We all know what erectile dysfunction is but literally no one is ever taught what vaginismus is and it can cause people to feel extremely lost, broken, and cause people to take their own lives. Raise. Awareness.
For the uninformed, vaginismus is when the vagina painfully tightens and spasms when faced with pressure, usually from anything trying to insert into the vagina. It’s the reason I can’t wear tampons, and why many people can’t have vaginal sex without severe pain.
There’s not a lot of treatments, and there isn’t a single one that is for vaginismus exclusively - they’re all medications or treatments to treat symptoms, but not the causes. In fact, for a long time doctors waved off vaginismus as a purely psychological disorder in cis women.
Seriously, this is so unaddressed and uncared for in medical circles. Please spread awareness, even if all it’s for is to let those who have it but don’t have a name for it finally be able to understand what’s happening to their bodies.
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Hi hello! This post is almost 10 years old and there ARE treatments for this. Vaginismus is otherwise known as pelvic hypertonia and it is a MUSCULAR condition that can be caused by many different factors including endometriosis, trauma, chronic UTIs, and connective tissue disorders.
It’s incredibly common! And it can be treated by physiotherapy.
I know this because I’m currently undergoing physio and although it can take months to recover, I’m already seeing improvement. A lot of the pelvic floor exercises are available online, but if you have these symptoms please TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR and see if you can get a physio referral (or investigation for underlying causes like endometriosis).
Also, my additions to posts never get reblogged so a note to my followers: this is SUPER IMPORTANT ISSUE that affects many people and is rarely talked about. Please reblog, and please share this info with as many people as possible.
Pelvic hypertonia/vaginismus is incredibly debilitating and psychologically damaging but it CAN BE TREATED. Spread the word, and you never know who you’ll be throwing a lifeline to.
ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME. YOU CANNOT TURN THE CLOCK BACK NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO. YOU HAVE TO BUILD THE FUTURE.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE SCARED OR MISS THE PAST, YOU CANNOT, LOGICALLY, GO BACK TO THE PAST. DO NOT OVERINDULGE IN PERSONAL, ARTISTIC, POLITICAL OR IDEOLOGICAL NOSTALGIA. YOU HAVE TO BUILD THE FUTURE.
THE FUTURE IS THE ONLY THING WE HAVE. THIS IS NOT EVEN AN APHORISM. IT IS HOW LINEAL TIME WORKS.
ARE YOU LISTENING.
The Strib is reporting that the conservative protest downtown today (Jan 17th 2026) had a pathetic turnout especially compared to the counter-protestors that showed up.
FUCK YEAH! I also heard that Jake Lang, the J6 neo-Nazi organizer of the march, got chased back into his hotel room but I haven’t seen an official report on that? I hope it’s true, lol what an absolute looser.
I've seen conflicting reports about whether he escaped to his hotel or to a car, but he was chased off! And, more importantly, before running away he was pelted with water balloons and eggs and also slipped and fell down and at multiple points looked like he was going to cry 💖
Yesterday I was discharged from the hospital after a wall collapsed right next to my tent, falling directly on my family. We remained under the rubble for 15 minutes.
I suffered a broken rib and bruises on my back as a result of it falling directly on us due to the strong storm that hit Gaza, and the rest of my family were injured.
I am currently living with strangers, and I desperately need to buy a new tent for my family and me to live in.
We lost all our belongings under the rubble. We have no food supplies, no mattresses, no blankets, and no clothes left. Please help us, as we desperately need assistance to rebuild our lives.
Since the wall collapsed on my family, no one has helped us. We were even taken in by a family whose house was cramped, and we left four days ago.
We urgently need to buy a tent. Please have mercy on us so we can buy a tent and shelter ourselves before a new storm arrives, which is rumored to be severe.
Don't leave us sleeping in the street without a tent; we just want to buy a tent for my family.
We donated $15 to buy a tent. Please help us and don't leave us in the street for the fifth day in a row.
The news reports indicate that we will face a strong low-pressure system tomorrow, and I implore you to help us.
😭😭😭
This is the fifth day we've been sleeping in the street without a tent. We're freezing cold; even my 43-day-old son's face has turned blue from the cold.
We need help buying a tent. It costs $350. We also need to buy a waterproof cover to put over the tent because tents in Gaza are not waterproof. We need two covers, which cost $100 each, bringing the total cost to $450.
Please help us with this amount of money. Please don't leave us in the street without a tent. If anything happens to my children from the extreme cold, I will hold you accountable on the Day of Judgment.
Please help us, please don't leave us, please I'm scared for my child
لا تتركونا لليوم السادس أن ننام بالشارع بدون خيمة، رجاءا ساعدونا ان نجمع مبلغ لشراء خيمة وتكلفتها 350$، وغطائين واقي ضد الماء وتكلفتهم 100$.
التكلفة الاجمالية المطلوبة 450$، رجاءا لا تتركونا نعيش بدون خيمة.
Don't leave us to sleep on the street for the sixth day without a tent. Please help us raise money to buy a tent, which costs $350, and two waterproof covers, which cost $100.
The total cost required is $450. Please don't leave us without a tent.
Self Portraits by Matsuyama Miyabi on Instagram
in the whole greenland conversation i feel like there's not nearly enough acknowledgement of the fact that greenland is already suffering under imperial rule. seeing wayyyyy too much tacit validation of denmark's possession of greenland on socials today. look into reproductive abuse against greenland inuit women by the danish state. US acquisition of greenland would be bad but the status quo is not good. this is not a matter of sovereignty, i only wish it were a matter of sovereignty, it's just a bunch of imperial powers playing RISK with indigenous people's lives again
“The tests cover attachment, personality traits, cognitive abilities and psychopathology, and take about 15-20 hours. It is almost impossible to pass them, says Nellemann; even he and his colleagues have failed to do so. Questions can include “What is glass made of?” and “What is the name of the big staircase in Rome?”
[Kiera] was nervous going to the doctor, because she says she had previously been given the ultimatum either to have an abortion or face the baby being taken away after the birth. She agreed to undergo another parenting competency test in an attempt to cooperate. But in the session, the psychologist brought up her previous abortions and asked her to show her parenting skills by playing, singing and talking with a doll, checking whether she made eye contact. “The problem is, I didn’t grow up with a doll,” she says, adding that her real baby, Zammi, was busy kicking in her stomach. “They made me draw and they were criticising it, that I didn’t draw a face. I drew a mum and baby.”
On Friday morning, I walk through Keira’s open front door as rain falls in torrents outside, to find her sitting in her living room under soft fairy lights and the silently flickering television, arranging flowers. Every week she takes a different arrangement to Zammi so that she will associate them with her mother’s visits. This ceremonial act of devotion is part of how Keira survives.
While she is there, she thinks only of Zammi. Her own feelings can wait till she gets home. It is always hard. Before she gets out of the car, she puts into words the pressure she is under. “It feels like somebody holding your throat. And they decide how much you can breathe.”