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How to remove the fear of pain of first intercourse?

By Anonymous July 13, 2009 - 4:05am
 
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i'm newly married but i always keep myself away from being intercourse with my husband because I'm scared of sex for the first time. He sometimes angry with me but i'm totally helpless. Whenever we proceed for intercourse but i feel fear of pain and resist him doing intercourse. Please help me so that i can remove this tension and keep my husband happy. I don't want to be scared of sex.

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Anonymous

I'm always tension guy need medicin

January 11, 2014 - 1:38pm

Hello there,

I am in a serious relationship with a man I truly love and I want to show him my full commitment to him and confidence of our future by becoming one with him. We have been together for two years and had feeling for one another for more then five years now. We have done many things together sexually but we haven't made love yet. We have tried plenty of times before to have sex but every time he is inserting his penis I would feel some pain, then I would soon to panic and ask him to stop(he is very respectful). Also, I am never comfortable where we would try to have sex, I fear of his roommates coming home at any minute (I am a very paranoid person). I feel like the only way to have privacy is to get a hotel room, is it wrong to get a room just to make love? I am a virgin and my boyfriend is not but it does not bother me. Now I am very relaxed before,he does a well job on helping me relax, but when he inserts it then I start to feel pain I would panic and I would become very stressed(not only is stressful for myself but also on my beloved boyfriend). We have talked many hours of this problem and I see clearly that I do have a fear of sex, I want to overcome that fear not only for him but for myself as well. Please help me and thank you.

October 3, 2013 - 3:19am
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Anonymous

Hi there am newly married having trouble with my wife.

Whenever i try for intercourse she has a fear and avoids me which is causing me lot of anger and unable to concentrate on any.Not sure what to do can anyone suggest what can be done .

I

August 14, 2013 - 5:44am
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Anonymous

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January 20, 2013 - 1:55am
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Anonymous

Hello. I am 23 years old and I am still a virgin. I have a boyfriend for five years now and we never had intercourse. At at the start of our relationship, I told him that I want to wait until I am married. I live in a country with traditional values and I was brought up with the idea that sex must come after marriage. He said he would try to wait and in
the meantime we used other ways to connect sexually. (kissing, touching, oral sex) However, as the years went by, I felt that he is the one I want to marry and I felt like it's alright to have sexual intercourse with him. We tried many times and he is able to arouse and
lubricate me very well but each time he tries to insert his penis, I tense up and when I feel the pain increasing, I tell him to stop. And he does. He respects me and I trust him a lot. We kept trying little by little but every time he starts to insert his penis and I feel pain I tell him to stop. I think maybe he just inserts an inch and I tell him to stop.
The pain is NOT excruciating- I cannot describe the pain and I do feel like I can handle more it's just that I'm afraid of something and I don't know what it is. I think I'm afraid of pain.
I do not have any history of sexual or any other forms of abuse when I was young. I also do not have any known medical conditions or reproductive health issues. I've never been to an OB though, because I'm a virgin. I know my boyfriend wants to have intercourse because it's
been five years and he keeps saying he understands and respects me but I also want to make him fully happy. I am lucky that he is very kind and understanding and he helps me little by little but we just never get to have intercourse because I stop him. I feel like this is something psychological. Do you think maybe deep inside me I feel guilty because I am supposed to wait until marriage? Because that is what's expected of me? Do you think maybe I am afraid of unwanted pregnancy?
Now, I just keep telling him I am sorry I can't do it because I am afraid of pain. That's what I feel. I am afraid of pain. I am afraid that it will be painful and I will be sick when I come home and my parents will notice. It sounds weird but I think of that sometimes. I kind of have a low
tolerance for pain too. However, we have done a lot of other "sexual" stuff like oral sex. That's the only "sexual" thing we do. We touch each other and are very comfortable with it. I also get an orgasm every time he touches me or I touch myself or if we do oral.
I am not afraid of sex, or being intimate. I like thinking about it. I like being intimate. In fact, I am comfortable with my own body and I have tried to insert half of one finger in my vagina a couple times and I didn't feel any pain.
What could be my problem? Is it something psychological? I really want to try and have intercourse with my boyfriend. Our relationship recently turned into long-distance, it will be like that for the next two years. So we can't really see each other and try to have intercourse. But when he comes home, I hope we could do something together, something more
effective than how we used to try. How can I explain to him about my fear of pain? He tells me that it will be painful at first but it will be over soon and we are in it together. I am glad he talks to me that way -that we're together in it. After his two-year stay overseas, we plan to move-
in together and I know sex will still be an issue.
Please help me understand myself better. I am in need of answers. Thank you.

October 31, 2012 - 7:00am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

i know u have fear of pain. but as per me u should consult doc.
and get some lube gel. but making wait might loose the willingness of sex. as like water, food ,clothing, sex is necessity.

and u know when we are more hungry or thirsty we buy food or water or seek for it.

lacking in sex might cause men or woman . seek for another or optional

November 20, 2013 - 1:33pm
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Anonymous

Hello everybody!

I have already participated in this topic. I am Hope. I have faced the same intercourse fear issue and have had lived with my husband for 13 months with no intercourse. I had so many psychological illusions and mental problems, and I have suffered greatly from the "idea" of doing intercourse, and so did my husband too. However, I started to take "ownership" for the marriage as it is, and have started to take the idea of intercourse more seriously. I spent months thinking about how to "avoid" intercourse and this was a big waste, so I decided to think about how to "overcome" intercourse fear, and have, eventually started to talk about doing intercourse. Talking with my husband was big step to heal. I started talking about "post" intercourse and how our marriage will be greater, and then, I started to feel that I can do it! My husband and I decided that I take initiation in intercourse, that I make the insertion and that I do it on my own pace. we started by getting both organs closer, and gradually, I started to feel "desire" bigger than "fear" to insert, and after many "small" insertions, we overcome this psychological issue together! For the record, I've visited a gynecologist and she told me that my hymen is very thick, the reason why I couldn't insert. But the truth of my experience says that I was "afraid" and once I get rid of fear, I could do proper intercourse, with no artificial lubricant. I hope that my personal experience could give HOPE to other women and that it helps make their intimate life better. Best to all.
Hope

October 11, 2012 - 4:00am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

Thanx Hope dear! your story gave me a little perspective! I`m 34.5 & very flirty & passionate gal & am crazy `bout cute guys & even though I`m not the prettiest around I allways get a lot of male attention everywhere because of my smily nature & that I`m kind of easy to befriend, However I am also a liberal orthodox jew & suffered from some raumatic experences like being saved from a terror attack & suffering from ptsd for many years & also volenteering at a gyneacology dept. helping the medical staff when I was very young relatively & unfortunately withnessing many abbohrtions & misscarigess which made me fear pregnany & intercourse & also I`v lost my lill` brother to lethal cancer & my dad recantly from alzheimer comlications to whom I was very close emotionaly. Technucaly I`m still a virgin & recently lost my strong belief intrue love after falling madly inlove with someone younger who a year after we decided to stay friends killed himself in an army-base. I realy realy want to become a momy allready & just feel like my viginity is something I just need to get rid off fast. I realy realy want to be with someone who cares about me but most guys I meet that I`m into are eithernot my type at all or taken. I hang in there hoping that when I finally get increadibly drunk with someone I could just force myself to get over my fears of unemotional love making & intercourse. I guess my biggest fear aside from pain is not being respected by him the next morning. oh why life cannot be an 80s romantic comedy????? XoXo forever 13.

April 4, 2013 - 3:04pm

Hi,
I have been married for four months and the same problem is occurring with me, except I'm a man. It may seem strange for you ladies to see me write on here but I need help, guidance, and encouragement so my wife doesn't think something is wrong with her. I have been searching several men forums and blogs but none discuss this relevant issue.
My wife and I have foreplay and I am romantic with her. She tells me that she is secure with me. However, when I am trying to insert into her she tightens up and she does not make her natural lubricant. I can barely get in. We visited a obgyn and she inserted a device into my wife larger than my penis into my wife and opened her up. This was to assure my wife that her vagina wasn't too small or that nothing was wrong with her. That slightly helped for a moment and then it was back to non-entry.
At this point, I want to share this sexual experience with my wife but I am more concerned with helping her through this rather than my sexual pleasures. What can I do to help her through this process in the bedroom and outside the bedroom? What are some of the pitfalls that I must avoid? How long has after some of you ladies received advice that you made progress? What are a few of the best things I can do for her right now? Thank you

September 16, 2012 - 10:07pm
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Anonymous

Hi
I have been married for 10 months... I too hv same problem..I am scared intercourse will hurt me..and i cant believe that penis go into vagina...

sima

September 14, 2012 - 5:01am
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