Case Study 4: Joanne, age 32, is involved with the first man that really counts in her life. As the couple has become more intimate, Joanne has started to have flashbacks about an uncle who touched her sexually when she was only eight years old. She is distressed to find out that she is shutting down feelings about her boyfriend and distancing herself from him. Although she has been sexual with other men, she says she can’t stand to let herself be sexual with someone she loves and trusts. She startles easily and reports a general increase in anxiety. She is very angry that she has to deal with the feelings about the incidents with her uncle that happened so long ago. She says that she thought she had gotten beyond all that.
I believe that Joanne is suffering from sexual aversion disorder because there's a disturbance that often causes her distress -- being sexual with her boyfriend. This began as a result of a psychological factor in her childhood, being sexually touched by her uncle. An effective way to treat Joanne's problem is to discuss her problem with a professional psychologist. Psychological treatment influencing the ideas and emotions of sexual contact should be used to gradually ease the problem. Because she experienced a traumatizing problem, the first thing she needs to do is discuss it with someone. By talking to someone about what she experienced in the past, her feelings of distress and anxiety will begin to decrease. These can also continue to be reduced using relaxation exercises and slowly accepting and dealing with the causes of the problem. Relation therapy could also be used between her and her boyfriend to renew intimacy and love in their relationship.
http://allpsych.com/disorders/sexual/sexualaversion.html
http://web4health.info/en/answers/sex-dislike-treat.htm
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Good job. I think you are right, talking to someone is always very helpful and eases pain. Well done.
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I don't ever seem to get bored reading them. Keep up the good work.
I think its very interesting that the subject could be intimate with people that she wasn't emotionally attached to. She obviously fears the distrust of someone she loves more than anything else. She of course should seek help and at least get everything of her chest, or she will be troubled forever by past events.
Thats interesting how somthing traumitic like that can affect peoples futures with others.
Great job! That is an interesting disorder. I would think that a person who suffered trauma would want to be intimate only with someone they really like, but I guess that is not the case. I think that maybe she should talk to a therapist to work out the issues from her past.
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