07/09/2025
PARASYMPATHETIC LO******NG
There are two pathways possible when entering into the realms of erotic arousal.
Broadly the main pathway indulged and promoted by most of the world is what I would call sympathetic.
You know it.
Hot lustful kissing turning into clothes ripping, hard thrusting, full friction, bed shaking and collapse in a sweaty mess.
It always amazes me how in movies and shows characters go from that first kiss to ripping each others clothes off, with the cliched knock something off a table and/or slam against a wall, in like 15 seconds.
Granted it is hot.
It can cause that little stir inside, a little pelvic rock of pleasure and anticipation.
The thing about this pathway of lo******ng, however, is that it requires intensity.
High levels of excitation are required to generate the blood flow necessary for full engorgement and moistening.
Hence the clothes ripping, grabbing, thrusting nature of it.
Hence why addiction to the seeming delights of the adult entertainment industry is such a big problem for many men.
Because, like any thrill seeker… you always need more.
More intensity. More excitement. More heat.
It’s why lo******ng can be so passionate at the beginning of a relationship and then lead to diminishment of desire over time.
It’s hard to continue to generate an ever increasing supply of intensity… especially when you throw kids, jobs, financial stress, familiarity and all the other normal things of life into the mix.
The other pathway, parasympathetic arousal, is fuelled by an entirely different kind of energy.
Safety.
This is the kind of arousal that occurs when you feel so safe, so secure, so stable that your heart opens, your body relaxes, you can just be you in all your beauty and uniqueness.
Arousal from this place is effortless.
It doesn’t require intensity, excitement, friction.
This is the kind of arousal that occurs when your partner smiles at you with loving eyes, and you know they are truly there for you, and you are safe and you don’t have to do anything special to be wanted and loved and then… so naturally, so easily… your body is turned on.
I’ve found that the more safety I develop both in myself and my relationship, the easier it is to find my arousal.
There is no striving. No effort. No need to create any special conditions.
This isn’t “let’s light candles, stare into each others eyes for an inordinate amount of time with the requisite ambient music in the background for long full body massages before special ta***ic lo******ng”.
I mean sure, that’s nice and I’m all for it sometimes when there is time.
Yet this is much simpler.
It’s simply a body that responds to safety as the biggest turn-on.
We can entirely rewire the erotic nature of our nervous system.
In my opinion it’s worth it.
More lo******ng.
More safety.
More love.
~Damien Bohler
Damien Bohler
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