What is gooning during masturbation?

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What is gooning during masturbation?
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You know how an orgasm usually goes, right? It starts with those little shivers, then the heat builds, your heartbeat picks up, everything's racing and boom, it peaks, and then everything just drops. Curtain closed, shows over. But picture this. What if you stayed right before that point of no return, stretching out the pleasure, teasing it, keeping it going and going? Well, that's basically what's behind a technique that's getting more and more popular in masturbation. It's called gooning.
Gooning is when you masturbate but deliberately delay orgasm for as long as possible. The moment you feel yourself about to tip over, you slow it down or even stop completely. Take a breather and then start again. Now, if you're thinking, wait, isn't that edging? You're not totally wrong. Edging is when you push yourself right to the brink, or the edge, and hold off. But gooning takes that and cranks it way up, sometimes for hours, until you lose track of time entirely and drop into a kind of trance-like state. Where did it come from? metro.co.uk ran a feature on gooning in January 2024, reporting on the fact that Sensuali's kink index had shown an increase of 778% in Google searches for gooning over the previous five years. They interviewed sex expert Ness Cooper for the feature, who explained that in BDSM relationships, gooning is an activity often given to submissives by their dominant. Other reports suggest that gooning really took off just before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, when we were all spending a lot more time indoors and on our own than we probably would have liked.
The whole idea is slow, almost hypnotic stimulation, keeping the arousal building without ever tipping into orgasm. Are there any downsides to gooning? Well, if you're going to try it, Ness Cooper recommends taking care of your body while you do. That means taking breaks and shifting positions so you don't strain your muscles, especially your pelvic floor or glutes. You should also switch up your stimulation so you don't numb one spot. If you start feeling any discomfort or oversensitivity, that's your cue to take a break or stop completely. There you have it. Now you know what gooning is. In under three minutes, we answer your questions and help you understand the true meaning behind the trends, concepts and acronyms that are making headlines. Listen along and you will really know for sure.