Sex after incest trauma is complicated. Your body remembers what your mind tries to forget, and your nervous system reacts long before you have a chance to think. Learn why sex can trigger panic, numbness, shutdown, or confusion, and how to reclaim your sexuality on your own terms, without shame, pressure, or self-betrayal.
Love & Sex After Incest
Relationships, Attachment & Love
When the people who were supposed to protect you were the ones who caused you harm, love becomes tangled with danger, confusion, longing, and fear. Learn to unravels the patterns that incest trauma creates in adult relationships: why you cling, why you shut down, why you choose emotionally unavailable partners, why boundaries feel threatening, and why safe love can feel foreign or overwhelming.
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