Healing Sexual Trauma: Meditative States and Psychedelics
Briefly

Individuals with sexual trauma often experience maladaptive sexual triggers stemming from early childhood wiring. These triggers can inhibit sexual pleasure and connection. Research indicates that meditative states can significantly aid the healing process by unwiring and rewiring these sexual triggers. Meditative practices during sexual experiences may enhance spirituality and connectedness, and help individuals release sexual shame, thereby improving overall sexual health and pleasure. Understanding how these preferences develop is crucial for healing and growth, similar to how some flavors require gradual exposure to acquire a taste.
"Sex is a potent source of spiritual experience. Sexually-sparked spiritual states appear to be an innate human capacity. Even without intentionally looking for them, sex researchers have uncovered spiritual experiences, and spiritual researchers have uncovered sex as a trigger." (Wade, 2022)
"Orgasm intensity can be dulled due to various issues, including sexual trauma (Pulverman et al., 2020). Like a turtle retreating into its shell, sexual trauma causes individuals to repress their sexual energy after being violated."
"Meditative states during sex can produce self-transcendent experiences that help with overcoming sexual shame; improving orgasmic ability; increasing connectedness with partners; enhancing spirituality; and connectedness with humanity."
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