Orgasms can be elusive, leaving us O-so frustrated. While not every love-making session has to end in a climax for it to be a good time, it’s definitely an added bonus. But just 65% of heterosexual women usually orgasm during sex (compared to 95% of men).
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But there are ways to increase your chances – and we aren’t just talking about sex toys or clitoral stimulation. Introducing, interoception. Never heard of it? Interoception is defined as ‘the sense of the internal condition of the body’. Basically if you’re interoceptive, you’re in-tune with the sensations occurring beneath the surface.
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There are some interoceptive sensations we probably all notice, like your stomach rumbling to signal hunger, or feeling a full bladder when you need to use the bathroom. But some are less obvious. Psychosexual therapist Ness Cooper explains to Metro: ‘Examples of these sensations in daily life include pins and needles, feeling your pulse increase as you walk and feeling liquid running through your body as you drink it.
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‘During sex, you might notice your body temperature change in certain parts, your heart rate increase and your breathing get shallower.’. If you’re wondering what this has to do with orgasms, a new study from the Journal of Brain Sciences found that increased interoceptive awareness was associated with higher orgasm frequency and satisfaction for women, non-binary people and trans men.
