Currently studying to become a Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist in training and supervision, Innsbruck
Just as men and women are different, the craving for security on one hand and on the other hand the longing for freedom appear to be opposites. Sexuality starts with approaching one another with increasing tension culminating in sensual coupling accompanied by the most intense senses of pleasure. Seen purely physiologically, the orgasm is a foreign reflex which, psychologically seen, is used as a drive release. However, in our subjective experiences during the orgasm, we find ourselves completely united with the world, opposites appear to no longer exist, one can even have a spiritual experience. In this moment, we feel healthy, strong, superior, potent…., although at the same time we feel completely exposed and unprotected. A complex and existential coupling therefore takes place. It is precisely in this that the fascination, the mystery and, finally, the uncertainty regarding sexuality are founded.