Amanda, Thank you for the links, they really opened my eyes to things like coercion and nonconsensual situations. After the original sexual assault, I tried to deal with it on my own. I internalized my feelings of being upset and let the anxiety take over, which is something I shouldn't have done. I...

Hello, I feel as if I've reached a point where I just don't know if I can handle the stress of doing "intimate" things. I'm 22, in graduate school, and feel like I've got a pretty good grip on life. The one area that isn't adding up for me is doing anything intimate. This is all stemming f...