Persistent Genital Arousal Syndrome is apparently an actual medical condition, and even though it sounds like great fun for everyone involved, one 37-year-old man from Wisconsin says it’s ruining his life.
Dale Decker says he first realized he was suffering from PGAS in 2012 after he slipped a disk in his back and, as a result, had five orgasms in the car on the way to the hospital. Since then, Decker claims the condition has given him 100 orgasms per day, none of which are satisfying in the least.
Decker tells Barcroft TV that he’s “completely disgusted” by his abundance of orgasms, and that it makes him “never want to have another” as long as he lives. “There’s nothing pleasurable about it because even though it might feel physically good — you’re completely disgusted by what’s going on.”
Though he doesn’t appear to be suffering from suicidal tendencies, he adds that “suicide is always a concern when people suffer from this condition — they feel like there’s no other way to escape it.”
The condition is apparently also tricky to hide, which has left Decker unemployed as a result. “If you’re in public, if you’re in front of kids — it’s disgusting and it can break you real fast,” he said. “It happened to me at the grocery store and when it was over, there were around 150 people looking straight at me — why would I leave the house when something like this can happen?”
He describes another story, which may or may not have (?) happened to him:
“Imagine being on your knees at your father’s funeral beside his casket, saying goodbye to him — and then you have nine orgasms right there while your whole family is standing behind you.”
In the interview below, Decker and his wife explain how the condition has put a strain on their marriage. According to them, there doesn’t appear to be an available solution for PGAS yet.
Check it out below (and FYI, yes, Dale is having several orgasms in the clip):
Xzamilio
Hell yeah, I’d be disgusted by having that many orgasms a day… that’s not even something that should be joked about. That would get freaking distressing and annoying as hell after a while… especially for years on end. I hope he does find a solution. Sex should be one of the most pleasurable things we have as humans, not the most torturous.
RIGay
Ya know… I feel exactly the same way about blogging!
Stache99
@RIGay: How insensitive. This man is suffering and you’re comparing his torture to this? Even though I agree with you it’s still very bad taste.
NateB79
That would be hell, literally. I feel terrible for him. I hope someone can help him.
doug105
Closest a healthy person might come to experiencing this would be a long sneezing fit?
slippy
I get the same thing when I’ve got fresh batteries in my butt plug …..oops here goes # 57 and its not noon yet
Milk
If he change his outlook on sex, it will help tremendously emotionally and psychologically. The fact that he feel ashamed is a huge boulder to lift off.
Sammy Schlipshit
Does he ejaculate each time as well?
If so, that would certainly add to the problem of public attacks.
Alan down in Florida
Since it occurs independently from normal stimuli I’m surprised no one has put him in an MRI and monitor his brain and body while he is experiencing an episode. It must be devastating.
NiceNCool1
Orgasms are only great when you are the one that controls when they happen.
Merv
Am I the only one skeptical? Are we sure this isn’t a hoax or Onion type story?
Ummmm Yeah
@Merv: His organsm seem to be pretty intense. It seemed fake to me too.
Lvng1tor
@Merv: It is a real condition and the original write up was in the NY Post. While not the Times it isn’t the World News Weekly. Other write ups of other people online sound horrific.
nemesis9
My question is, why is this on Queerty?
Billy Budd
Yeah, this has nothing to do with gays.
Mykaels
The condition is real, and it is a nightmare. But there are treatments for him, and they are well known treatments, though he possibly cannot afford them.
Daggerman
..what the hell is going on here? For one I do not believe any adult can have that many orgasms a day, I mean how/where do they find the time?? And even if a man could have that amount he would be completely depleted of all energy and it wouldn’t surprise me if he then had a heart attack!! So