Intimate touch that makes women sad

SOME women experience sudden feelings of sadness and despair when their nipples are touched.

The rare condition, sad nipple syndrome, was thought to be connected to another condition, called dysphoric milk ejection reflex, where women who breastfeed develop negative emotions just before milk is released. However, recent reports suggest that it can also happen to women who have never breastfed.

Consultant dermatologist Dr Sreedhar Krishna says when the nipple is stimulated, the feelings of sadness may be triggered by a drop in the pleasure chemical dopamine.