Males tended to liken the pleasurable feeling of orgasm to that of a sneeze, or of finally releasing urine from a full bladder. One female also likened the pleasure of orgasm to that of a sneeze.]
As I near orgasm I develop an intense, sweet, twitchy feeling, from the head of my penis to deep within my groin. It spreads through my abdomen in an irresistible, almost unbearable wave of pleasure that feels like 100,000 sneezes, all happening at once. My heart palpitates, my breathing stops, my hips move, and I seem to become one big, electric ball of pulsating pleasure as I ejaculate the semen that's built up since I began. Then I slowly come down. That is the best I can do to describe such an indescribably beautiful feeling.
- age 25, Florida
It's like my hand is the match, my penis is the fuse, and my body the bomb.
- age 16, Texas
An orgasm is definitely a relief. It feels as if the pressure in a pressure cooker is rising. A little steam escapes, and then the pressure rises again. In the end the steam escapes "big time," and the cookin' is done!
- age 48, Tennessee
An orgasm gives me the same feeling you get when you're urinating and you *really* had to go. It's like that tingling you get, except multiplied about 10,000 times.
- age 16, Wisconsin
Orgasm has two kinds of expression for me. Physically I get tingly gooseflesh, a hot-and-cold flush all over my whole body. Then a tension that has built throughout my body releases. Emotionally, about 7 threads of feeling integrate: dogged striving; glowing triumph; bouncy fun; tranquil peace; abject hanging-on-by-your-nails-alone desperation; a full-of-myself take-on-all-comers butt-kicking feeling; and a win-in-your-face almost-fear sort of exhilaration – feelings I consider most masculine. When they unify, suddenly "God is in his heaven and all is right with the world."
- age 31, Illinois
I usually stop a few times as I get closer. If these are considered mini-orgasms, they feel good. When I actually get to the orgasm, a sense of pleasure passes through my whole body, starting in my penis. I go through a couple of convulsions. I feel like moaning, but people are usually around, so I hold it back. Afterwards I feel very relaxed, and even if I had been planning to masturbate again before my orgasm, I usually don't feel like it anymore afterward.
- age 16, Texas
An orgasm feels like my body (not just my sex organs) suddenly fills with a warm, rushing fluid. It makes my nerves tingle and momentarily takes my breath away. Then, ever so slowly, it recedes – leaving me feeling relaxed, refreshed, and satisfied.
- age 36, California (female)
Just before orgasm my mind concentrates solely on trying to keep my semen inside to try to prolong the intensity. Suddenly I lose control, and my body spasms. I become giddy and light-headed as a wave of relief flows over me. It feels warm and cozy, like my very being has comfortably flowed out of a 2mm hole.
- age 18, Canada
I can feel it coming about half a minute before it happens. A tremendous urge builds up in my groin that's finally released in what I call the orgasm cramp. Sometimes it's so intense I can feel it in my entire body; sometimes it's almost nothing. Then I start squirting, and with it goes all the lust I had inside only seconds earlier.
- age 20, Norway
My orgasm feels like this: I am sitting on the brink of total emotional and physical explosion and gratification. Then total release – something like your entire body being enveloped in a rain of pure indulgence and pleasure. Afterward, the black hole of guilt sucks me in.
- age 15, Maine
Orgasm starts with building tension and pleasure as I stroke my erection, varying the speed to make it last. The sensations become more intense each time I come close but back away. I continue to stroke, either willingly or helplessly past the "point of no return." Eyes closed, stroking fast and hard, I feel a wave of pure pleasure rush through my body and explode in my brain as I ejaculate. My whole attention focuses on this totally overwhelming erotic sensation for these too few moments of ecstasy. Then I come down from the sensation slowly and sigh contently.
- age 47, Maryland
An orgasm feels like great waves rushing through my body. Just before I have an orgasm my vaginal area tightens up and I know orgasm is inevitable. Then I feel this great feeling of release, and the "wave" feeling starts. It's incredible.
- age 17, North Dakota (female)
I can feel my orgasm approaching not just in my penis but through my entire body. Rubbing my penis feels great anyway, but suddenly something seems to "click" on. I realize I'm about to climax. My penis feels engorged; my buttocks and anus get super tight. I tense up all over. I feel warm and light, as if I would do anything to have this sensation never stop. Now all that exists is my penis and the electricity inside.
- age 27, Maryland
My orgasm starts off as a very strong, pleasurable pressure on my penis, and then each cell in my body seems to get a small jolt of electricity. As I ejaculate, I feel the semen shoot through the length of my penis. Chills start at the base of my penis and shoot out like a wave that I can feel from the tips of my toes to the top of my head. Quite frankly, it is the greatest 20 seconds of my day.
- age 16, Texas
I feel this intense aching and pulsing inside my vagina, right up by my cervix. Along with a greater and greater feeling of intense pleasure at my clitoris, I feel all my pelvic muscles tighten up so much I can't stand it. The deep pulsing inside me mounts along with my clitoral pleasure like a tidal wave. Then all that tension in my pelvis and uterus just bursts – I feel everything contracting and convulsing like crazy! It's just a great experience.
- age 18, New York (female)
Although an orgasm by itself is the most powerful sensation I have ever experienced, the way I achieve that orgasm really makes it so satisfying. I lick the end of my fingers, so when I first touch my penis head, it feels like a warm tongue, creating a shock of energy that shoots throughout my shaft. When I get close to climax I make noises, play with my butt or testicles, and wind up with semen all over my belly. Sometimes, when I masturbate for over 30 minutes or use the "Stop & Go" method, tears come to my eyes.
- age 15, Florida
My orgasms are so strong sometimes I scream. It's like a huge bolt of electricity shocks me from my toes to my head. I arch my back at that moment. It usually lasts for almost half a minute, and then I just relax and enjoy the trembling afterwards.
- age 37, Texas
If I masturbate slowly, every part of my body comes alive. It's like a train picking up speed, and at some point there's no stopping it. It's warm, intense, relaxing. There's nothing like it! If I masturbate fast, it's an okay tension releaser, but not as satisfying as when I can take my time.
- age 16, Ohio
I gradually come to the time when I just know an orgasm is going to happen. Trying to prolong this feeling before I actually ejaculate is very much worth it. It gradually gets to the point when my body can no longer stand the stimulation without releasing a phenomenal orgasmic sensation. Every muscle in my body tightens up, and an explosion of spasmodic tension relief strikes every part of my body. (I wish my college professors would require all essays and reports to be 100 words or less!)
- age 24, Pennsylvania
It's like a ripple, a wave of contraction inside my vagina, that sends a very strong release feeling – like it's pumping in my blood. Usually about 7 of these intense waves occur; then there's what I call "aftershock," when waves slightly contract and expand in my vagina.
- age 16, Alaska (female)
Having an orgasm is like scratching an itch that keeps getting stronger and stronger. As I reach that point of "ejaculatory inevitability" I get light-headed and feel like I'm passing out. My head feels like it's coming off my body. Orgasm feels a lot like being tickled all over, inside and out all at once. It passes pretty quickly, but the great feelings in my groin linger for a few minutes, as the contractions lessen around my penis and anus. It's awesome! No wonder everyone loves to do it!
- age 22, Canada
Orgasms feel like electricity! Starting with my scrotum and reaching into my penis, it spreads throughout my entire body and being as I get totally into it. All my muscles tighten like fists and then let go. When they do, all kinds of tension and worries go along.
- age 17, Texas
As I masturbate, the urgency to climax increases. If I resist the strong urge to contract the muscles around my genitals, the tension builds even more. Just before orgasm it feels as if I'm about to urinate. Now the flow of pre-seminal fluid may increase. Just before orgasm, my testicles draw up closer to my body as the intense feeling concentrates in three areas: the glans [penis head], the perineum [crotch region], and the hara – midway between the navel and penis. At orgasm it feels as if my whole body will be squeezed out through my penis.
- age 43, Massachusetts
When I reach orgasm, it feels like there are 2 shocks that go through my butt and come out of my penis so it feels like I'm pumping electricity, not my penis. It is heaven. Then after the ejaculation stops, my penis feels like there's been electricity through it, and it's extra-sensitive.
- age 14, Canada
The initial feeling when I reach the "point of no return" is an intense tingling and throbbing in my penis, especially toward the base. I also feel all of my muscles tense due to the intensely pleasurable feelings. This lasts 3 to 5 seconds and is by far the best part of the orgasm. Then the ejaculation starts, which feels like waves of muscular contractions. At the peak of each contraction, another squirt of semen comes out. Each contraction is less intense than the one before. I feel my body relax into total ecstasy.
- age 36, Utah
There's a "rushing" feeling beforehand, when orgasm becomes inevitable. It's like a wave breaking: the feeling swells and then finally bursts in a series of throbs that coincide with the muscular contractions shooting my semen out. The feeling with each throb is like the pleasurable part of vertigo, rising and falling along with the contractions.
- age 17, Connecticut
First, orgasms feel fantastic! It's a long, slow climb, and then an explosion as you plummet! It's like you've walked to the edge of a cliff and then jumped.
- age 22, Australia (female)
When I approach orgasm I get a tingly sensation around my pelvis. I feel like I'm speeding downhill on a bike and nothing can stop me, so I start to stroke faster. I know I am about to climax, so I think about as many erotic things as I can before I start to feel like I am peeing. Then I throw back my head and ejaculate in an avalanche of ecstasy. Wow! That sure does feel great!
- age 14, California
When I take a long time to work up to orgasm, it feels as if everything from my head to my toes is contracting quickly, and sometimes that my testicles are going to come right up through my urethra and expel themselves. Then after about 20 seconds I feel incredibly relaxed and at peace with the world.
- age 68, Virginia
It feels like all the muscles in my body tighten up. I feel like I have drunk 10 gallons of water and it's rushing to come out. While that is happening it's like I'm plugged into a wall socket and all the voltage is running through me.
- age 13, Utah
My orgasm builds inside my thighs, belly, and groin – then it finally tightens until the explosion begins. The deepest feeling is just as the first shot starts; then it continues and drops as I expel the rest of my semen. I have always wondered if other guys feel it then, too, or at different times. It is usually so intense I cannot keep quiet or think or even see very well.
- age 19, Washington
As I approach ejaculation, I feel a tingle – almost like an itch that builds and builds. When I get to the "point of no return" I get an incredible head rush, and I feel as if my head is coming off my body. My orgasm starts down in my feet, rushes up to my groin, and then spreads though me. As I ejaculate, I get a hot feeling all over that lasts maybe 30 seconds and then subsides. Nothing else I feel ever comes close to it.
- age 24, Canada
It feels sort of like when I'm about to sneeze, times about 1,000, and in my penis.
- age 14, California
Orgasm starts with a buildup of muscular tension around my groin and stomach. My anus clenches and my scrotum bunches up tightly. My pelvic thrusting increases, and a cute tickling sensation starts at the tip of my penis, travels down the shaft, into the root, and up through my abdomen. Sometimes it travels down my legs, too. The area around my perineum begins to convulse. Waves of sweet, ticklish pleasure completely engulf me as the ejaculation starts. I thrust forward rapidly, the penis tickles intensify, and then they peak and decline. My orgasms last up to 30 seconds.
- age 43, Colorado
It feels like you're going up a hill, and when you reach the top of the hill, it feels almost like an explosion. Then pleasure takes over. You no longer feel the motions between your thighs, just pure pleasure. If it's a really intense orgasm, you will almost feel waves rippling through you – up to your stomach. Your legs shake. You buck; you may be short of breath. It's such a good feeling.
- age 25, Missouri (female)
I feel a pressure build up around my penis in waves. My penis gets more and more sensitive until lightning suddenly erupts from it and goes all over my body. My muscles tighten, and for a few seconds everything feels extremely good. I feel the pressure break, my body release, and the soothing sensation of my semen pulsing out. I try to abstain for a week and a half to let my semen build up, because explosive orgasms like that are the best.
- age 16, California
Done quickly, my penis and groin area feel an intense, electric tickling followed by a great tingling joy while ejaculating, and then relief. If I have time I stop and start, gradually stimulating more into the electric tickling feelings just before orgasm. The feelings soon involve my whole body. I do this as long as I want. My final orgasm is intense and powerful. My penis feels hot, sensitive, often requiring only light squeezing to produce overwhelming feelings of hot, gushing, tingling pleasure.
- age 57, Ohio
An orgasm can feel like a sneeze, scratching an itch, having my penis tickled with a feather, and taking a much-needed leak all at the same time. It feels better when shared, but as a solitary experience it is still fantastic. I would like one now! Bye!
- age 18, Connecticut