Painful Sex

How to Stop Painful Sex – For Women

Melinda, aged 23, had recurrent vaginal infections.

Briony, aged 30, had vaginismus and had not had intercourse in three years of marriage.

Sandy, aged 32, had surgery to stretch her vagina and has scarring which hurts with sex.

Hello, this is Dr Janet Hall and I wrote this book called “Sex Life Solutions“.

Now one of the major problems which constantly gets referred to me is “Women who have painful sex”.
In fact, some women have never had sex properly, that is they’ve never had intercourse because they just cannot relax their pelvic floor. Because I’m a hypnotherapist and I work with people who have anxiety and panic attacks; often I’ll say to these women, “You know what? It’s like that your pelvic floor is having a panic attack”. So whatever it is, we need to find out; some women used to have intercourse and now they can’t, and some have never been able to.

Download document: Dr Jan’s Plan to Overcome Sexual Pain and Anxiety for Women.pdf

Dr Jan talks about “When Sex Hurts – Painful Sex for Women” – On ABC Radio’s Life Matters.
What’s “a panic attack of the pelvic floor?”
Here is the full recording: https://ab.co/2qQkizl

Vaginismus

Vaginismus is when the vaginal muscles involuntarily contract and clamp down as a self-protective way of avoiding the anticipated pain. Vaginismus is caused by intense fear of sexual penetration. It has been described as “a panic attack of the vagina”.

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Dyspareunia

Dyspareunia refers to pain in the pelvic area during or after sexual intercourse. It is believed that dyspareunia is caused by physical factors at least 75% of the time. Psychological factors are infrequently involved and will most commonly be associated with previous sexual trauma (rape or abuse), feelings of guilt, or negative attitudes toward sex.

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