Vaginismus

Huge thanks to this anonymous follower for sharing her story. If anyone has any questions for her, please DM and we will make sure that she sees them.

Now in her words...

"The main thing that I wanted to convey is that vaginismus isn't a simple treatment and voila you're cured. There's different options women can pursue (sex therapy, pelvic floor therapy, etc) and I wanted to show that it can be trial and error. I think I was so set that, 'This is what I chose to do, there's no going back,' that it took me a long time to realize that I can change course and switch therapists, go to PT, etc.

I was specifically vague about timelines because I don't want someone struggling to get scared and think, 'Wow it took her THAT long?! Oh no, how long will it take me??' And I didn't want someone struggling for longer to think it was too late for her to get help.

I was also specifically vague about the heterim (leniencies regarding jewish law), based on advice from our Rav."