I’ve had many, many enemas but also about 10 colonics with an old-school closed colonic system and am going to guess individuals’ mileage will vary greatly on if a colonic can yield the same pleasures as an enema.
There are different types of colonics, speculum sizes, and means of insertion. I did have the kind of colonic I think most likely to trigger good feelings.
Speaking only for my experience, the colonics were received before I hit puberty and were administered by a very considerate and knowledgeable woman. They involved a digital rectal examination and insertion of a large speculum that, today in the hands of an attractive man might indeed have given me all sorts of conflicted pleasure.
The colonics I had also included a fair amount of abdominal massage; if given today by someone I found attractive I think I’d enjoy that, too, although some of it was vigorous in a way that I’m sure would read as unsexy. I sometimes love the feeling of having my belly pressed, palpated, or massaged; in contrast, having someone cup and shake my filled intestine during a colonic read as a weird clinical necessity. (It does work; when I’m in a bad IBS place and can tell right-sided constipation is in play, I’ve brought this practice into my self-administered enemas, but it’s a desperate measure.)
The colon hydrotherapist did not touch the small of my back, although in enema sessions I have found back massage fantastic for helping to relax my abdomen to take more water deeply or allow smoother expulsion. It also just feels comforting and great.
The colonic process was in a very clinical setting and context, and if I were lucky enough to encounter this today I would never want to impose on a professional. I’m sure I would be likely to keep any feelings as private as possible, although the body has obvious ways of betraying this.
I did not personally find the fills in my colonics particularly notable. For safety, administrators are supposed to watch the pressure and not take it too high. I’m going to guess any individual fill did not exceed more than 1.5 quarts, maybe 2, but there were a lot of fills and releases, and sometimes my therapist would play with water temperature, going cooler to stimulate a stronger release.
Expulsion after a colonic seemed to take longer than after an enema. It wasn’t painful and never made me feel sick, but the volume left in me after a session ended did not reach the kind of gentle colon-stretching needed to start a good, continuous release.
Enemas can of course be in whatever setting you want. With a giver, an enema in bed can be a wonderful pleasure.
Half of this board is about how enemas cannot be with whomever you want, but the chance of having an enemate you’re attracted to is at least present. Failing that, there are other solo activities.
Enemas can begin with as much rectal examination and lubrication as you prefer, and nozzle variety is such that if you like a feeling of stretching or fullness, you can have it. There’s also the possibility of deeper stimulation with a colon tube, which I sometimes like the feeling of.
The fill with an enema reads as more intense and pleasant for me. The sensation of my distended belly, within reason and safety, is a plus.
The use of massage, even very clinical massage, can be much more liberal with an enema. Your giver can rock your hips to diffuse cramps, rub your lower back and sacral nerves, and massage your abdomen lightly or deeply. Then there are other possibilities.
An enema has more coaching opportunities. I like my giver to talk me through rough patches and help me take more water if I need it. Bonus points if he can guide me to inhale or exhale to maximize the impact of massage. I find this clinically helpful but also regard that kind of knowledge and finesse inherently attractive.
(As a side note, as a person with IBS, I find myself using enemas in situations in which a colonic practitioner would consider a colonic clinically counterindicated and, I’m sure, would turn me away. Many aspects of my IBS can mimic appendicitis, to the point that early on I had a full emergency department workup with multiple examinations, an X-ray, and ultimately a double-contrast CT to rule it out. I’m careful and will make a doctor’s appointment if I have a fever with my abdominal pain, or will watch localized pain that lasts for more than a day, and will not try an enema. But if everything feels to me like my typical IBS, I will look to an enema to get me out of pain. Which I then find to be a sensual enema after the pain ends.)
I find expelling a good enema easier than expelling the remainder of a colonic. I personally cannot achieve a good expulsion unless my whole colon fills and is under a comfortable pressure that stretches it slightly, as I always aim for with my enema volumes.
While I’d love to add colonics to my IBS avoidance arsenal and might find certain aspects enticing with certain practitioners, I think the enema wins for me as the much more sensual procedure in the right hands and settings.