# Total Body Orgasm **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 6, 2006, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-body-orgasm/338724 "2006-01-06T10:41:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-body-orgasm/338724/1 "2006-01-06T10:41:57Z")
IANAD, so I’m not sure how to phrase this properly, but here goes: Just like the brain receives a signal that the genital cells are in an orgasmic state (when we are having an orgasm), is it possible for it to receive a signal (via chemical or electromagnetic means) that the cells in the entire body are in an orgasmic state, or does there need to be some feedback mechanism with the cells to get to this state (and only genital cells have this particular feedback mechanism)? e.g. is it at all possible to fool the brain into thinking your elbow is coming? Would a Total Body Orgasm be too much for the brain/heart to handle? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-body-orgasm/338724/2 "2006-01-06T17:05:20Z")
The standard issue orgasm does reverberate throughout pretty much your whole body. What more could you want? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-body-orgasm/338724/3 "2006-01-06T18:18:28Z")
I’d hate to run the laundromat where you wash your linens. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-body-orgasm/338724/4 "2006-01-06T18:41:45Z")
I know of at least one other area of my body where I’ve felt sexual-like pleasure… > **[I cut my finger, and now it's a source of pleasure for me. How and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320997)** > > Some family friends brought over a toy school bus for my 18-month old son on Saturday. It was tied to the box with some hard wirey string. The wire was too hard to break so I decided to use a knife to cut it (couldn’t find the scissors). To make a... ---
**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-body-orgasm/338724/5 "2006-01-06T18:53:14Z")
> [@Jackknifed Juggernaut](#): > > I know of at least one other area of my body where I’ve felt sexual-like pleasure… > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320997](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320997) I don’t care how much time you spend here. The SDMB is _not_ an area of your body. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-body-orgasm/338724/6 "2006-01-06T19:29:17Z")
> [@Mathochist](#): > > I don’t care how much time you spend here. The SDMB is _not_ an area of your body. It is if you are SkyNet…