The movie Trainspotting said using heroin is better by far. Why do you think it is so psychologically addicting?
I am. Just full of surprises, ain’t I?
And hey, when did Contrapuntal and devilsknew get together?
Nothing yet. The closest has been certain psychedlic recreational substances + the right music, say, Peter Gabriel’s Passion or dancing to some good trance (like Armin van Buuren). I have been almost in tears at times from this sort of experience.
Is it orgasm season already?
Do I need a permit to hunt them?
Rubystreak –
I’d be curious to know how long you think you could go without having an orgasm? Seriously.
I once had an absolutely fantastic lucid dream several years ago. I layed down for sleep and then, just like that, I just kinda flipped into another world wide awake!
I immediately found myself floating about 15-feet above and along a beautiful seashore. On my left was a very big burnt-orange sun sitting on the horrizon of the water (don’t know if it was going up or down, though intuitively I was certain it was a setting sun), and on my right was a big sand dune that sweep upwards and was dimly illuminated by the sun.
The sky was pitch black and though there were no clouds, there were no stars either. I traveled down this seashore and not only saw and heard waves crashing on the shore below me and over large bolders jutting out into the surf in front of me at some distance, but I also felt and smelt the ultra clean air … as I was, it seemed, just a light sphere of energy peacfully floating along and taking in the magnificence of it all!
But like an orgasm, it didn’t last long enough; maybe around 10 seconds is all.
I tell you, when you have an experience like that, you wake up 100% refreshed and go through the day with a bit of a bounce in the steps, because you KNOW there are realities out there that are waaay better than the war-ravaged world we live in.
No, you just have to be vewwy, vewwy quiet.
3 years, 2 months and a few days.
Not really into whacking off, no BF, no one night stands
Well, that’s fine… till I catch one. 
Causing someone else to experience an orgasm is often more enjoyable than experiencing one personally, IMO.
I think the whole basis of this thread is me acknowledging that people’s sensations aren’t the same as mine, and wondering what they consider the best. I am incredulous but only because it’s hard to imagine someone else’s experience, being that I only have been in this one body. I also kinda resent the implication that you’re “more highly sensitive” than I am b/c I like my orgasms and you like something else better. Doesn’t that seem silly to you? We feel differently-- you’re not necessarily more sensitive than me.
This is a really personal question, and I’m not sure what your point is, but what the heck. I have gone for long periods of time, but eventually my body takes over for me and I have dreams about a young Paul Newman or something. Seriously. I can watch a freakin’ sunset out my dining room window every night, and without drugs it doesn’t compare, physiologically. A high quality orgasm, in my life it’s been feast or famine, seemingly. Right now I’m all set, but there have been periods where I was massively deprived and I make do or go without. It’s not a life or death compulsion or anything, but it’s a fantastic addition to a great relationship and a source of joy.
I’ve had really excellent dreams too. Flying is fantastic. It’s not an orgasm, however.
OK, I’m going to say right now that mine are often a bit longer than 10 seconds, and I often get to have upwards of 3 each time. Maybe that’s a girl thing. I know I’m very lucky. You now know more about my sex life than you ever wanted to. :o
I broke my leg last November and after having it in a cast for three weeks, being able to scratch it again literally felt better than an orgasm.
I also had a really sensitive sore on my leg when I was a child that sent intensely cold and shivery chills up and down my spine whenever I touched it and that’s about all I did for the couple days it took for it to heal. I felt just like what I imagine a mouse with wires hooked directly into its pleasure centers feels like when it presses the button to get a jolt.
A few years ago my wife and I (this is not going where you think it is ) delivered our solution to the murder at a murder mystery weekend. We wrote it funny. Every joke in it worked. The audience of over 100, including the actors, were on the floor. Afterwards someone asked me if I wrote for Off-Broadway.
Better than an orgasm - maybe, but I get that experience a lot less often.
Voyager is going where I would head - a successful performance is incredibly satisfying.
For me - there are two ways to get extreme pleasure;
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Via a release - finally getting to scratch an itch, if you will. Could be sleep, could be sex, could be cutting loose on stage and obviously an orgasm.
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Getting some deep, personal validation and knowing it while it was happening - having my kid demonstrate that I have been a good dad, watching a crowd rock out to my music, having a deeply successful work situation play out. Anything that changes how I look at myself in a fundamental way.
Rubystreak –
I’m glad I know so much about your sex life now; 'cause you’re a neat lady.
I wouldn’t dream of implying any such thing. I felt my comments in the other thread were ridiculed, and so for the sake of understanding I tried only to broaden the possibilities.
I don’t know if anything is better than an orgasm. There are some things are are comparable, though:
-Sometimes writing a really good rant after thinking about it for days can be just as pleasurable.
-This may seem weird, but a shot of cold water to the back during a hot shower can be amazing. I think that’s just me, though.
-I’m highly synaesthetic, so I often get double or triple the sensory input. This can lead to some interesting sensory overload experiences, especially if I’m listening to music.
I’ve had poison ivy twice in my adult life (18+ years old), and the itching at some points was so intense, it was practically tangible. I found that the best way to get releif was not some cream, or pill- it was having a uncomfortably hot shower. The hot water on the poison ivy rash gave me such intense relief that it was much better than an orgasm, and longer lasting (typically, until the hot water ran out). A side effect of this was that the itching went away for several hours, which was nice too.
Given the choice I’d take a good chicken marsalla, dinner salad, hot garlic bread sticks & litre of Chianti over two of the best orgasms I’ve ever had. Make that three if the lady I’m currently infatuated with is the one having the dinner with me.
Now, as has been noted, make me decide between that same dinner or sex with my current crush? Sex, baby. Because that means I’m with my current crush long term, and she can cook the hell out of some chicken marsalla!
In summary: Lots of things better than orgasm, mostly food related though.
Sorry abaout the quote, Wonko. They seem to have switched the signature check boxes around on me.
I get a big orgasmic/adrenaline type rush playing music sometimes. Playing drums in a rock band when it’s really wailing, throwing my whole body and musical being into it - that’s when it’s the best. Sometimes it’ll happen when I’m just playing bass or drums to some tune over the headphones. Sometimes it happens when I’m just listening. Music fun!