All you need to know about sexual response cycle

Pleasure and climax are all you think when having sex with someone. In all honesty, that’s what it all is about.

Having sex with your partner is one of the best feelings in the world and it definitely induces a cycle of sexual reactions that makes you feel incredibly good. You may know sex as the final act of pleasure where orgasms at the last take the pedestal. But interestingly, there are different phases during sex that are altogether known as sexual response cycle.

Understanding the sexual response cycle can present you with better chances of arriving at an orgasm. You will be quite informed about how you or your partner can approach sex in a never-before-graphic understandable way. Let’s now understand the different stages in a sexual response cycle.

Anticipation or desire

This stage is where you still haven’t touched your partner but you’re thinking about them or slowly starting to get the feels. Your partner might approach you by kissing you slowly and that’s when the desire starts to pool in.

Excitement or arousal

This is when you slowly start to feel aroused or pleasurable. Your heart rate increases, there’s increased blood flow and chills all over the body. There is also increased blood flow to your genitals that gets you set for the next phase.

Plateau

This is a highly pleasurable point during sex when certain actions in repetition make you feel extremely good. If your partner continues to appreciate your actions, then they are definitely experiencing this phase because it is slowly building up to climax.

Orgasm

When there’s a sudden blast from the pleasure build-up for some while now, it’s definitely orgasm. And the feeling is undeniably euphoric. This is usually followed by extreme moaning or grunts of pleasure that mark the end of an orgasm.

Resolution

This is the stage after an orgasm where your private parts are very sensitive at the moment. Additionally, your heart rate relaxes and returns to normal. You and your partner will need some time to get back to the point where you both can attempt another round of love-making.