Helping you put vaginismus in the past, for good
After dating for 9 years, I finally married in November 2017, the happiest moment in my life. Became a King and Queen in a day. The night after the wedding reception was supposed to be the beginning of my sexual life, but instead was the moment I felt something was wrong with my body. But …
I struggled with painful sex for many years. I knew about vaginismus, but was in denial for a long time that this was what I was experiencing. I had lots of years of really enjoyable penetrative sex, so this couldn’t be my experience now – at least, that’s what I told myself. But the pain …
The body response of vaginismus results in having an over-active, or tight pelvic floor. So if you’re in the midst of your healing journey and you haven’t gained FULL control of your pelvic floor yet, please leave the standard kegel exercises for later.. You can read the full details of the dangers of kegel exercises …
I’m a rather sensitive person that soaks up information like a sponge, being influenced (and confused) by different attitudes and opinions. I often do not trust my own judgment… Driven by the desire to fit in and to do everything right. That’s why all the books I read, all the stereotypical Hollywood movies I watched …
My story began many years ago when I tried the penetrative sex for the first time… It was awful and painful. During the next years I tried again many times but penetration was always painful and many times even impossible. I asked myself many times what was wrong with me. I was scared about wearing …
My experience with tampons started rather late! Growing up, I knew there were such things as tampons but since my mum never used them, when I started my period at 10, I was introduced to disposable pads and that was that. Somehow, I got the understanding that inserting anything ‘up there’ was breaking your virginity …
When we first discovered that penetrative sex wasn’t working (the penis just couldn’t go in) I was really distressed. I couldn’t understand what was wrong with me. It didn’t help that our living circumstances at the time was very difficult, we were living with parents and didn’t have our own space (to make it worse, …
I went through my first PAP test today and I’m so happy! My healthcare provider was a kind and gentle lady and made me super comfortable.. Woohoo!! In the past I tried but wasn’t able to go through with it and had asked the healthcare provider to stop (about 2 years back). I’m now on dilator 7 …
First of all, don’t get me wrong… I have loving and supportive parents. Neither do I want to cast a bad light on my father nor depict my childhood as absolutely horrible. Yet, while my mother used to be the empathetic, emotional part of the two, my father was (and mostly is) the rational, strict …
I originally found Katrin in December 2019 during a moment of frustration in my vaginismus journey. I joined her email list and paid attention to her periodic emails. Within a few months, I was purchasing one of the recommended dilator sets on my way to overcoming vaginismus. I had my dilator set at least a few …