To enter this information using our secure server, please click here. According to numerous studies, approximately one in three women and one in five men were sexually abused in childhood. This means that tens of millions of couples have at least one partner with a sexual abuse history.
Sexual abuse can cause serious, often chronic problems with sex and intimacy.
Many people who were sexually abused suffer distress for years, not realizing that their present-day sexual problems are common repercussions of sexual abuse and can be healed. I approach sex as an obligation. I experience negative feelings such as anger, digust, or guilt with touch. I have difficulty becoming aroused or feeling sensation. I experience intrusive or disturbing sexual thoughts and images.