# Is it possible to have an orgasm with no physical stimulation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 3, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576 "2007-06-03T13:16:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/1 "2007-06-03T13:16:55Z")
First of all: wet dreams don’t count. Neither does artificial stimulation of the pleasure areas in the brain with electrodes, or anything like that. The question is, is it possible for someone to have an orgasm from purely mental stimulation? Can one fantasize about something intensely enough to have an orgasm from it? Is it possible to view, hear, or see certain things to trigger an orgasm without touching yourself or having someone touch you? If so, is it easier for men or women to do this? Have YOU done it? ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/2 "2007-06-03T13:39:42Z")
Don’t know if it counts as visual stimulation is involved but my wife’s first orgasm was induced by the sight of the Hieronymus Bosch triptych “Garden Of Earthly Delights”, when she was 13. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/3 "2007-06-03T14:16:36Z")
Jeepers! Keep her out of Del Prado! ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/4 "2007-06-03T14:24:45Z")
I’m female and yes, I’ve done it. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/5 "2007-06-03T14:29:34Z")
Here’s Cecil’s take on [the matter](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000505.html), based on responses from our colleagues here on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![solkoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@solkoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solkoe)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/6 "2007-06-03T14:34:58Z")
Here is an embarassing story. I was in grade 10 writing a woodshop exam. I was right into it because I was a good student. I remember finishing all the easy questions, multiple choice, matching etc. I realized that maybe I had spent a lot of time on those questions. There seemed to be a lot of pages left. I asked the teacher and she said that there was only 1/2 hour left. I can’t describe what happened. My body immediately tightened right up. I felt paralyzed. It ended with an orgasm, though at the time, being young and innocent, I didn’t know what that was. And of course, I never told anyone. By the way, I finished the exam and aced it. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/7 "2007-06-03T15:36:30Z")
[QUOTE=solkoe] Here is an embarassing story. I was in grade 10 writing a woodshop exam. I was right into it because I was a good student. I remember finishing all the easy questions, multiple choice, matching etc. I realized that maybe I had spent a lot of time on those questions. There seemed to be a lot of pages left. I asked the teacher and she said that there was only 1/2 hour left. I can’t describe what happened. My body immediately tightened right up. I felt paralyzed. It ended with an orgasm, though at the time, being young and innocent, I didn’t know what that was. And of course, I never told anyone. By the way, I finished the exam and aced it. [/QUOTE] Interestingly, apparently, someone who answered Cecil’s quiz (see link above) had almost exactly the same experience, though with a History quiz instead of Woodshop. This is really intersting. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/8 "2007-06-03T16:34:47Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] First of all: wet dreams don’t count. [/QUOTE] ??? Why don’t wet dreams count? Aren’t they “orgasms without physical stimulation”, as you’re specifying in your question? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/9 "2007-06-03T18:10:33Z")
I used to be able to do it until about the age of 35-40. I would lie on my back, naked, in a very dark room, and just start fantasizing. If the fantasy was intense enough I’d have an orgasm without touching myself. Yes, I had a very misspent youth. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/10 "2007-06-03T19:29:08Z")
[QUOTE=Duck Duck Goose] ??? Why don’t wet dreams count? Aren’t they “orgasms without physical stimulation”, as you’re specifying in your question? [/QUOTE] They don’t count because the OP says they don’t count. Am I missing something in your question? -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/11 "2007-06-03T19:30:21Z")
[QUOTE=panache45] I used to be able to do it until about the age of 35-40. I would lie on my back, naked, in a very dark room, and just start fantasizing. If the fantasy was intense enough I’d have an orgasm without touching myself. Yes, I had a very misspent youth. [/QUOTE] Boy or girl? -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Hildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/12 "2007-06-03T19:48:08Z")
Happened to me once. In my mid-20s, I had hooked up with a woman and had been having some serious make out sessions over two days and I was more than a little worked up. On the second day she decided she needed to masturbate and by the time she was done, so was I. No one had a laid a hand on me. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/13 "2007-06-03T20:01:42Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] Boy or girl? -FrL- [/QUOTE] Boy. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/14 "2007-06-03T23:53:22Z")
Yes, it’s possible. I’ve done it (female) and I witnessed a male ex-lover do it, which was possibly the most fascinating thing I had ever witnessed at that point in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/15 "2007-06-04T02:38:01Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] First of all: wet dreams don’t count. Neither does artificial stimulation of the pleasure areas in the brain with electrodes, or anything like that. [/QUOTE] Pfft, whatever, pal. Electrical brain stimulation gets _no_ respect—sheer prejudice, I tell you. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/16 "2007-06-04T10:43:38Z")
There is an antidepressant (the name of which I forget) that has the (enviable, but rare) side-effect of causing an orgasm when the users yawns (autonomic or deliberate). This occurs in both male and female users. Si ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/17 "2007-06-04T11:49:53Z")
[QUOTE=si\_blakely] There is an antidepressant (the name of which I forget) that has the (enviable, but rare) side-effect of causing an orgasm when the users yawns (autonomic or deliberate). This occurs in both male and female users. Si [/QUOTE] So C-SPAN suddenly becomes very popular. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/18 "2007-06-04T12:08:16Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] So C-SPAN suddenly becomes very popular. [/QUOTE] It’s _Today in Parliament_ on this side of the pond 😃 Si ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/19 "2007-06-04T13:10:36Z")
[QUOTE=si\_blakely] It’s _Today in Parliament_ on this side of the pond 😃 Si [/QUOTE] Ah, finally a good explanation for why all those people used to sit around avidly reading Hansard before the Electronic Age! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/20 "2007-06-04T13:15:42Z")
Female. I’ve done it during exams to release tension. The only physical “work” was some muscle-flexing, which I’m not sure if it counts as stimulation or as buildup, really. What? Oh: I masturbate more or less daily and have never touched myself in order to masturbate. One regret I have about “losing” my virginity is that it made masturbation less ridiculously easy than it had been. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576.md?page=2)