Orgasms are a complex psychophysiological response.

Yes, some orgasms can feel bad.

Others actually described their orgasms as painful.

Kelly Gonsalves

Feeling pressured to orgasm can ruin the experience.

The psychological effects of a bad orgasm.

Reframing the way we talk about orgasms.

Orgasmscanfeel very good, but we shouldn’t assume that’salwaysthe case.

All it means is that your body had a physical, natural response to a certain set of stimuli.

We need to make space for the wide array of sexual experiences people have.