Hypnotherapy and Vaginismus
Hypnotherapy and Vaginismus: What is Vaginismus?
Article by Denise Douglass
Vaginism and Vaginismus are terms for
a condition in which an attempt to insert something into a woman's vagina causes the muscles surrounding the vagina to tighten, and to clamp shut, and also making penetration painful and / or impossible.
Vaginism and Vaginismus can affect sexual intercourse and gynaecological examinations and even the use of tampons.
Vaginism and Vaginismus is involuntary, and can be compared to any other reflex action where the body closes up as a reflex, and like when the eye blinks if something approaches it.
In Vaginism and Vaginismus, although the closing of the vagina is involuntary, it is often due to a learned response to pain, and the woman expects pain, and remembers previous painful experiences, or simply imagines that penetration will be painful, and the vaginismus reflex occurs, and Vaginismus can be helped very successfully.
Woman with Vaginism and Vaginismus can get caught in a 'catch 22' situation. They subconsciously expect, and / or fear pain, and the muscles tighten up. If penetration is then attempted, it can be painful simply because the muscles are tight, and what happens then, is that the pain then subconsciously re-inforces the fear, and tells the subconscious that it was right to fear the pain, and it can cause an even stronger response the next time, and vaginismus has started.
Hypnotherapy and Primary Vaginismus
Primary vaginism and vaginismus are the names given to the condition when the woman has never been able to have sexual intercourse.
Primary vaginism and vaginismus is often discovered in the teenage years, and when the girl tries to use tampons, or goes for an internal examination and finds it to be extremely uncomfortable and / or painful.
Hypnotherapy and Secondary Vaginismus
Secondary vaginism and vaginismus is the name given to the condition where the woman has been able to achieve penetration in the past, and develops vaginism and vaginismus after some time.
Treatment for vaginism and vaginismus is often easier for women with secondary vaginism and vaginismus than it is for women with primary vaginism and vaginismus, simply because the woman is aware that penetration without pain is possible.
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Article by Denise Douglass
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