https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-03/vaginismus-silent-condition-leaving-women-in-pain/102378932

I can readily empathise with women who are unfortunate enough to suffer this nasty condition. I am not saying it's the identical thing/cause, but otoh i do suspect the resultant symptoms are similar.

Learning how to perform #dilation, three+ times daily, in the early days & weeks after #SRS, can be a very tricky, indeed bloody painful, experience for many "newly post-op" #transwomen. As new owners of #NeoVaginas, notwithstanding how strong & long desired such goal was, that set of varying-diameter #stents can look intimidating if not simply terrifying! 😱

For some "newly post-op" #transwomen, it can be a major battle of the mind, as well as body, to be able to will one's never-before-used-in-this-way #PelvicFloorMuscles to relax & allow the neo-vagina to accept those scary stents. It's such a welcome relief once one has managed to tick this box. 😌

I had the good fortune for this to be only a short-term temporary issue for me [phew!] "back in the day", but unhappily for many of my "fellow traveller friends" back then it was a really bad problem that severely inhibited, in some cases entirely prevented, them being able to dilate. That's a big problem which was critical to overcome, lest the neo-vagina not "embed" & heal correctly, & thereby endanger the whole longer-term viability. I saw the massive distress this caused for several of my friends back then; simultaneously acutely aware of the criticality of dilating, yet psychologically blocked from doing so, with the result of substantial physical as well as emotional pain.

Hence, each time i read / hear stories of women suffering #vaginismus i feel immense sorrow & empathy for them, & hope that they can find a pathway.

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Soeben etwas über #Vaginismus gelernt. Wusste nicht, dass es das gibt. Einmal mehr kann z.B. sexueller #Missbrauch oder eine #Vergewaltigung die Ursache dafür sein, nebst anderen möglichen psychischen Ursachen. Sie seien niemals physiologischen oder biologischen Ursprungs. Und einmal mehr werde ich innerlich zum #Terminator, wenn mir vorstelle, mal einen Vergewaltiger zu erwischen. Das ist sowas von feige und abscheulich! #Drohtroet