Types of Orgasm

[betterbebalboa.livejournal.com]

I have some questions about female orgasms. It's difficult for me to put them into words, because orgasms themselves are so subjective, and even if we all agree that female orgasm is a "pleasurable release" or a "high point of sensation," it's impossible to know if what all women feel when they orgasm is the same thing... but here goes, anyway.


1. I'm very lucky in that I can have multiple orgasms from penetration alone. For the other women out there who are able to have multiple orgasms: how do you count how many orgasms you're having? I know this seems like a frivolous question, but I'm genuinely curious. Some of my orgasms are much stronger than others--the little ones feel more like a sigh or a little crest of sensation, while the big ones feel like the whole world is crashing down around me. Do they both count "equally," so to speak? Do you consider there to be such a thing as a half-orgasm or a mini-orgasm? Also, has anyone else had an experience where it felt like two or three orgasms sort of blended into one another, more like ripples on the same wave than distinct occurences? Would you count that as one prolonged orgasm, or several orgasms in succession?

I ask all of this because I find it very difficult to answer the question "How many orgasms did you have?" or "How many orgasms do you usually have during sex?" If I count all of mini-orgasms and all the orgasms that started to blend in to one another, I come up with a ridiculously high number. For which I'm very grateful--don't get me wrong! But I'm starting to think I'm counting wrong.


2. I've heard other women describe their orgasm as an experience that consumes their entire body, leaving them shaky and nearly unable to move, with every finger and toe tingly and trembling. I had never experienced an orgasm like that--at least, not until earlier today. I thought that in general, my orgasms were "smaller" or "shorter" than these mega-sensation orgasms that I had heard about. And yet today, after I had sex, I felt this extreme tingling throughout my body, almost like my fingers were buzzing, it was so intense. It was hard to stand up and I felt extremely giddy. Anyone have any clue why this happened? Why now, and not other times? (I can't think of anything we did particularly different than other times I've had sex). If you've had both the extreme tingly kind of orgasm, and other kinds, do you have any idea what makes the difference?

Thanks, everyone!

Comments

[jesuslivesnigga.livejournal.com]

i've never had a multiple orgasm before :(
but i have had the crazy whole-body one. many times actually.
it's weird because it DOES only come at random times (no pun intended)
never really thought about it though..

[betterbebalboa.livejournal.com]

Hm. At first I was wondering if it had anything to do with low blood sugar, or high arousal... but the more I think about it, the more I think it was kind of random.

[arseaboutface.livejournal.com]

1) I count every orgasm, but then, mine are always distinct and separate.
2) Lots of things: tension, my mood, atmosphere, the position of the moon, the angle of the moon in Saggitarius. :}

[oh-loverrr.livejournal.com]

i love these questions. i've wondered -- quite often actually -- if i'm very different from other women in how i orgasm.

1. i have mini- or half-orgasms, most definitely. i'm not one of those women who's lucky enough to experience orgrams from penetration. even penetration and clit stimulation doesn't do it for me. i can only orgasm by clit stimulation ONLY. so my first is usually the biggest, then i'll have smaller ones in quick succession if i maintain stimulation. an exception to the rule is if my husband enters me RIGHT as i'm coming; i'll have another big one right away...or like it'll be two big orgasms in one.

but yes, i'm like you. if any one were to ask me the "how many" question, my number would be very high as well.

2. if i masturbate, i experience smaller orgasms. when my husband brings me to an orgasm, then i'll usually experience a "mega-sensation" orgasm, as you put it. i'm not sure what the difference is besides my hots for him and his incredible talents. :-)

[betterbebalboa.livejournal.com]

1. Interesting--my first is usually my smallest, and I build up the longer I go on--until I just get exhausted, that is.

2. My orgasms when I masturbate are definitely smaller. However, I've had big orgasms with lovers before, but never the tingly kind--and I'm not sure what it was about this session that did it! Sounds like you've got a great husband though :)

[tenna.livejournal.com]

I have what my SO describes as 'multiple' orgasms. I'm not really sure if they truly are, but he calls them that (I've always been a bit confused as to what constitutes multiple orgasms). I don't count orgasms while we're having sex anymore. Originally when we first started going at it I did because I didn't orgasm as frequently as I do now, but with practice and experience me and my SO find it very, very, easy to get me off with penetration (it takes like a minute for the first small one, ahaha)

The orgasms I receive from penetration are vastly different from clitoral. Clitoral orgasms are like.... falling off a cliff, in a good way! It means, for the most part, the end for me (for that session). I can continue going and having sex, but I don't enjoy it nearly as much. It's like the BIG orgasm to have, but I'd rather NOT have one, then have one too early. And also, clitoral orgasms for me are no where near as fun when I'm being penetrated - I prefer to have one when there isn't anything in my vagina.

There are definitely orgasms I get from penetration that are much bigger than others. There have been a few that have made me not want to move for a few minutes (or am quite unable to move!), while others are more just a high point in the experience. I guess you could say some are "mini-orgasms," and generally occur in the beginning of sex (I guess you could say each successive orgasm is generally better than the one before, though it gets to the point where you can't get much greater).

My SO will ask me how many times I came, and I honestly have no idea if it was a longer session of sex. I'll have an idea of how many Really Big Orgasms I had, but not ALL of them. If I were to tell other people though, I'd generally only include the bigger, more noticeable, ones, not the ones that just make me twitch for a second.

[betterbebalboa.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm opposite--Clitoral orgasms for me are smaller, more a "giggly," shallow kind of sensation, still loads of fun, but briefer and more surface-level. I'm never really satisfied if all I have are clitoral orgasms. Orgasms from penetration, on the other hand, are the huge, falling off a cliff kind. Interesting. But I'm like you in that I don't enjoy clitoral stimulation and penetration at the same time quite as much--I'd rather experience the two sensations seperately. Together, they're somehow distracting.

It's relieving to hear that other people aren't sure how many they had--I always feel kind of dumb when I can't answer that question.

[tenna.livejournal.com]

I think overall I enjoy penetration orgasms more than clitoral, because I don't like that clitoral orgasms for the most part means my pleasure stops. Things don't feel BAD but things stop feeling nearly as good and it takes awhile (longer than the sex could go on comfortably for) to feel 'normal' again. Clitoral orgasms are great for masturbating, because they feel so much greater without penetration and they make me feel satisfied when no one else is around. Orgasms from penetration always leave me wanting more, more, more, which I love.

I've had clitoral orgasms during PIV sex, and they're never nearly as great as when I'm all alone and there is no penetration. I enjoy the sensation of my clitoris being stimulated during penetration, but the actual clitoral orgasm during penetration is fairly lackluster and disappointing.

[spiffychicky.livejournal.com]

1. I stop counting after the first "big" orgasm, for the same reason you describe. After that it's like riding a wave. I'm more sensitive, so another might come right away and last for awhile, or a few might come in little bursts, or I might burn out and just enjoy the sex. My SO just kind of registers the "toe clenching porn star screaming" ones as real orgasms, and that's simple enough. I usually have one or two of those a session. The little ones are my little secret =)

2. I've had what you describe twice before, and it's SO cool. Once by myself, where I just hit a place on the clit that actually kind of hurt it was so sensitive, but made myself stay exactly there til I came. And once during oral sex- I think it was the first oral with this particular boy.
One possibility is actually that you're so stimulated that you're holding your breath or breathing more shallowly and your body is being deprived of oxygen which creates the tingly sensations.

[betterbebalboa.livejournal.com]

2. I always hold my breath while I orgasm, though. It's instinct. I only realized I did it when I started listening to the sounds I made, and realized I went quiet when I started to orgasm.

Maybe several orgasms in a row would lead to oxygen deprivation?

[healthnpleasure.livejournal.com]

Thank you for starting this thread! I frequently have a lot of orgasms during sex, but it's hard to say how may exactly. Every once in awhile, it will be a magnificent orgasm, but honestly, lately they have mostly just been a release, and sometime frustratingly little at that.

I've always felt sort of bad that I consider myself such a sexual person, and I am, but only twice in my life have I felt an orgasm that was so great that I felt some kind of transcendent oneness with the universe or anything. One was with my boyfriend when I was 19, and I was on top of him, and I started to feel like I was on fire, and it was sort of uncomfortable, this feeling that my whole body was starting to catch on fire, but I didn't want to stop, and so I kept on going, and I felt like my whole being went up in flames when I came, but it was in a very good way that I can't even describe.

The other time was when I was 21, and I was with another boyfriend, and we were doing it on this roof downtown where he rented some storage space, and I was on the bottom, just looking up at the stars, and when I came, I came so hard that my sense of self just went everywhere and I was looking up at the stars and I felt this cosmic oneness for awhile that I can't really explain, either.

I've always sort of felt a little bad that I've never came in such a powerful way with my husband, even though I love him deeply and he is a better man than either of those two were. I do still come a lot with him, though.

[nakedfaery.livejournal.com]

I lose count of my orgasms sometimes. If I have a clitoral orgasm, it's one of those earth shattering feel like I'm having a fit kind of orgasm. But I have orgasms during g spot stimulation and penetration, and these feel qualitatively different. They feel GOOD, but don't feel the same as the earth shattering clitoral ones.

[betterbebalboa.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I wonder if I'm the only one for whom penetrative orgasms are much deeper, more intense, and more earth-shattering than clitoral orgasms are?

[healthnpleasure.livejournal.com]

No, I'm that way, too. I feel the penetrative ones with more of my body than the clitoral ones. They tend to be more satisfying to me.

[jigsaw-jazz.livejournal.com]

My arousal level pretty much plummets after an orgasm. I've tried both alone and with my boyfriend to go for a second, but it's always really painful and uncomfortable.

Occasionally I'll have what you describe in #2 though. I'll get really tingly and my ears will buzz to the point I can't hear anything for about 2 minutes. It's kinda neat. I've found that this happens more often when I'm slightly dehydrated and have been holding my breath more leading up to the orgasm... but it's near impossible to intentionally make these orgasms happen.

[hollaymc.livejournal.com]

I have two types of orgasms, myself- one from vaginal penetration and one from clitoral stimulation. the vaginal orgasm is fuller and larger, and (to me) overall more pleasing. i only really get these from sex. the clitoral orgasms come from either playing with my clitoris or oral sex- it is the second type that you speak of - shorter, WAY more intense, and makes me jerk all over (i get VERY sensitive right after).

[thefrick.livejournal.com]

My orgasms are like "beating heart," the best way I can describe it and it is all over my vagina, insides of it, outside of it, and around my anus. If I look at it in a mirror, I can see my vagina beating, moving back and forth.
If this beats are fast and intense I consider it a big orgasm and if it is slow, then I consider it a small orgasm. I have got as little is three faint beats to 20 intense beats. Once I am done with one cycle, I can keep going and have more cycles. I usually enjoy and have g-spot orgasms.

I also have experienced orgasms at really random time and I wonder how it is for other women? I had an orgasm sitting in a classroom, just from having romantic thoughts and thinking about my SO. I have had orgasm from my SO messaging my feet (that was really strange). From leaning on a washing machine while hugging my SO...

My clit only works when I receive oral. I have been trying to explore it by masturbating, but I have only had clit orgasms a couple times. How can I get better at that? What do you usually do to have clit orgasm?

While orgasming, I have never had any feelings in my nipples. Is that normal? Do you usually have any sensations in your nipples as mentioned on the original post?

i want to do that!

[mtopls2.livejournal.com]

i came across your post and i am wondering if you'd mind sharing a bit more. I am exactly the opposite of you except for the nipple sensation. I am curious as to what EXACTLY you do to experience both the "vagina beating" orgasm and the g-spot. For, example are you pulling in with your vagina or pushing out. I think pushing out is whats good for g-spot orgasm, but i pretty much can only get past the "pee" feeling and then it doesnt feel to good. Do you think your pelvic muscles\PC muscles are super strong. Do you have pleasurable sensations at the vaginal entrance or much deeper?
For me, I typically orgasm from clitoral stimulation either from oral, manual stim and both in combo with penetration. I think the key to clit orgasms are to perservere and experiment with different pressure sensations. I personally prefer to have a clit orgasm while being penetrated. The feeling inside the vagina is pulling all the muscles in like to a kegal\clenching and then it reaches a peak and the vagina muscles contract a number of times with orgasm.
sooo, if your still around and have any tips i'd love to hear them!