# 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:** 2
**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 4, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/21 "2007-06-04T14:13:50Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] They don’t count because the OP says they don’t count. Am I missing something in your question? -FrL- [/QUOTE] [very, very patiently] I wanted to know why the OP was **specifying** that they don’t count, i.e. what’s the rationale behind excluding wet dreams. ---
**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, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/22 "2007-06-04T14:20:06Z")
[QUOTE=Duck Duck Goose] [very, very patiently] I wanted to know why the OP was **specifying** that they don’t count, i.e. what’s the rationale behind excluding wet dreams. [/QUOTE] You can’t **choose** to have a wet dream. Dammit. :smack: You aren’t even guaranteed to know that you have had one. Si ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/23 "2007-06-04T14:28:19Z")
[QUOTE=Duck Duck Goose] [very, very patiently] I wanted to know why the OP was **specifying** that they don’t count, i.e. what’s the rationale behind excluding wet dreams. [/QUOTE] Yes, that is an accurate description of your post. 😉 Okay, I just don’t understand why you are asking for a rationale. It’s just the question he’s asking. Other than wet dreams, is it possible to have an orgasm without physical stimulation? -FrL- ---
**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, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/24 "2007-06-04T15:06:30Z")
[QUOTE=Nava] 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. [/QUOTE] Why must you haunt me so? ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/25 "2007-06-04T15:42:30Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] Why must you haunt me so? [/QUOTE] I want to know which muscles. Actually, my wife wants to know. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/26 "2007-06-04T16:10:36Z")
[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] Acetylcholine. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/27 "2007-06-04T16:53:03Z")
[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] That sounds more like a panic attack to me–freeze up and then electric tingles (but not the good kind) suffuse the body. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/28 "2007-06-04T16:58:05Z")
I want to sit next to **Nava** during exams. ---
**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, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/29 "2007-06-04T17:47:35Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] Acetylcholine. [/QUOTE] Nope. Looks like **Clomipramine** (brand name **Anafranil** ) > [@](#): > > The drug often causes sexual problems in men (e.g. impotence, ejaculation difficulties). **In about 5% of patients, it can instead cause inadvertent orgasms when yawning** For a 5% chance of boredom orgasms \*Doc - I’ve been really down lately… 😛 \* Si ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/30 "2007-06-04T18:03:32Z")
Speaking as one of the correspondent’s for Cecil’s column, yes. No physical stimulation, and on occasion, no mental stimulation. Something to do with a bit of dehydration and a bladder at about half capacity. Took me by surprise in a department store. I had to hold onto a counter and bite my lip for about thirty seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/31 "2007-06-04T18:16:15Z")
Warning - Hearsay: I asked a gay friend and co-worker in college (Long Beach, CA, 1990s) what he did for the weekend. He told me that he went to a gay nude beach. Some dude was laying on a beach towel next to him and they started flirting with each other. With no contact whatsoever, the dude “finished” as my friend watched. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/32 "2007-06-04T18:20:05Z")
It’s kind of funny that almost all of the people who say they can experience orgasms without genital stimulation are women, but Cosmopolitan magazine and everyday experience tell us that like half the women in the USA will never have an orgasm, ever. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/33 "2007-06-04T18:55:01Z")
I was one of the women that answered Cecil’s survey. Yes, it is possible for me to have an orgasm without physical stimulation. It’s only happened to me a couple dozen times or so, and it’s always a nice surprise when it does. For me it comes on fast and is usually associated with thinking about a particularly steamy night, but not always. I think of them more as mini-orgasms, as they aren’t nearly as intense as regular ones. It’s usually a quick rush through my body, a nice tingly sensation that ends up with a light and fast release. The feeling doesn’t always end in the mini-orgasm, sometimes it’s just a nice rush. Similar to Nava, a little bit of muscle flexing makes them a bit more intense and can trigger the actual orgasm. I’ve had them at work, in my car, at my desk at home, in bed, and once on an airplane. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/34 "2007-06-04T19:08:20Z")
[QUOTE=Mosier] It’s kind of funny that almost all of the people who say they can experience orgasms without genital stimulation are women, but Cosmopolitan magazine and everyday experience tell us that like half the women in the USA will never have an orgasm, ever. [/QUOTE] But remember, this is the message board where the vast majority of women that reply to such threads, claim to have 5-10 orgasms per sexual session, while one person even said they have 100 orgasms a session. Yuppers. . . Anywho, I’m female and I can’t orgasm without physical stimulation. ---
**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, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/35 "2007-06-04T20:00:23Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] Anywho, I’m female and I can’t orgasm without physical stimulation. [/QUOTE] Thank goodness for that. I’d hate to think I was \*completely \* unnecessary. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/36 "2007-06-04T22:21:35Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] Thank goodness for that. I’d hate to think I was \*completely \* unnecessary. [/QUOTE] Don’t worry! I need someone to get stuff down from high places for me too! So you’re still needed, lover! ---
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/37 "2007-06-05T01:42:32Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] I want to know which muscles. Actually, my wife wants to know. -FrL- [/QUOTE] The PC (pubococcygeus) muscle, which is the focus of Kegel exercises. I can almost (almost . . . _allllmost_ . . . dangit) climax from fantasy and Kegel flexing without other physical stimulation. Since I see it’s possible for others, clearly all I need is more practice! ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/38 "2007-06-05T03:21:59Z")
Does the rope in gym class count? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/39 "2007-06-05T03:30:48Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] Some dude was laying on a beach towel next to him and they started flirting with each other. With no contact whatsoever, the dude “finished” as my friend watched. [/QUOTE] There’s a similar scene in the film and stage play _Bent_. (Though that takes place in a concentration camp, not on a beach, but two men bring each other to orgasm just by talking since they have been forbidden to come into contact with one another.) ---
**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 5, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/40 "2007-06-05T13:21:55Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] Don’t worry! I need someone to get stuff down from high places for me too! So you’re still needed, lover! [/QUOTE] Now I feel bad. I’m 5’5". [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576.md?page=3)