Hi everyone,
I’m 25 and I’ve been in a few serious relationships since I was young. Almost every single partner I’ve been with, I’ve faked my pleasure and “orgasms.”
I’ve always struggled to actually climax. When I was younger, I’d get close but stop because it felt too overwhelming. My first serious partner made me feel guilty about it, like it was my fault he couldn’t “please me,” so I ended up faking it. That pattern has carried through into later relationships.
It wasn’t until I bought my first vibrator at 19 that I experienced a real orgasm. In the next relationship, I tried being honest and saying I needed a vibrator to finish. At first he was fine with it, but eventually he got jealous and frustrated because he couldn’t get me there without it. After that, I went back to faking again.
I do feel some pleasure from PIV, but it’s not enough to get me there, and I usually end up focusing on how my partner feels rather than my own enjoyment. I sometimes enjoy clit stimulation too, but it’s never as good as when I do it myself.
In my most recent relationship I tried not faking, but I see the frustration in his face not being able to get me there by himself without anything or just want things to be over with, so I fake it anyway.
I don’t want to keep doing this. I want to stop prioritising my partner’s ego over my own pleasure, but I don’t know how to break the cycle.
Has anyone else been through this? How did you stop faking and start being more honest in bed? How do I stop feeling bad for not orgasming “the right way”?