‘From a series exploring independence and sexuality.

La Petite Mort (the small death) has taken on a rather more titillating meaning than the literal definition. Most people today know it as an idiom for “orgasm”.

It is so much more than that. La petite mort can refer to any release, especially those of the metaphysical or spiritual variety. It can also describe a short period of malaise, transcendence, or climax that comes with the metaphorical expenditure of your “life force”, which can be explained by the release of oxytocin in the brain after an event like an orgasm.

La petite mort, when used to describe negative experiences, is interchangeable with other idioms like “a part of [one’s self] dies inside”. When used to describe events akin to orgasm, la petite mort is synonymous with the idiom “a beautiful agony”.’

La Petite Mort #0112

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