Why is it painful when i use tampons??
Dyspareunia is common for a lot of people, in most cases it is psychological, if you believe something is going to be painful for example then you are not going to relax, if you are not relaxed then your vagina will not stretch to accommodate anything going into your vagina and so this will make it painful. Many girls and women have negative feelings about their vaginas, if not through sexual abuse of some sort then through the ideas we are taught from a young age – that it is not lady-like to have sex, that our vaginas are dirty needing to be plugged with bleach soaked tampons, that sex the first time is supposed to hurt – all these things are nonsense but very ingrained into us and something we all have to deal with. The first step is to see a doctor to make sure that it is not anything physical that is causing the problem; from there they can work on any psychological problems that may be making penetration painful for you. Another vitally important point is to educate yourself – th
