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Trying To Find Peace And Happiness

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Hello, and let me just say I'm very glad to have found this forum! I have sexual PTSD which was diagnosed after being with a psychopathic manipulative evil sicko a couple years ago, but my first abuse was around age 12/13 by a neighborhood boy who was about 15. He is evil, I know that now, but for years I never told anyone. I think he may have set the course my relationship and sex life have taken on since then though. I'm recently divorced (like literally got the papers a couple days ago) from an emotionally abusive man who got mad at me when I didn't want sex. After the guy who led to my PTSD diagnosis, my sexuality shut down completely, like even the word "sex" repulsed me. The man I married was the first spark I had of a sex drive again but he was really pushy and aggressive and abusive and made it even worse.

Anyway, what led me here is I've started seeing a new guy who suddenly woke my sex drive up, like just his touch is warm and makes me want to be near him. It's a feeling I don't think I've ever had quite the same before and I adore him. He's not pushy, not dishonest, a good guy. But I'm having problems with all of my past abuses resurfacing and don't know how to move past it and have a healthy and fulfilling sexual relationship. I have a LOT of anger towards more than one person, (hence my username) and I know I'm flipping out on my new guy and putting him through things he doesn't want to deal with and shouldn't have to. I have an excellent therapist and would have been just fine alone for the rest of my life. I have a pretty thick shell around me. But out of the blue comes this man that I really DO want to have an intimate and fulfilling relationship with and I don't know how.

So anyway, I'm glad to have found this forum and other people who understand, because sometimes it feels like I'm a member of this secret club that nobody quite gets. I look forward to exploring the forums more when I'm not posting from my phone :)
 
Hi @AngryLittlePet and welcome to the forum.

This desire to reclaim your own sex life is incredibly difficult and something many of us seem to struggle with. My own thoughts are that you need to be honest with your partner ( which it sounds as if you are) so that he does not see difficulty as rejection. You say you already have a therapist so that is good. I think the next thing is lots of practice - I don't say that flippantly.
 
So anyway, I'm glad to have found this forum and other people who understand, because sometimes it feels like I'm a member of this secret club that nobody quite gets. I look forward to exploring the forums more when I'm not posting from my phone :)
Terrific! I feel the same. There's another one I'm on called myptsd. You should look into it if you haven't already!
 
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