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All intimacy gone for good, due to my past

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sam18386
sam18386

when i look back on my life, i have never had the best relationship with men. i am not looking for sympathy but trying to understand, does PTSD through assault switch off physical relationships, is that what happens? i have no physical relationship with my husband, nothing. we have been married 15;years, all those years i've had PTSD. am i meant to just put up with this? what else can i do to bring it back or to get any intimacy back? i feel a failure to him, my husband i mean but it's not his fault and neither was it mine. help? genuinely help!

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  • indygeo
    indygeo sam18386

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    I would imagine it could switch off physical relationships depending on the trauma. Assault sounds like a reasonable one. Have you tried hypnotherapy? Maybe if you are regressed to the initial sensitizing event the therapist can walk you through it in a way that takes away some of the intensity of the trauma and redirects it. Then you can process that event better perhaps. Given that you´ve posted about your issue and asking advice for doing something about it tells me that you are at least interested in having a physical relationship with your husband. So there´s hope with that it seems to me.

    IndyG

    • sam18386
      sam18386 indygeo

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      hi indyg, i take you have had hypnotherapy for trauma like this then? it's awful i have to even contemplate this, i wish i didn't. the intimacy is dead though. it's not my fault and i don't think anyone will agree but i don't care....

    • sam18386
      sam18386 indygeo

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      sorry only just realised what i've written. the last bit was half a sentence, it was meant to say, i don't care what people think as they've not been through this so won't understand. it's so tough the thought of any of this sickens me to my core. rape takes so many prisoners and the release is the day your rapist dies. i just hope this happens soon...

    • indygeo
      indygeo sam18386

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      No I´ve not done hypnotherapy myself as a patient. I just know it can be useful to some people. It might be worth exploring is all I´m saying if you wish to overcome your issue.

      IndyG

    • sam18386
      sam18386 indygeo

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      ah ok, i might try that! i will certainly try something...

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