query about orgasm physiology

commie · 28-05-10 23:15:02

I know very little about the mechanics of orgasms and I'm trying to explain a peculiar experience. I have an open mind about this so I'm interested in scientific information as well as in more traditional knowledge. I know some of you are interested in this stuff so I figured someone here might at least be able to tell me where to go looking.

So here's what puzzled me: I had an orgasm when I shouldn't on account of a small limb injury. I was concerned about involuntary movements but something else happened as well. Perhaps I dreamed it up (it was purely subjective) but I doubt it. This was anything but subtle: I felt something like a fast heat build up near my injury. I don't remember exactly when it started or ended (I should have written it down at the time). It felt as if some kind of flow was impeded. I figured a malfunctioning nerve is the most likely explanation but I wonder what actually happened. I'm male if that matters.
I'm not concerned, only curious about an aspect of my body I hadn't noticed before. Assuming I didn't delude myself and I felt a disturbance in an objective phenomenon, I'd like to know what normally travels through the whole body (as opposed to the gentials, spine and brain).

Damien74 · 30-05-10 00:09:31

I'm not quite sure exactly what you are asking.
But when you are close to an orgasm that area is blood filled and all the nerves is on overdrive more or less.
There's cases when orgasm has been reached in anus or by just stimulating the breasts. Some can actually have orgasm by just stimulating the breasts when they like to even if it is not very common.
Anyhow. I suppose there's no true limit to what could give you an orgasm. Cause ultimately it all happens in the brain. The nerves in the body only sends the information but all you really sense is in the brain.
If you Google "orgasm" you should find tons of information.

commie · 31-05-10 18:05:36

I've evidently been more than a bit obscure. Sorry about that.

The cause of that orgasm is not at issue. It's about as mundane as it gets. But, roughly at the same time as that orgasm, I felt something (an unphysical fast buildup of heat near a recent limb injury) I've never felt before or since. So I'm wondering about the cause of that feeling.

What I'd like to get information about is the imapct an orgasm is supposed to have on the whole body and especially the limbs. And I'm not talking about involuntary muscle movements or shivers as such (that aspect of the experience is obvious enough).
What I'm specifically wondering about is unusual nervous signals, energy flows or whatever along those lines because it felt like what I would expect heat from resistance to an electrical flow within the body would feel. But I'm well aware such intuitions are often way off-mark so any other explanation (could suppressing shivers cause such a feeling?) would be welcome of course.

I'd take issue with the notion that sensation takes place "in the brain" by the way but that's neither here nor there.

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Silverbullet74 · 09-04-13 13:14:23

This might be a dead topic. But I haven't been a member for a while and now I have a new username due to technical issues.
"unusual nervous signals", I'm not sure what classifies as that, but it's all connected. And again, the sensation DO take place in the brain. And then the brain sends out signals, telling your body how to feel. That is the nervous signals working.
Much like if you injure yourself. Your nervs senses the injury and tells your brain which enterprates it as pain to tell you something is wrong.

The heat you felt in your injury is probably just the blood flowing faster due to excitement.
I am not sure what your meant with "unphysical .. buildup of heat". It is physical of course, just like the heat in your sexual organ when you are sexually excited, caused by increased blood flow.

viva · 10-04-13 01:02:01

This kind of thing is interesting. Sometimes when I come I feel that build up echoed in random parts of my body, especially in my feet/ankles or along the skin in my lower back, where my kidneys are.

Silverbullet74 · 25-04-13 22:32:59

viva so can I. Well perhaps not exactly those parts but I know what you mean. Those are the really good ones I think

SongofMyself · 28-04-13 09:20:03

Orgasms rock balls

WLV612 · 05-05-13 22:34:18

Silverbullet74 wrote:

This might be a dead topic. But I haven't been a member for a while and now I have a new username due to technical issues.
"unusual nervous signals", I'm not sure what classifies as that, but it's all connected. And again, the sensation DO take place in the brain. And then the brain sends out signals, telling your body how to feel. That is the nervous signals working.
Much like if you injure yourself. Your nervs senses the injury and tells your brain which enterprates it as pain to tell you something is wrong.
The heat you felt in your injury is probably just the blood flowing faster due to excitement.
I am not sure what your meant with "unphysical .. buildup of heat". It is physical of course, just like the heat in your sexual organ when you are sexually excited, caused by increased blood flow.

I wrote a long post which underscores what's stated here and lost it. I backed up to find another reference and lost my post. I'll re-do it another time but I agree, the brain can and does often shunt nerve irritation signals to the place normally reserved for sexual stimulation or reaction. I've got a few odd but true examples.
Lost thoughts:
It's fairly common for male paratroopers to ejaculate on their first jump. I knew a gal who mentioned she had experienced intense orgasms during a high fever with the flu. Heavy on the intense part. The oddest of all, one gal I know had an allergic reaction to a laundry detergent (I swear this is true, as told to me.) and her legs broke out in a itchy rash. She filled a tub with hot water and tried to bathe in a mild soap. That made the itching worse and she started scratching and that resulted in an unexpected orgasm. This is a person I didn't know all that well, well enough where she would share this type of information. Reading this thread reminded me of her story. In essence, I think that in times of unusual circumstances, the brain can send physical signals to places not normally meant to receive them and can indeed result in a sexual climax. Interesting as heck when you think about it.

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LydiaBennett · 19-05-13 07:34:13

what about something along the lines of the endocrine (hormone system) or endogenous opiates (endorphines)?
then there's plain ol "shock" which has subtle differences in each individual.

WLV612 · 19-05-13 15:24:36

LydiaBennett wrote:

what about something along the lines of the endocrine (hormone system) or endogenous opiates (endorphines)?
then there's plain ol "shock" which has subtle differences in each individual.

Okay, shock is a good example. People have all sorts of remarkable reactions to shock. Laughter at something horrific, incredible strength in a dangerous situation, we all have read stories of how shock can enable people to do things their body in a normal state could not or would not do. So, yeah, if there's some sort of strange signal the body has never received, makes sense the brain would scramble to send the right signals that may go astray.
I don't know. Not a doctor or anything close. I'm sure researchers world wide are making tons of money trying to isolate the route signals between the brain and nerve endings may communicate. Doubt there'll ever be a set answer. Makes for a good discussion.
I've often wondered why an orgasm can be so intense with very little stimulation or very fleeting and giving little pleasure in circumstances where the top of your head should blow off. I mean, given no unusual outside interference. Does that make sense? Another point. Why do some men (Perhaps women) lose most if not all sex drive at say age 50 or so and at what age does the libido say, "Enough already!"?
Surprisingly, certain medications that would normally drastically reduce sex drive, might have no effect at all. Again, no answers expected, just interesting discussion.

viva · 20-05-13 01:31:27

I love all that nervous system stuff, funny stories of sensory climax at unlikely moments. humans experience is just so fabulously mysterious. I wonder if there were more discussions of these random experiential orgasms, if that would help demystify the sometimes random nature of the male erection. I've heard lots of stories of shame and judgement of men who have had erections at inappropriate moments (for example while playing with the cat, or while watching a group of children play) - which could be taken with a grain of salt if it were more common knowledge that the same man might have an erection with the smell of his morning coffee, or accompanying a particularly strong itch, or for no reason at all.

I wonder how much the female sex drive has to do with hormonal cycles, and how that interacts with the tapering off of sexual inclination as folks get older. If the tapering off stuff is true after all. One thing I start to understand more and more, as I get more intimate with intimacy (both in my own life and as a function of my work) - is that everyone lies about sex. The articles lie, the people who inform the articles lie, your best friend lies and you even lie to yourself. The lying is equal parts misinformation and shame, and begets - you guessed it - more misinformation and more shame. but that's ok, because talking about shit is what we do.

When it comes to the kind of continuing education we receive about human sexuality, after the mechanics are explained and the hard sperm-n-egg science is covered, I prefer to think of all of it as an ongoing conversation, instead of a series of facts.

It's always really good to listen to people thinking, but ultimately, I think the only experience you can trust is your own, and sometimes paying too much heed to what others say can inhibit the accuracy of the information you get from your own life.

WLV612 · 20-05-13 13:33:15

viva wrote:

One thing I start to understand more and more, as I get more intimate with intimacy (both in my own life and as a function of my work) - is that everyone lies about sex. The articles lie, the people who inform the articles lie, your best friend lies and you even lie to yourself. The lying is equal parts misinformation and shame, and begets - you guessed it - more misinformation and more shame. but that's ok, because talking about shit is what we do.
Excellent point about the lies. Lying is one of the most harmful acts one can do to others and themselves but often the truth is so evasive, a lie just fills the void. Sex is easy to lie about because of the personal interaction or societal pressures. It's just a physical function that's been layered over for thousands of years by the various, "Does and Don't" of cultures. Also a bodily function that can be shared or inflicted on another person. That is the tricky part.

It's always really good to listen to people thinking, but ultimately, I think the only experience you can trust is your own, and sometimes paying too much heed to what others say can inhibit the accuracy of the information you get from your own life.
I love the fact you use the word, "Accuracy". The more background noise you let into your life, the less your life is your life. The more apt you are to miss the point of what your life is about or what you'd like it to be. I enjoy these exchanges for several reasons. They filter out a lot of BS that surrounds my life, they are educational and insightful and I feel for the most part, they are honest.

artemesia · 22-05-13 07:01:49

SongofMyself wrote:

Orgasms rock balls

haha so true! i used to cum in ways that surprised me, and especially on different parts of my body. i don't know if that kind of thing is just psychological, but i definitely felt like parts like my breasts were the centre of focus of orgasm (well the instigation) and one spectacular case of tip of thumb orgasm (that was amazing).

the body is weird and unpredictable, the science of knowing ourselves is always ongoing!

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