Feelings of shame, embarrassment, confusion (about feelings and/or sexual orientation), or just plain freaking out by a straight man after having been too emotionally close, physically close, or sexual with another man, who may be straight, bisexual, or gay. Based on the concept of buyer's remorse.
Jim and John were both drunk, horny, and lonely last night and fooled around with each other. Today John has a serious case of straight man's remorse.
Doug and Bill were really drunk last night, and Doug was spilling his guts about his girlfriend, and how much he hates his father, and other stuff. Doug was crying and Bill ended up hugging him for a while. Now Doug has straight man's remorse.
A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.
For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flyingeverywhere, so she went northstarring โ one checked fact at a time.