Hi ladies. One of Dr. P’s treated patients just wrote an excellent post in which she described a really useful technique for overcoming all aspects of vaginismus (i.e. pre-procedure fears, dilation after, transition to intercourse, etc.). She wrote:
“I also wrote down my feelings prior to the procedure and if I had a negative thought, I would try and replace it with a positive one. I would write my negative feeling out and then I would try and replace it with a positive thought. For example..this treatment is going to fail on me. Instead I would say, This treatment has helped hundreds of women like me who now are able to have pain free sexual intercourse. I owe it to myself and my husband to give this treatment a chance. I have valuable fears and concerns about the treatment which is normal and I need to address these fears and concerns.”
I think this is such a fantastic idea to do ladies. I’ve done it with the dilating in the past. If I ever doubted for a second that I could do it, I replaced with this doubt with the statement that I successfully and comfortably did it at the surgical center and, thus, would be able to successfully do it again pain-free. What negative thoughts and feelings have you had (i.e. pre-procedure fears, dilation after, transition to intercourse, etc.) and what positive statements could you replace them with???
