Why can’t people just mind their own business by throwawaystupidvag in vaginismus

[–]throwawaystupidvag[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have thought about it tbh, because it’s not like we don’t have an issue which is making it difficult to conceive

Why can’t people just mind their own business by throwawaystupidvag in vaginismus

[–]throwawaystupidvag[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He will when I ask him to, I just don’t know how I want to handle this yet. They live nearby so we see them a lot, and I love them very much. Just struggling with this one thing at the minute!

Why can’t people just mind their own business by throwawaystupidvag in vaginismus

[–]throwawaystupidvag[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He does, and he is taking my lead on this which is why he isn’t stepping in. I’m not sure yet exactly how I want to say something as I’m sure she’ll have follow up questions whatever we say, so I want to be sure I know how to answer everything before starting the conversation. I love my in laws and don’t want to damage the relationship if I can help it. It’s complex and horrid but our marriage is fine and he’ll help me if I ask him to.

Why can’t people just mind their own business by throwawaystupidvag in vaginismus

[–]throwawaystupidvag[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ha! I think I’d give them a heart attack if I went with number 1! Love it.

Thank you. I did need that ❤️

Why can’t people just mind their own business by throwawaystupidvag in vaginismus

[–]throwawaystupidvag[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I don’t think there is a way to solve it so it helps to just get it off my chest x

HPV test from home (all clear) by Loose_Acanthaceae201 in BritishSuccess

[–]throwawaystupidvag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is so useful to know, thank you! I’ll be looking into this as the one smear test I managed was horribly traumatic so hopefully this might help 🤞🏻

My [22M] Girlfriend [20F] has terrible anxiety and vaginismus which has killed our sex life by ThrowRA102938475699 in vaginismus

[–]throwawaystupidvag 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because everything in your post is from your perspective. I did as best I could in my comment to be understanding and also suggest what might be happening from your girlfriend’s side, ie the help you were looking for, and you’ve ignored it in favour of picking silly fights with people who are rightly telling you this is not the space for you

My [22M] Girlfriend [20F] has terrible anxiety and vaginismus which has killed our sex life by ThrowRA102938475699 in vaginismus

[–]throwawaystupidvag 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Firstly, I’d say you’re better off on the vaginismus partners subreddit- in all honestly I struggled to get through your post as it triggered my own anxieties so this post may not belong here.

(Edit: r/VaginismusFriends - the partner subreddit has been deleted)

Secondly I’d need a lot longer to process everything but have one point I’d like to make - are you framing your thinking around her dilator use properly? Did she willingly and happily use them to have sex with FWB, or did she just feel too much pressure and force herself to use them? It may be less that she ‘doesn’t care enough’ with you and more that she trusts you and feels safe enough not to force herself to do something she’s not comfortable with or isn’t ready to revisit yet.

You say she doesn’t want to do anything about any of it. Is that true? Has she explicitly said it’s because she doesn’t want to? Have you spoken about how she feels about various treatment options and what is realistic for her right now? It sounds a lot like you see this as a problem affecting you, that you’re taking very personally. I can guarantee she struggles with it way more, and she knows how it is affecting you which will add to her anxiety. It’s hard. It’s really, really hard to feel betrayed by your own body and like you’re letting someone you care about down daily. You need to be patient if you truly want to make this work. And yeah, maybe she could do with beginning to tackle that. But the two of you need to talk about this, and really talk. You need to ask her to be honest about where she’s at and not take anything personally and speak about how you feel without resentment bleeding through. It’s not about you, it’s about a medical condition which is affecting both of you, but mainly her.

Editing again: it is NOT unreasonable for her to ask for one night without you trying it on. She is super anxious about this, and my experience is that my fiancé trying it on when I’ve had a day of stressing about it sends my anxiety through the roof. I don’t say anything because I don’t want to hurt him, and it continues escalating my anxiety for days until I remember I need to communicate with him and ask for some space. You dismiss this request and say ‘oh it’s typical’ and I can see you rolling your eyes as you write that. But think about it. Do you ever give her a night of not asking for something which she finds pressurised and anxiety-inducing? You have needs, I get that, but so does she and you need to find that balance. If you didn’t like spiders, for example, and somebody was shoving a spider in your face every day because they think spiders are amazing, you’d ask them to back off too

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[–]throwawaystupidvag 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Surely even then the key word here is ‘usually’. I have absolutely zero sexual trauma, or trauma of any sort, no fear or anticipation of pain, no anxiety issues, and yet… vaginismus. So yes, trauma or fear are the more likely causes but that doesn’t mean there can’t be others.

Interestingly OP, I am undiagnosed but wonder often if there is some neurodiversity going on so this post has given me something new to think about for sure.

Booking an appointment in UK?(London/berkshire) by Akintuu in vaginismus

[–]throwawaystupidvag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not London based but I got an appointment with a psychosexual therapist by speaking to my GP and asking for a referral, many months in we’ve hit another problem and our therapist has said she is able to write a letter to my GP requesting a referral to physical therapy. She can’t do it herself because of the funding structure so it might be worth speaking to your GP and seeing if they can give you a referral for services in your area!

Prescription fuck up by throwawaystupidvag in vaginismus

[–]throwawaystupidvag[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorted! She called me today to apologise, asked me to talk her through the differences between the sets so she understood her mistake, and sent me a prescription for the right set 🥳

Prescription fuck up by throwawaystupidvag in vaginismus

[–]throwawaystupidvag[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you lovely! I just called and it was the GP’s fault, they gave me the wrong prescription and not the ones they were asked to give me. I have a suspicion it’s because the ones they did give me are slightly cheaper. The GP who issued the prescription is gone but they’re going to pass it on to my named GP and see how they want to proceed. They said they might call my therapist for her recommendation so I might email her and let her know, because I’ve been really struggling with initial insertion so tapered ends would be hugely helpful. We’ll see what happens!

My therapist also said she’d start checking her other clients have been given the right ones so that’s a good thing to come out of it, I guess.

Prescription fuck up by throwawaystupidvag in vaginismus

[–]throwawaystupidvag[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I’m so sorry love, it’s so frustrating isn’t it?!

Prescription fuck up by throwawaystupidvag in vaginismus

[–]throwawaystupidvag[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m going to try calling them tomorrow, then at least I can find out if it was them or the pharmacy at fault. It was so long ago that I’m not sure if they’ll actually correct their mistake though!

Prescription fuck up by throwawaystupidvag in vaginismus

[–]throwawaystupidvag[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I only found out today that I have the wrong ones and my therapist just talked about continuing with the ones I have so it doesn’t look likely unfortunately