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Well I am sorry that my intentions are being misunderstood. I do love my wife or else I would not be looking for advice. I am sorry for being human and wanting a more intimate experience with the one I love. I will to look other sources for help. Otherwise I will have to follow the advice I...

The issue of ptsd only came out in the last year. Early in our marriage I knew her family history complicated things, I figured give time and show her a loving environment and she may come around. So avoidance of the issue became habit, habit became lifestyle. Until a year ago when the man who...

So from what I reading from above is that my relationship with my wife is doomed. I could expect us to completely fall apart. Every other part of our relationship is great we are best friends. But she is steadfast in not wanting to get therapy. We have been married for more than 15 years and...

According to what I have been reading sexual anorexia is not just loss of sexual desire but putting tremendous efforts into avoiding sex and intimacy. Also fearing and hating their own sexual desires and therefore doing everything they can to avoid it even at cost of meaningful relationships.

I am asking not for myself, but my wife. The topic of sex is very taboo and difficult to talk about let alone being physically intimate with her. I am trying to make sense of her view on intimacy. And this very difficult to understand when she will speak very little and I'm not sure if what...

Has anyone ever heard of sexual anorexia associated with PTSD? Or of phobias towards intimacy?

Thank you for information, it helps me to be to into perspective my role in the healing process. In all the years we have been married, she has never allowed us to be fully intimate. Whenever we start to get intimate she would "zone out" but would not allow intercourse. Until a year ago I...

I understand that sufferers experience flashbacks, reliving the trauma they experienced. But if the trauma was repeated 2 or 3 times, which event is relived. I recently found out that my wife had been sexually assaulted several times as a teenager. She is vague on if she experiences flashbacks...

I was wondering how do others cope with needs of intimacy, emotional and physical, while waiting for their partner to become ready for it. I have read how others cheat or leave the relationship. For me neither are options. Some nights when sleeping in seperate rooms the need for their love...

I strongly suspect my wife to be suffering from PTSD and I have told her of what I suspected. It has been going on for many years. She has refused to see a therapist about it. The other day we were in the book store and she asked if there was any PTSD books. They didn't have any. Does anyone...

I strongly believe that my wife suffers from PTSD. She had a very rough upbringing. I met her when we were in our mid/late 20's. When I first met her I learned that her family was dysfunctional, but not the extent of the dysfunction. During our dating and throughout our marriage she had...