Inner Work
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Could Ethical Porn Help You Unlock Your Desires?
Trigger Warning: Themes of hypersexualization, sexual assault, and child sexual abuse. For many of us, our only experiences with the world of porn are walking…
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A Letter To Vaginismus
Dear vaginismus, I don’t even know where to start this letter. When I think of you, I feel a lot, and it’s quite difficult to…
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Botox Injections Alone Helped Me Overcome Vaginismus, Said No One Ever
If I were to ask you about your thoughts on Botox you would probably assume I was asking about whether you would get it in…
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Vaginismus Surgery: Is A Hymenectomy A Good Idea?
Many fellow vaginismus sisters around the world are told that their experience of painful sex would go away with one seemingly magical surgical procedure to…
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My Broken Vagina Has Me At A Loss For Words
I just finished reading Fran Bushe’s memoir, My Broken Vagina, and wow. I’m almost at a loss for words. I had to wait 8 months…
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I Made A Promise To Love My Body: Eden’s Story
“I have been dealing with vaginismus for roughly two and a half years now. This is a condition that involves a painful contraction of the…
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Navigating Childhood Trauma
Trigger warning: this story is about abuse. I’ve written about my little girls in white, all safe in their white rooms along the corridor who…
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The Emotional Toll of Chronic Pain
I’ve spent a lot of time defining and explaining the terminology involved in various pelvic pain conditions, but what about the emotional side? Not only…
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Mr. Savage And The Chair
Trigger warning: this story is about abuse. It happened in the living room chair most of the time, in every house we lived in. In…
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A Letter To My Vagina
In honor of Valentine’s Day I want to take a moment to write a letter to my vagina, inspired by @vaginismus_girl. I’ve seen this as…
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TMJ Disorder: Pain And Tension In The Jaw
Did you know that there is a link between TMJ and vaginismus? As many as 90% of women with Vaginismus also have TMJ like issues…
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You Left Me Here
Trigger warning: this story is about abuse. I always thought I knew and remembered everything, with vivid detail, about my childhood. I even remembered things…