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Finding Your Worth When Dating With a Disability
Finding Your Worth When Dating With a Disability Dating can be awkward enough as it is—but when you throw a disability into the mix, things can get more than a little complicated. When I became chronically ill at the age of 16, I didn’t fully grasp the ways that my disabilities would touch every aspect of my life, including dating.…
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Pain and Pleasure in Pregnant Disability
Pain and Pleasure in Pregnant Disability Pregnancy was a strange, surreal experience for me. As an autistic person with a history of body dysmorphia and disassociation, I hadn’t ever been on familiar terms with my own body. Pregnancy amplified this feeling many times over. My body felt unknown, unpredictable, and not my own. During my second pregnancy, I became disabled.…
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Lingerie and Autism
When you are on the Autistic spectrum, however, things become a little bit more complicated, especially when it comes to clothing and a state of undress.
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Adjusting to My Sexual Body with an Ostomy
I knew from an early age that it was a possibility, but nothing could have prepared me for waking up from surgery with an ileostomy*. I spent a total of one month in the hospital, and it took nearly two months before I could independently walk and care for myself again. This was a massive shift for me, as I…
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You don’t have to masturbate. The pressure of pleasure.
Masturbation is put on a pedestal, something that everybody obviously wants to do. Something that is almost synonymous as chilling out, getting work done or having 'fun'. Masturbation is also everywhere. Think for a moment, count how many times you've seen or heard about masturbation this week, can you count on one hand? Two? Probably not.
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5 Things You Can Do To Enhance Your Masturbation Time
Let's talk about masturbation. The majority of us do it, yet it's still a hugely taboo topic that we don't tend to talk about openly and freely. Having sex with others is cool but the concept of spending time making ourselves feel good? Heck no! Although over the years, especially with the rise of online influencers and brands bringing sex…
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Relearning Pleasure as an Autistic Woman
There was always something else underneath, something that messed with my brain for a long time; ‘pleasure’ was sort of off limits.
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Vaginismus and I
I was sixteen, with my first partner, and terrified. There was no objective reason; My partner was loving and we had both mutually agreed the time was right, we’d done the research, had the equipment, and even secured time without my parents at home. The internet was a great ally. ‘Is your first time painful?’
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Sex and Antidepressants: Balancing Expectations
Getting hot and heavy with your partner, bodies meshed in a sweaty clamour of desire, you find yourself reaching that threshold before the release. It builds, swells inside of you. You close your eyes to revel in that point where your body finally tips over the edge but, suddenly, nothing. Complete and utter bodily apathy.
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How To Keep Your Relationship Alive When You’re Too Anxious To Do Anything
An anxiety disorder can have a huge impact on your life. As someone who suffered from such a severe anxiety disorder for almost a decade, I can contest to that statement. It can affect your health, your social life and definitely your relationships.
