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Podcast: Doing It Together: Making Sense of Low Libido, Sex, and Intimacy in Marriage.
Episode: The Right To Say 'No' To Painful Sex - with Anna | Ep. 64
Description: If you've ever dealt with painful or uncomfortable sex, this episode is a must listen.
For years, Anna tolerated the trauma of painful intercourse. She describes the pain as feeling like rug burn for hours afterward.
She was eventually diagnosed with vaginismus. Although she found pelvic floor therapy helpful, she didn't feel understood by her therapist and was left feeling even more sexually broken. Her sexual experiences were shadowed in anxiety, fear, shame, and guilt.
Her experience in Wanting It More allowed Anna to...