My first gf, P, experienced painful intercourse, but was very afraid to talk about it with a professional. I read as many books as I could find (the web would have been nice to have, then), and figured out that she probably had vaginismus.
So, after a year or so of encouraging her to call her Kaiser (it's a sort of HMO) advice nurse and possibly schedule an appointment regarding vaginismus, the advice nurse told her: "No, it's just all in your head."
P put down the phone in tears. And that's pretty much where it lies with her today, over a decade later.
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Date: 2003-10-10 10:50 am (UTC)My first gf, P, experienced painful intercourse, but was very afraid to talk about it with a professional. I read as many books as I could find (the web would have been nice to have, then), and figured out that she probably had vaginismus.
So, after a year or so of encouraging her to call her Kaiser (it's a sort of HMO) advice nurse and possibly schedule an appointment regarding vaginismus, the advice nurse told her: "No, it's just all in your head."
P put down the phone in tears. And that's pretty much where it lies with her today, over a decade later.