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  • cdext41
    Junior Member
    • Apr 2011
    • 9

    Never had an orgasm

    Hi. I'm new here. part of the reason i came here is to get womans perspective.

    The basics.....I am 21. I had no experience in sex until last winter. Me and my boyfriend live apart so I only get to see him every couple months. being a virgin I didn't want to rush into sex...but he did enter me for the first time the last day we were together. It didnt last too long and i wasn't really expecting it to be good, but I was happy we had done it. he was not a virgin.

    one of the things ive been worried about since we became sexually intimate is that i have never reached orgasm, even when masturbating on my own. i dont really know why. I think part of it is b/c I think about it so much and worry that its going to be scary. i dont really like not being in control. im also on birth control and i know that sometimes decreases sex drive.

    my boyfriend says that sex is about making us both feel good, not about having an orgasm, but deep down i think he is frustrated. I think he's more disappointed in his own ability to please me. I havent told him I never achieved orgasm on my own but I have told him that I have a hard time with it myself. I reassure him all the time that I enjoy what he does and it's not him, it's me. I think too much and get distracted and worried.

    he has done a lot to try to relax me, though. one time he gave me a full body massage with hot oil and then went down on me for a long time and then used this bullet type vibrator for like 20 minutes. it felt really good but i didnt even get close to orgasm. sometimes i think its a physical problem with me but i think its also a lot more on the mental side.

    In reading about this problem online everyone's first words are usually to masturbate and learn about your body and what pleases you. I've tried that.. But sometimes when I masturbate it feels good up to a point and then I either lose feeling in my clit or it feels like ive become oversensitized and it's a little painful. sometimes i stop at this point but other times I try to persist through and no luck.

    ive tried using lots of lube and that made it more pleasureable but still havent orgasmed. I also tried using toys, I have two small ones that I use sometimes but nothing really that penetrates. I definitely respond more to intense vibrations. ive tried reading things and watching "soft" porn (graphic sex scenes in movies) but still no luck. i think the next step is to try to watch porn but i don't really know where to get it because i'm hesitant to download it off the internet in case i get a virus or something.

    I am starting to get frustrated now. I enjoy sexual acts with my boyfriend but masturbation isn't fun anymore. there used to be a time when i would just try to feel good and didn't even think about reaching orgasm but now its basically all i think about. when i tell myself to stop thinking about it i start thinking about something else.

    any advice ladies? i dont really know where to go from here....thx
  • jns
    Assistant Admin
    • Mar 2010
    • 8398

    A painful feeling in the clitoris may be due to the clitoris sticking out from under its hood. It may be better to stimulate it through the hood at that time, so as to not feel pain.

    Generally, relax and let your mind wander. Let yourself go. Fixate on something erotic that you like, be it an image, a sound, a touch, a feeling, a smell or a taste but not with too much focus.
    I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
    ...
    Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?

    From a speech by Patrick Henry on March 23, 1775 at St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia

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    • WildChild
      Banned
      • Sep 2008
      • 14142

      There are a number of excellent books, written by sex therapists on this very subject. How about, Sex For One, Getting Off, or The Orgasm Loop?

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      • cdext41
        Junior Member
        • Apr 2011
        • 9

        Originally posted by jns
        A painful feeling in the clitoris may be due to the clitoris sticking out from under its hood. It may be better to stimulate it through the hood at that time, so as to not feel pain.

        Generally, relax and let your mind wander. Let yourself go. Fixate on something erotic that you like, be it an image, a sound, a touch, a feeling, a smell or a taste but not with too much focus.
        my boyfriend has told me before that my clit sort of "hides" - I wonder if he meant what you said and that's why it's painful...

        Originally posted by WildChild
        There are a number of excellent books, written by sex therapists on this very subject. How about, Sex For One, Getting Off, or The Orgasm Loop?
        i'll give it a try. thanks

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        • kimaya
          Member
          • Apr 2011
          • 11

          Thanks for that books suggestion, i will definately go through it hope it will improve my sexual health..

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          • cdext41
            Junior Member
            • Apr 2011
            • 9

            does anyone have any other recommendations for how to relax or how to find porn that isn't full of viruses?

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