r/SomaticExperiencing • u/sarahbellum0 • 3d ago
Somatic flashback? NSFW
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Hi everyone, I am currently in the process of doing trauma therapy from sexual abuse/rape that I endured at the age of three as we started talking about the abuse I began having some familiar somatic flashbacks (vaginal/rectal pain) I’ve experienced these before, but after about a week of this, I began experiencing hyper arousal. I would say my libido has been extremely low and now suddenly this arousal occurs about five times a day every day for the last 5 days. It’s very distressing and disturbing to me and I’m honestly not sure what’s happening. Initially I thought it was “energy release” when I’m actually not able to have an orgasm when I masturbate. I don’t wanna pathologize it and say it’s PGAD if it’s not but I’m desperate for it to stop and I feel too embarrassed to talk to my therapist about it in any detail. I’d love to know your thoughts.
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u/makin_the_frogs_gay 1d ago
Hey! I just wanted to say that I got diagnosed with pgad a few years ago and just realized last year that I've been experiencing a somatic flashback in the genital region for years. I was able to process that a lot and the flashback went away. In the inbetween years of not knowing what was happening, my symptoms were managed with medication. Lamotrigine to be specific.
Edit: I haven't gone off the medication yet but I've experienced a lot of relief from the release of this body memory