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  • Silver_Starlight
    Junior Member
    • Oct 2012
    • 9

    I realize this post is now a few days old, but I have a question: is it normal to not be able to breath right before an orgasm? I talked with my bf at length recently and last night we decided to try something new (combined clit stimulation and penetration with a vibrator). I felt closer than I have ever been, but I got really scared because I would stop breathing for several seconds at a time and I felt lightheaded like I was about to pass out. I felt like my head was about to explode with pressure. I would resist at the last second because I didn't want to pass out, but I think in reality I was coming very close to having an orgasm. Is this normal??

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    • jns
      Assistant Admin
      • Mar 2010
      • 8398

      I've given a girl an orgasm before where she was breathing so hard, I thought she was going to pass out. Do you trust your bf. If so, discuss what to do if you do pass out with him. Then work on breathing when you get there and go for it.
      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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