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Sexual Process, Act 3: Arousal (early, late & orgasm)
Sexual arousal is a dynamic interaction between sensory input (nerves), mind awareness (cognitive perception of arousal), and blood vessel engorgement. Because sexual arousal requires the functioning of our minds, our nerves, and our blood vessels, each of these parts must be healthy to function sexually. Small influences on any one of these systems can have very noticable effects, positively or negatively.
Part of the nerves of sexual arousal can be consciously controlled, as we always can make decisions and choose different behaviors (central nervous system). However part of the nerves at the foundation of all types of arousal can only be nudged a bit, and otherwise work automatically. This part of the nervous system is called the Autonomic Nervous System, and controls our heart rate, basic breathing rate, core temperature control, as well as the internal process of sexual arousal.
The process of arousal occurs over a period of time, so consider whether your question regards to the early just-getting-started-warm-up phase, the late how-do-I-keep-this-feeling-going phase, as well as issues of approaching, crossing and manipulating the orgasmic threshold.
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