Do you believe it is possible for someone to have an orgasm without realizing it, and maybe thinking that it was just arousal or pleasure and not actual release?

Contributor: eroticmutt eroticmutt
I have read in some self-help books about enhancing your sex life and having more (or any!) orgasms that sometimes people can climax without realizing the sensation they have experienced was an orgasm. This can be because different orgasms may feel more intense, less intense, or involve different feelings (lightheadedness, waves of pleasure, muscle contraction of different intensity, and other such feelings).
Answers (private voting - your screen name will NOT appear in the results):
Yes, I am sometimes unsure if I am having an orgasm or not
51  (40%)
Yes I believe other people could sometimes have difficulty telling
29  (23%)
Maybe, this isn't something I have thought about or heard of
21  (16%)
No, I don't believe someone could have an orgasm without realizing it
27  (21%)
Total votes: 128
Poll is closed
02/22/2012
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Contributor: Coralbell Coralbell
It doesn't happen to me now, but it happened to me when I first started masturbating. I was having weak orgasms, and I wasn't sure if they really were orgasms or not.
02/22/2012
Contributor: Diabolical Kitty Diabolical Kitty
Not sure, never thought about it.
02/22/2012
Contributor: EdenJP EdenJP
Maybe, this isn't something I have thought about or heard of
02/22/2012
Contributor: DreamWolf DreamWolf
It happens with me quite often sometimes, I think it is when I am too easy on the exercises and my muscles aren't in such a shape, and it also happens when I have come soooooooo many times already that after a few of them I can barely tell the difference! ~lol

But yep, it can be quite frustrating, because I often do such things to rush myself with more endorphins, because it is very healthy for your body and mind and soul and just helps in being balanced and happy all the time - and when I am not sure if have really come or not then it means one more try, sometimes taking tiringly long! ~sighs ^^
02/22/2012
Contributor: Rin (aka Nire) Rin (aka Nire)
I remember when I first started masturbating back when I was twelve, it took me a while before I realized what the sensation at the end was. I'd read about masturbation and orgasms, but I'd forgotten about it and it took a while for me to make the connection between what I'd read and what I was doing.

That was more due to forgetting information than uncertainty in the sensations, though. Now I always know when I have an orgasm, even when it's so weak that it barely registers (thankfully not too often). But I wouldn't be surprised at all if other people had the problem you're describing.
02/22/2012
Contributor: Adriana Ravenlust Adriana Ravenlust
Quote:
Originally posted by Coralbell
It doesn't happen to me now, but it happened to me when I first started masturbating. I was having weak orgasms, and I wasn't sure if they really were orgasms or not.
This. In fact, I'd say your question is opposite of what it was for me. I realized there was muscle release but didn't think it was orgasm because of lack of pleasure.
02/22/2012
Contributor: SiNn SiNn
Quote:
Originally posted by eroticmutt
I have read in some self-help books about enhancing your sex life and having more (or any!) orgasms that sometimes people can climax without realizing the sensation they have experienced was an orgasm. This can be because different orgasms may feel ... more
i suppose it could be possible
02/22/2012
Contributor: richsam richsam
Quote:
Originally posted by eroticmutt
I have read in some self-help books about enhancing your sex life and having more (or any!) orgasms that sometimes people can climax without realizing the sensation they have experienced was an orgasm. This can be because different orgasms may feel ... more
No, I don't believe someone could have an orgasm without realizing it
02/23/2012
Contributor: LavenderSkies LavenderSkies
Quote:
Originally posted by eroticmutt
I have read in some self-help books about enhancing your sex life and having more (or any!) orgasms that sometimes people can climax without realizing the sensation they have experienced was an orgasm. This can be because different orgasms may feel ... more
Yes, it happened to me when I started masturbating at 13/14.
02/29/2012
Contributor: oneeyedoctopus oneeyedoctopus
I've had orgasms that weren't pleasurable especially when learning how to masturbate. I can easily see how someone might not realize crappy orgasms are in fact orgasms.
03/01/2012
Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
Quote:
Originally posted by eroticmutt
I have read in some self-help books about enhancing your sex life and having more (or any!) orgasms that sometimes people can climax without realizing the sensation they have experienced was an orgasm. This can be because different orgasms may feel ... more
my first orgasm i didn't realize what it was until the next day.
03/01/2012
Contributor: BlooJay BlooJay
I'm sure some people might not know.
03/01/2012
Contributor: Chirple Chirple
When I was just "starting out", I didn't know what to expect, and I wasn't sure that my first orgasm was really an orgasm.

But after few more times, it became more clear that that was what that was. I do feel that, for me at least, it's a pretty clear "moment" even though it wasn't 100% what I was expecting.

All people are different, but for me - right after having one, I really need to dial-down the intensity (or turn it off, if I don't want to try for another) of vibrations because things are so sensitive I can't take it.
03/01/2012
Contributor: K101 K101
Quote:
Originally posted by eroticmutt
I have read in some self-help books about enhancing your sex life and having more (or any!) orgasms that sometimes people can climax without realizing the sensation they have experienced was an orgasm. This can be because different orgasms may feel ... more
Never happened to me! Lol. But just because mine are intense does not mean that another woman's is. I believe maybe if you're nervous or something you may not realize it? Depends, but what feels intense for one may not for another. I won't be the judge on how other women's orgasms are.
03/01/2012
Contributor: underHim underHim
I never have this problem it is a pretty obvious sensation
03/01/2012
Contributor: Fuck it. Fuck it.
Sometimes the boy asks me how many I had and I can't tell.
03/03/2012
Contributor: DiamondKoala DiamondKoala
I think it's possible when you aren't really sure what it is but maybe if you experience it enough it might be something you understand.
03/04/2012
Contributor: Bethy Cassatt Bethy Cassatt
Sometimes I come but I haven't reached an emotional sensation yet. It happens, but I usually keep going.
04/03/2012
Contributor: MissCandyland MissCandyland
Sure, I'm sure it's possible.
04/04/2012
Contributor: Bex1331 Bex1331
In the past I had alot of trouble achieving my first orgasm and even now I often wonder if I ever REALLY have, I reach peaks but I'm never sure if they're really orgasms or if theres something out there I'm missing out on.
04/05/2012
Contributor: namelesschaos namelesschaos
Yes, I'm sure it possible. In fact it happen to me. When I discovered non-ejaculatory orgasms I wasn't sure if what i was experience was in fact an orgasm because as I was trained to treat ejaculation as synonymous to orgasm.
04/05/2012
Contributor: pasdechat pasdechat
Quote:
Originally posted by Coralbell
It doesn't happen to me now, but it happened to me when I first started masturbating. I was having weak orgasms, and I wasn't sure if they really were orgasms or not.
Same. I think this is probably not uncommon - the first few I had were very weak - mostly just a drop in tension. It doesn't happen to me anymore, though.
04/17/2012
Contributor: CollegeFun2014 CollegeFun2014
I've been with a girl who constantly said she couldn't tell. She had never done anything before me so I guess that's the reason. To someone who has had more experience it was clear she did.
04/17/2012
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
Quote:
Originally posted by CollegeFun2014
I've been with a girl who constantly said she couldn't tell. She had never done anything before me so I guess that's the reason. To someone who has had more experience it was clear she did.
I don't understand how the person having the orgasm can't tell, but their partner can. Are you sure you're not just seeing what you want to see?
04/17/2012
Contributor: badk1tty badk1tty
Quote:
Originally posted by eroticmutt
I have read in some self-help books about enhancing your sex life and having more (or any!) orgasms that sometimes people can climax without realizing the sensation they have experienced was an orgasm. This can be because different orgasms may feel ... more
You'd think you'd know..
04/18/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
Quote:
Originally posted by eroticmutt
I have read in some self-help books about enhancing your sex life and having more (or any!) orgasms that sometimes people can climax without realizing the sensation they have experienced was an orgasm. This can be because different orgasms may feel ... more
If the person was unaware of how his/her body worked and possibly ill informed about orgasm in general then I do belive they could miss the sometimes subtle signs of orgasm.
04/19/2012
Contributor: JadeKitten JadeKitten
I've had an orgasm a few times, without knowing it and I just thought I was being pleased extremely well. Then when I tried to pleasure myself, I was too sensitive because I already had my orgasm.
When I do have an orgasm, with clitoral stimulation only, I have to be raked off the ceiling.
04/19/2012
Contributor: lisasharrer lisasharrer
Quote:
Originally posted by eroticmutt
I have read in some self-help books about enhancing your sex life and having more (or any!) orgasms that sometimes people can climax without realizing the sensation they have experienced was an orgasm. This can be because different orgasms may feel ... more
i know i get wet alot so yes i do
04/22/2012
Contributor: sexystuffeve sexystuffeve
Quote:
Originally posted by eroticmutt
I have read in some self-help books about enhancing your sex life and having more (or any!) orgasms that sometimes people can climax without realizing the sensation they have experienced was an orgasm. This can be because different orgasms may feel ... more
I'm sure that it is a possiblity.
04/23/2012