Amanda Van Slyke

Writes about sex, disability and relationships. @amandakvanslyke

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Amanda Van Slyke

I Temporarily Lost Feeing In My Clit (It’s A Problem More Common Than You Think)

When my partner and I were intimate, things turned to slow motion — and not the good kind. I couldn’t get into sex if my body wouldn’t respond accordingly. Before, it would barely take anything to make me aroused. I wanted it all the time. Now, getting wet took a lot longer, and having an orgasm was almost impossible and not nearly as enjoyable.

How I’ve Learned To Put Less Pressure On The Relationships In My Life

This has helped me to lose all expectations of my relationships with other people — people I work with, my friends, my lovers. Not in a way where I don’t have needs that have to be met, but where I’ve come to realize that different people will meet my needs in different ways.