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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
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#1 I was forty-six, and I was in a relationship with a man who was extremely well suited to me in various ways. But I began to notice a change: I was losing sensation inside my body, and my postcoital rush of good emotional and physical feelings was no longer following the physical pleasure I had certainly experienced.
#2 I was so panicked about the loss of the emotional aspects of my life and my sexuality that I went to see a gynecologist, who diagnosed me with numbness from nerve compression. I was relieved to learn that I would never lose the ability to have an orgasm from the clitoris.
#3 I met with Dr. Cole at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, which he helps to lead. He explained that the new set of x-rays revealed what the matter with me was. I had been born with a mild version of spina bifida, in which the spinal vertebrae never develop completely. The blow from 20 years before had cracked the already fragile and incompletely formed vertebrae.
#4 The doctor explained that I had been extremely lucky never to have experienced any symptoms until then. I would need to consider surgery to fuse the vertebrae, and to relieve the pressure on the nerve.

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Publié par	Everest Media LLC
Date de parution	13 mars 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781669353256
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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#1

I was forty-six, and I was in a relationship with a man who was extremely well suited to me in various ways. But I began to notice a change: I was losing sensation inside my body, and my postcoital rush of good emotional and physical feelings was no longer following the physical pleasure I had certainly experienced.

#2

I was so panicked about the loss of the emotional aspects of my life and my sexuality that I went to see a gynecologist, who diagnosed me with numbness from nerve compression. I was relieved to learn that I would never lose the ability to have an orgasm from the clitoris.

#3

I met with Dr. Cole at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, which he helps to lead. He explained that the new set of x-rays revealed what the matter with me was. I had been born with a mild version of spina bifida, in which the spinal vertebrae never develop completely. The blow from 20 years before had cracked the already fragile and incompletely formed vertebrae.

#4

The doctor explained that I had been extremely lucky never to have experienced any symptoms until then. I would need to consider surgery to fuse the vertebrae, and to relieve the pressure on the nerve.

#5

The author was lucky to find a neurosurgeon who was able to fix her damaged pelvic nerve, which allowed her to regain the lost aspects of her mind and her creative life.

#6

After my pelvic nerve was fixed, I was able to make love again. But I was still not completely recovered, and I was scared to find out what would happen to my mind.

#7

The vagina is the entrance to the female sex organs, and it is typically defined as the parts we can see and touch on the surface of our bodies, between our legs. However, the real activity is far more complex than this.

#8

The female pelvic neural network is much more complex than the male pelvic neural network, and it is this complexity that explains why women experience pleasure from so many different parts of their bodies. The pornographic model of intercourse, which is quick, goal-oriented, and focused on stimulation of only a few areas of a woman’s body, does not satisfy many women.

#9

The clitoris, as well as the nerves that originate there, may be more innervated than the vagina. This may lead to a woman liking clitoral stimulation a lot and not getting as much from penetration.

#10

A woman’s sexual response involves entering an altered state of consciousness. The autonomic nervous system, which controls all the smooth muscle contractions in your body, is involved in arousal. The brain and the ANS affect each other, and this creates a feedback loop that determines a woman’s responses to the stimulation provided by her lover.

#11

The ideal activation of the ANS in women is when they are eager for lovemaking and able to experience it in all its dimensions. The process requires attention and time, and relaxation enhances it.

#12

The female brain can only be activated and brought to orgasm through a safe and secure trance state. This means that you must feel safe from bad stress in order for your body to enter a trance state and experience ecstasy.

#13

The brain-uterus connection is not weird at all, as the same sexual energy that gets the baby in is best at getting it out. The same neurology and biochemistry that is involved in childbirth is also involved in lactation.

#14

When a woman feels threatened or unsafe, her sympathetic nervous system, the parasympathetic nervous system’s partner in the ANS, kicks in. This system regulates the fight or flight response: as adrenaline and catecholamines are released in the brain, nonessential systems such as sexual response close down.

#15

The difference in our bodies’ responses to different types of touch may be one of the most significant reasons that so many sexual approaches between men and women in long-term relationships fail. Men often drop those seductive words and touches once the relationship is secure.

#16

When it comes to the female brain and the female body, it becomes clear that these gestures, touches, kisses, and words aren’t extras. They are integral parts of the activation of the female ANS, and in turn these words and gestures tell the female brain that this is a safe sexual environment.

#17

The autonomic nervous system connects the genitals to the lower spinal cord, which in turn connects to the brain. The brain stem, located above the hypothalamus, controls all the emotions and hormones in your body.

#18

The network underlying our clitorises, vulvas, and vaginas is extremely powerful. It is not the vagina itself but that network underneath everything that leads us to feel what we feel.

#19

The Masters and Johnson model of sex is being challenged by new science that finds that female sexuality is far from being simply a female version of male sexuality. The vagina and brain cannot be fully considered separately, and women’s subjective sense of arousal must be measured in mind, not just body.

#20

I began to notice that many women writers between 1850 and 1920, such as the British Victorian lyric poet Christina Rossetti, American novelist Kate Chopin, and French memoirist Anaïs Nin, wrote about female sexual passion as if it were an overwhelming force that made short work of will and self-possession.

#21

The artist Georgia O’Keeffe wrote to her love object, Arthur Whittier McMahon, in 1915, It seems so strange – not to give myself – when I want to. Love is great to give. .

#22

The same arc appears in the lives of many great women artists, writers, and revolutionaries: a flowing of creative insight and vision seems to follow a sexual flowering.

#23

The connection between freedom and creativity is clear. Many of the great women artists, writers, and revolutionaries experienced a sexual awakening along with other kinds of awakening, such as social and artistic risk-taking.

#24

I spoke to a group of brilliant young women at a university about the connections between the vagina, orgasm, and confidence. One woman, an historian, said that after great sex she felt like she could do anything.

#25

The author went to a retreat in India where women were discussing their sexual and romantic lives. She was amazed to learn that all female mammals have a clitoris, and that they all experience great sexual pleasure.

#26

I learned that many women had experienced a connection between their sexual well-being and their confidence levels and creative lives. I met an actress who said that she was a Method actor, and that her orgasms changed while she was onstage performing.

#27

I began collecting answers from women in my Facebook community who had experienced a profound sexual experience. They spoke of unusually profound orgasms, which gave them a sense of power and energy. They also spoke of self-love and the world sparkling.

#28

What was transformative for women in those profound sexual experiences was not just the quantity of orgasmic fireworks, but the quality of the orgasm itself, and the confidence and creativity it unleashed.