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How to navigate arranged marriage when carrying trauma about intimacy

My parents are arranging my marriage but they do not know I was sexually assaulted in college and I am terrified of intimacy but cannot tell anyone.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Unspoken wounds can make the promise of physical closeness feel like approaching annihilation.

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“Where Are You with Arranged Marriage and Family-Mediated Partnership?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.