What adult survivors would like you to know...
- Our interest in sexual activity will usually decline while we are dealing with this early trauma. This is because:
- we are working on separating the past from the present.
- pleasure and pain can sometimes be experienced simultaneously.
- it is important for us to be in control, since control is what we lacked as children.
- Sometimes we need a lot of space. Pressuring us to have sex will only increase our tension.