs while telling potential lovers she bought new underwear.
“I was horny. Turned on. Thirsty, as the kids would say. [But] I couldn’t understand it. This was not an appropriate response to someone I loved dying,” she said.
“I had no family around. My college roommate, who I was staying with at the time, was at work, so I couldn’t even hug another human when I got the call. And I had been single for 10 months, which meant there was no man of my own around, either.”
Following the death of her dad, Shanna, who is a comedian, went on with her shows in Las Vegas only to find it near impossible to control her protruding desires.
“My level of thirst could only be explained by this new feeling of emptiness, I just wanted to connect with someone,” Christmas added.
“Well, with a man. A big, strong man. My ex was 6ft5in and was the best at holding me and making me feel small. It’s what I desperately wanted.”
As experts have explained, experiencing s*xual desire after the death of a loved one could be a result of the so-called liberation effect – a feeling of freedom, opportunity, and adventure that typically comes after people find themselves trapped in a certain situation or stage in life.
Another explanation could be that libido kicks in to “fill the void” caused by the “loss of closeness.”
“There’s an excitement about the unknown. I think that excitement is part of what ‘wakes someone up,’” clinical sexologist Dr Patti Britton said.
“The grief trajectory is about a loss of closeness — a loss of intimacy. That’s why our libido kicks in: To fill that void.”
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