16 Women Explain Just How Weird It Is To Have An Accidental Orgasm

1. “I was in gymnastics in middle school and had one just hanging from the bars. At the time I had no idea what had happened, just that it felt amazing. I tried to make it happen again for weeks. Years later, I masturbated for the first time and I was like ‘oh, that’s what that was!'”

—Jenny, 22

2. “I was at home one day reading and I sneezed three times in one of those rapid fire sneeze sessions where you’re totally out of control. I then had an orgasm and fell of my chair. Best part was that the sneezes were snotty so there I was halfway on the floor having an orgasm with snot on my hand.”

—Addison, 29

3. “Untangling myself from a blanket wrapped between my legs on an airplane. I was 19 and felt so naughty at the time. Then I found out about the ‘mile high club’ and realized what a loser I was for thinking I’d done the naughtiest thing on a plane that had ever been done.”

—Evelyn, 26

4. “When I was holding in a rowdy poo in my Econ 101 class my freshman year. It was horrifying. I haven’t had to work so hard to control my body since then and yes, I managed to hold it cause I’m a boss like that but that was an intensely anxious 30 seconds where I wasn’ t sure if I was in heaven or hell.”

—Sarah,

5. “Horseback. I was on the equestrian team in high school and running my horse through some easy jumps and he got a little spooked by something and sped way up for a second. Anyway, something in the rhythm change made me rub a certain way and suddenly I was hanging on for dear life as I had the weirdest orgasm ever. I couldn’t look that horse in the eye for a week after and I felt totally exposed by having that happen in front of my teammates.”

—Mila, 24

6. “On one of those sling shot rides at the fair where you’re tossed into the air and go up and down. I came so hard from that I lost a sandal. My friend was cracking up the whole time and she’s never let me live it down. It wasn’t actually unwelcome at all for me though. We were basically in private and she was my bestie. I thought it was hilarious more than anything.”

—Eva, 23

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7. “I was doing crunches at the gym my freshman year of college and really getting into them, working up a sweat, getting my strong on when I had an incredibly intense orgasm in front of about twenty people. I pretended that I’d gotten a really bad cramp instead but it was still mortifying.”

—Audrey, 21

8. “Riding my bike. I was 7. I was horrified and I told my mom that something had stung my privates since I didn’t have any other words to use because I was seven years old. I don’t remember how it felt now so much as I just remember thinking that maybe something was wrong with me.”

—Ellie, 28

9. “My Sophomore year of college I was crushing super hard on my Medieval Lit professor and of course my mind used to…wander in class pretty much all the time. Let’s just say I’d constructed a scenario so awesome that I got off right there and started gasping and people started looking at me. So, I forced this coughing fit to try to cover up the orgasm. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to do it again since although I’d prefer it didn’t happen in class again, ever. #noragrats.”

—Chloe, 24

10. “I started doing yoga seriously about ten years ago and one year, out of absolutely nowhere, I had an extremely intense orgasm at the end of a class. Literally let out an ‘ooooh’ surrounded by people. Thankfully my studio is super chill. The teacher actually laughed and clapped and then other students started laughing and clapping. It was actually pretty awesome.”

—Alexis, 31

11. “It’s silly but I had my first accidental orgasm after reading an article about kegel exercises in Cosmo. I was determined to have the strongest vag in the world and so I went in really intensely did tons of them every day for a few days. The great thing about kegels is that you can do them anywhere so I’d do them on the metro going to and from work. Well, wouldn’t you know it, I have this completely unexpected and earth shattering orgasm during my commute home and I end up bending over in my seat and pulling my hoodie over my head. I’m sure everyone else thought I was about to puke everywhere but I was in my own world.

Totally unplanned but kegels are magic.”

—Vicki, 26

12. “I had an orgasm while pooping. It wasn’t fun at all. It was like eating a delicious piece of fruit with your head hanging over a full trash can.”

—Jamie, 24

13. “My first orgasm was also an accidental one. I was twelve. I went to church camp every summer and they had a high ropes course there that required you to wear a harness. There’s nothing like experiencing the most intense pleasure you’ve ever felt while suspended forty feet in the air with your youth pastor belaying you and telling you ‘everything’s okay’ because he thinks you’re freaking out about falling.”

—Piper, 25

14. “I was fourteen and four wheeling with my 17-year-old cousin (a girl) and I’m sitting behind her on the seat as we come off the top of this hill. She didn’t know it was going to be as big a drop as it was and we hit, bang, bang, bang. She managed to keep us from wrecking but when we came to a stop I had this kind of moaning death grip on her. So, my first orgasm was scary in two ways.”

—Julia, 20

15. “I cheered in college and had this super weird orgasm doing splits in practice one day. I mean, I’d done a billion splits in high school and college and it had never happened then ‘bang’ I have one in practice. Unfortunately, I tend to pee a little bit when I have an orgasm sometimes so I sprinted into the locker room. No one really noticed but it was one of the more confusing experiences of my life. Orgasms aren’t all fun and games!”

—Camilla, 24

16. “I haven’t thought about this in years but when I was in the 10th grade I was at a water park during summer break and they had this one hugely tall slide. It was the kind that you had to wait like a half hour in line to get to go down. Well, my turn arrives and I head down the slide with my legs slightly apart for balance and all this water is just rushing up and up and up and within seconds I was having this leg shaking orgasm. When I got to the bottom I’m sure I just flopped into the pool like a dead body because I was so relaxed. Talking to my friends later I absolutely wasn’t the only one who’d gotten that surprise.”

—Kaitlyn, 26