What do your orgasms feel like?

[SparklingStars10]

I’m a female poster, so this post is aimed at female posters. I know for many women, orgasms can be quite different for many of us. I just wanted to know how it feels for other women, purely out of curiosity!
So, myn are mostly leg trembles, leg flexes and a flustered feeling.
What do yours feel like, similar or different?

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Watching this thread with interest. Mine feel the same, but I am beginning to think there could be something wrong with me. sexual anhedonia ? I absolutely don’t feel any “euphoria”, just a release. Having an orgasm means I’m no longer thinking of sex for a few days until it builds up. There is no “happiness” involved. It’s like drinking water when I’m thirsty.

Mine feels like a sort of burst of energy that radiates out from inside me, followed by lots of muscle contractions about 1 second apart that die off. I don't think I've explained it that well!

I don’t actually enjoy orgasms from masturbating. They do nothing for me - it’s like sneezing or hiccups or something, physical response but nothing else. Very different during sex though. If I were one of those people who couldn’t orgasm through sex I would never bother having them to be honest!

During sex they’re awesome and I’m not sure they even feel that different physically.

Clitoral orgasm, I get contractions and each one is a wave of intense pleasure that intensifies before fading away. I feel like the feeling goes down my legs and afterwards they feel weak. Orgasm from penetration lasts longer but doesn't go as intense as clitoral. There's the release but it's not the same sort of climax. It's sort of a feeling that can be instant, but builds and stays constant.

I'm not sure I ever have two exactly the same. They can be sudden, unexpected, intense, too intense, spasmodic, relaxing, and all sorts of other things. The longer it takes to get there, the more pleasurable they seem to be. My mind definitely seems to be the most important thing to stimulate . The best ones are the ones where my whole body throbs and I moo like a cow

I don’t feel a sense of relief after and I thought maybe I wasn’t fully orgasming, maybe there is more to it, as it seems many describe it as a state of ‘euphoria’.

A spiritual lightening bolt followed be calming body ripples that de-stress me, leading to a feeling of calm.

The French have their own words for it “La petite mort” (The little death).

It's just a huge buzz, throbbing in my thighs. DH makes sure it goes on and on a good while, giving me multiple orgasms. If I am masturbating it's clitoral and it feels incredibly intense like waves of pleasure. I need to be very wet to enjoy it.

@SparklingStars10

I don’t feel a sense of relief after and I thought maybe I wasn’t fully orgasming, maybe there is more to it, as it seems many describe it as a state of ‘euphoria’.

Yes I would describe it as a state of euphoria.

I have never orgasmed during PIV, only through foreplay after lots of clitoral stimulation.

No feeling of euphoria for me either. Very enjoyable when with a partner but no real “feelings” attached when alone.

In fact I used a vibrator by myself the other day, only because the last few times I’ve had sex, orgasms caused me pain and I wanted to see if that was still the case (it was). I realised I haven’t masturbated at all in years - i really don’t get anything out of it. I used it internally and did have an orgasm but certainly didn’t feel calm, euphoric or anything else really. It’s like a build up of pressure, lots of muscles contracting, waves of sensation. This was an internal orgasm - I never do clitoral orgasms by myself, they are pretty intense physically but I find them less enjoyable and a bit... surface? Shallow? Can’t really explain it!

I enjoy it a lot more when I’m with someone and fortunately DH is very adept at giving me many orgasms but I still wouldn’t say I feel euphoric or anything afterwards. My legs get very trembly afterwards and sometimes I feel a bit light headed.

Agree with others, legs get a bit weak after a good seeing to.

Euphoria, intense buzz, burst of feelings of love and tenderness to my partner. Need to stay still and cuddle. Exhausting when repeated (not a complaint!).

More prosaically- for example masturbation in order to sleep - like the feeling you get when you’ve been bursting for a pee for hours and you finally get to to a loo. Oh, the joys of getting older!

@NoBetterthanSheShouldBe - “Intense buzz” Switch the vibey off when you are done then! 😂

Never tried one 😂 take your point, I could have put that better

@NoBetterthanSheShouldBe - You haven’t lived! 💥

I have a slowly increasing feeling of heat concentrated in my clitoris that spreads to my vulva, and eventually erupts into rhythmic pulsations in the whole area that go on for several seconds.

The intensity is very variable. Sometimes with really intense ones I start laughing uncontrollably, or occasionally burst into tears, which can be disconcerting for a new partner

Hmm. An interesting question : )

So. (just taking a deep breath here - you guys might like to, as well : )

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If I am sexually interested to start with, this seems to happen in a nano-second.

One minute I am just thinking about whether I should get salmon or prawns for supper, or if it's worth voting in the county council elections, etc.. Something is said, the opportunity is raised and ... less than a second. It's like my labia(e!), my clit, my whole general pussy, inside as well, just leaps and starts sort of tingling. I get wet, I feel wet, I can only think about sex, it's there.

I honestly can't after that think about anything else. I try. But I can't, not really. The tingling gets more and I just want to be on a bed with my pussy open and this perfect husband partner whatever just there with me. Hard, kind, definitely not going anywhere.

So, skipping to the actual orgasm: (but just I had to say that first bit as you need to understand that this is a build up!) ......... if it really has now (after some interaction) got to that moment before I cum then .... just before, it's like whatever is happening is opening me up more and more ... I feel like he is deeper and deeper inside me, more deep than I could ever have thought possible ... my pussy deep inside feels like it is just opening more and more.

[- By the way - I'm describing clitoral and deep pussy orgasm here. Just fyi]

And at the same time, omg, my clit is being touched in a way that feels so intense. And if it's all wet and everything else so wet around my lips etc. that is even more exciting. And so we have the intense bud of pleasure with the clit, being gently but definitely looked after, and then the deep long thrusting into me, making me feel like I'm being pushed beyond anything I'd imagined but I love this and want to go there. My pussy is ridiculously wet, like I wonder if he's already cum. (I often wonder that.) The sheets are wet. And there's that intense sensation on my clit. And that deep pumping into me. And then the wave starts to rise. I know it's on the way up. Everything - and I mean everything - in my whole body is just arching up with this and I know I have to now totally let go - and it's like I'm rising up to meet his relentless cock and the amazing feeling on my clit and -

yep. Massive fireworks. Way better than the London Eye on New year's eve. We are talking Syndney, Paris, Times Square and probably also Mars (despite it looking a bit unpromising!).

It's like a kind of absolute explosion and flowering .. in my body, pussy, everything ... brain ... and then the wave has broken ... and it's just so strong ... .then just naturally kind of goes down ... but lasts for ages ... if good, like 20 mins or more ....

That's how it is. I hope I'm not alone? (might explain a lot though! : )

I find the orgasm is so intense the wetter you are. Just want to keep repeating it, can't get enough of it. Very much mind blowing stuff.

I agree with PP about getting opened up more and more whilst being penetrated. It feels like this on the build up to the orgasm.

@Parkerwhereareyou - Are you describing your orgasm, or trying to make us orgasm ☺️
Although with the added humour, I felt like you was trying to add a touch of orgasm denial 😆

[quote SparklingStars10]@Parkerwhereareyou - Are you describing your orgasm, or trying to make us orgasm ☺️
Although with the added humour, I felt like you was trying to add a touch of orgasm denial 😆[/quote]
Well, I think I was going for the Holy Grail .... everything at once 😉

🙈 wine with only rocket for supper .... 😂

It's true about the fireworks though 💥

I would like to orgasm during PIV but it’s never happened, it seems it’s only reachable through foreplay.

@SparklingStars10
Have you tried PIV while you're also being stimulated on the outside, on your clitoris, at the same time? If you orgasm with this kind of attention without his penis inside you, then there's no reason why you shouldn't when it is in you. And that might be the start of something deeper inside you.

Often when people talk about orgasm during PIV, it involves some clitoral stimulation as well, to a greater or lesser degree - eg, he is rubbing against you as he thrusts into you.

@Parkerwhereareyou - Yes I stimulate myself whilst he’s inside but it’s almost like my clitoris becomes numb by that point and I don’t have the same sensations as before. As it takes me some time to reach orgasm, I’d have to rely on him lasting a while during PIV, if I was to orgasm then.