Periagoge
Scenario

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.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

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

Your guide for this
Mira
Mira works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

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

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