CONSTANT persistent arousal

[pinkypie677]

please help, ive been feeling constantly aroused for a month or so now. I havent been thinking of sexual things to begin with. i had a history with masturbation but i quit now, and porn too.

but recently ive been feeling sudden arousal down there. not mentally, and i feel the absolute NEED to reach an orgasm. at first i tried to calm it down but i accidentally came anyways. then another time i ended up masturbating to calm it down. i lasted 27 seconds, then i came. but it came back after a week.

i dont know whats wrong with me, i cant get it to stop. i feel the need to come when the arousal starts. it starts with anything - sitting down, walking, in a car. and i feel so weird and like i cannot be at peace. when i am aroused, i feel the need to do anything to have it resolved, even if it means in public. obviously, i dont, and ive still been trying not to masturbate anymore.

i used ice once, to ice on my clit, but i ended up having an involuntary orgasm. i dont know whats wrong with me or how to deal with it, and it feels like orgasm is the only way out and the chore.

[Heather]

Hi there, pinkypie. I'm sorry that you've been so uncomfortable.

Sometimes during puberty people experience phases like this, so there isn't necessarily anything wrong with you. Given your age, it's most likely this is just about some hormonal changes, and will probably be temporary. It also sounds like if you are no longer masturbating -- if it's something you are trying to "quit" for whatever reason -- that this may be because you trying very hard not to think about or do that has had the opposite effect on your brain and your body, something that can happen when people try to quit anything, be it a behaviour or a substance.

Can I ask why masturbation is something you're treating as something to quit rather than, like rubbing a muscle when it's sore, for instance, as something neutral you do when it feels good and something you don't do when you're not interested in doing it or it doesn't feel good?

[pinkypie677]

Religion. I defintely can tell that with me, masturbation has a chokehold on me also and interrupts my way of life so now I stopped.

But the persistent arousal is really testing my patience and making it so hard, and also i cannot understand why i am aroused when im not mentally. just physically.

My vagina can just feel like its being masturbated randomly

[Heather]

My best guess is that if this is not about hormones, this is more likely psychological than physiological, given that there is a religious basis to this change, especially if it involves the belief that masturbation isn’t okay. Most often, things like this have a psychological basis, especially if they aren’t just about hormone changes.

I’m so sorry this is like this for you, though, and I would keep an eye on it. If this keeps up like this for another month or so — or at any point that you want to, which may be sooner given how disruptive this has been to your life and well-being — I would suggest checking in with an OB/GYN. This *could* be physiological, it is rare but possible, and if so, it could be about a neurological issue or pelvic floor issue, too.