Hypnosis worked for me!

Hi, I just thought I would share my story. I have suffered from Vulvodynia for about 7 years. I only feel the pain when I have sex and I have been very lucky that my husband is extremely supportive. I went to see a psychologist/ hypo therapist to deal with sleep issues that I have had all of my life. I also explained to him about the issues I have with my vulvodynia. He cleared my insomnia and we have just dealt with my vulvodynia. I went home after the session with “home work” as he called it and for the first time in 7 years I have pain free sex with my husband. We couldn’t believe it! The fact that it was such a physical problem that I would bleed and have cuts every time we would have sex, it just amazes me that he has switched off something in my subconscious and we had normal pain free sex.
I live in Perth and the phycologist I saw has been practising hypnosis for 30 years and he is a leader in his field so I wouldn’t recommend going to just anyone to try this. Hope this helps someone like it did me.

Hi Paula, that’s really interesting. Do you know what it was that he switched off / what directions he gave your subconscious? Really glad that you’re able to have pain free sex now  At my last appointment my consultant mentioned something called auto-hypnosis, basically where you learn to semi-hypnotise yourself, but I got the impression that was more to do with pain management than an out and out cure.

xx

Perth Australia or Perth Scotland?

When he put me in a trance (sounds full on but its just listening to his voice and taking deep breaths) he told me that my Vulvodynia wasn’t going to cause me pain any more. He went into more detail than that but along those lines, I think he only spent about 15min with me in a trance.
The crazy thing is, is that I was freaking out thinking it was going to hurt just before my husband and I went to try. I think I built it up in my head so much and wanted it to work, that when we were about to try my conscious mind was freaking but then when we tried there was no pain at all. We couldn’t believe it.
To be honest I don’t think self-hypnosis would have worked for me. I have tried telling positive talk and telling myself before sex that it would be an enjoyable experience making sure there is no negative talk such as saying “this will not hurt” even saying that is classified as negative because the word “hurt” and “will not” is used. This would probably work for some people but I needed more than that.
I only had the hypnosis last week and we have only tested it out once but I am hoping that this is the end of my 7 year stint with Vulvodynia. I live in Perth, Australia so if either of you live here let me know and I’m happy to pass on the details of the guy I went to see.

Hey Paula thanks for the extra info. I do hope that's the end of your vulvodynia story. Thanks but I'm in the UK. It is definitely something to bear in mind though, I will do some digging and see if there is anyone reputable over here. I seem to be quite susceptible to hypnosis, I have a couple of tracks that I listen to, to help me sleep etc (I know the v's bit different though!). Anyway best wishes.

xx