Paul_Chance
The Watcher
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How do you react to a sexual struggle? Does it depend on if your partner has the struggle or if you do?
I’ve found it very rare that sexual struggles are explicit and obvious, so the first step here, for me, is staying attuned to my partner and detecting when some sign of an internal struggle is rising up. When it happens, I’ll gently move away from whatever appears to be the triggering event. Then, I’ll file it away for discussion at a later time and place. I’ve found that stopping all sexual activity to address a struggle point is traumatic in its own right, and only layers trauma on trauma.
Have you or a partner ever had an orgasm issue - either too fast or too slow?
Of course, on all counts (both partners, both too fast and too slow).
How does it make you feel and how do you work around it?
It happens. It can be embarrassing. It can be funny. It can be tragic. There’s nothing inherently wrong with fast or slow orgasms. In my opinion you only need to discuss it with your partner if it is negatively impacting your relationship. If it’s just a one off, infrequent event, I’ll just ignore it and keep rolling. Successful relationships are about way more than sex, and sex itself is about way more than orgasms.
Do you ever have a body/brain mismatch - either your brain is ready to go but your body hasn’t caught up or vice versa?
Yes, that happens. I’ve found slowing down and letting the brain and body synch up helps. If they won’t, it’s the result of some serious issue going on, which needs to be addressed in its own time and space.
What’s something you wish you’d appreciated about sex when you were younger
I really appreciated sex when I was younger, so I have nothing in the sexual arena that I didn’t appreciate.
…and what’s one thing you appreciate more about sex now that you’re older?
I appreciate the sheer simple physical pleasure of it.
I’ve found it very rare that sexual struggles are explicit and obvious, so the first step here, for me, is staying attuned to my partner and detecting when some sign of an internal struggle is rising up. When it happens, I’ll gently move away from whatever appears to be the triggering event. Then, I’ll file it away for discussion at a later time and place. I’ve found that stopping all sexual activity to address a struggle point is traumatic in its own right, and only layers trauma on trauma.
Have you or a partner ever had an orgasm issue - either too fast or too slow?
Of course, on all counts (both partners, both too fast and too slow).
How does it make you feel and how do you work around it?
It happens. It can be embarrassing. It can be funny. It can be tragic. There’s nothing inherently wrong with fast or slow orgasms. In my opinion you only need to discuss it with your partner if it is negatively impacting your relationship. If it’s just a one off, infrequent event, I’ll just ignore it and keep rolling. Successful relationships are about way more than sex, and sex itself is about way more than orgasms.
Do you ever have a body/brain mismatch - either your brain is ready to go but your body hasn’t caught up or vice versa?
Yes, that happens. I’ve found slowing down and letting the brain and body synch up helps. If they won’t, it’s the result of some serious issue going on, which needs to be addressed in its own time and space.
What’s something you wish you’d appreciated about sex when you were younger
I really appreciated sex when I was younger, so I have nothing in the sexual arena that I didn’t appreciate.
…and what’s one thing you appreciate more about sex now that you’re older?
I appreciate the sheer simple physical pleasure of it.