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When emotional intimacy causes physical shutdown

I can't orgasm with someone I actually love but I could with casual partners - intimacy makes my body shut down.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The vulnerability required for both emotional and physical opening triggers protective mechanisms that block the very connection being sought.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Family-of-origin patterns in adult love?”

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