The One Big Little Thing Survivors Need To Know About Sex

Elizabeth M. Johnson, MA
5 min readOct 10, 2018

“Since my first ‘sexual’ experience was sexual abuse, I have never once been able to have an orgasm while having sex.”

Sexual abuse can have long term effects on physical health and emotional wellness.

The more early childhood trauma you were exposed to, the higher your risk for health and wellness challenges later on. But less well known is how past sexual abuse affects intimacy. I have been working with survivors for almost fifteen years and have…

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Elizabeth M. Johnson, MA

I write about trauma, relationships and how we make decisions. And talk about all of it on my podcast, Wondermine. Big reader, big eater. #SayNoMore. She/Her.