We typically associate sex with pleasure, connection and good feelings, but for some with vaginas, intercourse can feel exactly the opposite–painful, frustrating even isolating.
We typically associate sex with pleasure, connection and good feelings, but for some with vaginas, intercourse can feel exactly the opposite–painful, frustrating even isolating. This is a condition known as Vaginismus, one of the most common types of Dyspareunia, or what doctors refer to as “painful sex”.