Posted by Andre Allard on June 11, 2000, at 18:59:47
In reply to Re: Sex and Panic » Andre Allard, posted by Lurker on June 10, 2000, at 8:52:23
I did not mean to call you a women. If someone has been sexually abused then it is very understandable to why they might experience a panic attack during sex. During sex, you are being touched in the same manner as when you were being abused. That "feeling" from being touched, probably triggers a memory of how you felt when you were being abused. I am not sure if you will ever be able to rid yourself of the panic during sex. I am not trying to sound negative, it is just that those memories will always be present. Whenever I get hit in the head - whether it be in a fist fight, while wrestling with my girlfriend, or just accidental, that "feeling" of being hit triggers memories of my parents wacking me around. I could get hit in the head a thousand times and I am sure that "those" memories would still be triggered - just like you could have sex a thousand times and "those" memories will still be triggered. I do not know if a therapist can help with this one. Hopefully though, you will be able to have panic free sex. Good luck!
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