07-10-2017, 01:53 PM
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#1 | | Newbie (male)
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| In dire need of help.
I'm not 100% sure if I should be posting this here or in the women's sex health forum but here it goes..
Just a little background before starting, my girlfriend has been masturbating for years. I am talking YEARS. It started when she was an infant from what she told me. Her mom took her to the doctor and he said that was normal(I don't find that normal) and that she found a way to self sooth to fall asleep. Well, she was masturbating since she was little all the way through her teens and even now. She was always able to orgasm when she masturbated.
We were talking for three months, and have been dating a little over 6. We have been sexually active those 6 months. She had one other sexual partner before me, but that pisses me off thinking about it due to what happened so lets not go there. Now for the most part in the beginning sex always hurt her. She was still very tight and sort of dry unless we used lube which helped. The issue is that she can not orgasm from anything but her own hand. We saw a sex therapist who recommended Sensate focus as well as using toys of which we did both. She purchased both a fake dong and a vibrator. She hates the way the fake dong feels and barely uses the vibrator. We have tried several different positions including on her side, on her stomach, bent over the bed as well as on top. But missionary seems to be the only one where she actually gets anything out of it. Now I know the statistics say 80% of women or so cant orgasm from penetration, which is okay. I just want her to orgasm from something else period. I have done everything that she has asked me to do, including oral of which I am not a fan of but at this point I am willing to do anything. We have done everything possible. Shes taken all kinds of vitamins to help, shes smoked weed which was supposed to help. Made it feel amazing but no orgasm. Right now we are at the point where she can masturbate using my hand and she can orgasm from that, but that's it. If I do it, nothing. I feel like its affecting our relationship. I'm trying my best. On a side note, I am not huge. But she says for her my size is perfect(I guess sometimes size doesn't matter lol) Whenever its discussed she breaks down and starts crying. Even when just cuddling in bed trying to go to sleep she starts crying. She feels broken. She wants to know why she cant enjoy the things other women do. I feel terrible, almost blaming myself. At one point I thought she would cheat on me because I wasn't making her orgasm. She said she would never do that, but the terrible things running through my mind at the time lead in that direction. I truly do not know what to do anymore. I've done everything, I've tried everything. I am at a total loss and feel like a failure. She thinks shes the only one who is affected by this when I am having amazing orgasms and shes sitting there unsatisfied. I keep telling her I wish I could transfer half of what I feel to her so she can feel it. Heck, I would give her 75% if it made her happy. Does anyone have any suggestions or anything? What can I do to help her? I personally feel, as well as other people that this is a psychological issue and that her body is so used to one thing that's all it wants. In a way she ruined sex for herself. We are trying to undo that damage. The therapist didn't agree with me which makes me question her credibility. But I truly don't know what to do here. If anyone can shed some light, if they had a similar issue and found a cure, please share. If any women are reading this, please comment as well. This is all I want, more than anything.
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07-10-2017, 03:06 PM
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#2 | | Senior Veteran (female)
Join Date: Jun 2010
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| Re: In dire need of help..
Dear NavrasX,
This is not about you. It is about her and is up to her.
Stop burdening her with how you feel about it.
You can drive her away with your own craziness. Let her be who she is.
She just needs to relax and she will figure herself out.
The human body is not a machine to turn on and off and make it do what we think it 'should' do.
The therapist is right.
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~ Ya Ya ~
Last edited by YaYagirl; 07-10-2017 at 03:06 PM.
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07-11-2017, 08:09 AM
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#3 | | Newbie (male)
Join Date: Jul 2017
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| Re: In dire need of help..
Maybe I miss worded something somewhere, I do not by any stretch of the imagination burden her with this. I never bring it up. She is the one who always brings it up and I get affected by it. You are right, this is about her, this is me trying to find ways to help her out. Time isn't the card she wants to play anymore. After all the money and time in research spent with zero results you would think she would start feeling like the way she does. I am asking for help on the issue and if anyone has any good advice.
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07-11-2017, 03:09 PM
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#4 | | Senior Veteran (female)
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| Re: In dire need of help..
Dear NavrasX,
I'm only responding to what you shared, this -
"Whenever its discussed she breaks down and starts crying. Even when just cuddling in bed trying to go to sleep she starts crying. She feels broken. She wants to know why she cant enjoy the things other women do. I feel terrible, almost blaming myself. At one point I thought she would cheat on me because I wasn't making her orgasm. She said she would never do that, but the terrible things running through my mind at the time lead in that direction. I truly do not know what to do anymore. I've done everything, I've tried everything. I am at a total loss and feel like a failure."
First, you have dated six months and hardly know each other and also are not in a committed (married) relationship, and you and she feels like failures. That is not a good foundation for a lasting relationship. It IS a foundation for resentment to build, even if for now neither of you resent the other.
And already you admit you let her know you are afraid she will cheat because she has this issue. There is no strength of commitment in this relationship and you admitted you are afraid you will lose her over her own sexuality issue. It isn't a problem unless you make it one. Everyone is different, has a different background and is satisfied in different ways.
That you state that you feel like a failure says that you think it is your job to 'give' an orgasm. They can't be given. They have to be relaxed in to.
That you both are trying to make it happen and you are so focused on orgasm makes the whole person fade into the background. From your own words it appears that the only thing that matters is her orgasm. Good grief! That puts a huge pressure on both of you.
If you want this to work out you need to stop trying to fix her, and change the subject, just have fun together and forgot about what the two of you made into this huge problem. For sexuality to work for both of you, it takes time, a lot of time....you barely know each other. This is not a time to try to make her into someone different.
You need to accept her the way she is or let her go. Don't make her feel she is defective.
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07-11-2017, 05:23 PM
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#5 | | Facilitator (female)
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia
Posts: 5,369
| Re: In dire need of help..
Yay a is totally right. I second everything she says, and add that you are being very judgemental about her masturbation history. Your attitude is the biggest problem you have. If you back off and let her bring her method freely and welcomely into your lovemaking, then it is likely she will eventually relax enough to respond to other activities. Stop making her feel that her orgasms are in some way illegitimate- you are ruining it for her. Give her time and roll back the blame amd judgement mentality. Even if you don't "bring it up " you cannot hide attitude like this in intimacy; she will know what you feel. Sera
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