Samantha_38
Confident
After intercourse/intimacy with my significant other of almost 14 years, I lay awake feel fearful, frozen, almost unable to move.
Does this happen to anyone else? Any suggestions for how to help it?
It's only been recently that I've been able to identify that this is what is happening. I lived in a dissociated/emotionally numb world with a lot of self harm, all of which I've been working on. Previously I would self harm after intercourse and move on, but now I'm working hard not to. Now I lay there awake, terrified, hearing my significant other breath as he sleeps and me just feeling froze.
Does this happen to anyone else? Any suggestions for how to help it?
It's only been recently that I've been able to identify that this is what is happening. I lived in a dissociated/emotionally numb world with a lot of self harm, all of which I've been working on. Previously I would self harm after intercourse and move on, but now I'm working hard not to. Now I lay there awake, terrified, hearing my significant other breath as he sleeps and me just feeling froze.