My husband and I are very much in love, I know he is the only man for me in this world. However, I had a very, very ugly, long-term difficult, physically and emotionally painful and excruciating experience before I met him which made me completely clam up during sexual experiences. I now know that it is most likely vaginism that everybody is talking about. How long we have been married, I don't even dare to say. We have not had sexual intercourse with proper penetration and orgasm. Ever. Because I would completely shut down. My body was reacting with coughs and fits and actual difficulties for him even trying to get inside. He loves me so much that this didn't really affect us in ways it could have. It took me a long time to get here, where we are now really trying and it came to a situation where he has troubles with erection. I am almost entirely certain that this whole thing is my own doing and my fault, which only makes it more awful for me and more difficult for him.
Does anyone have any sorts of experiences or ideas or advice for us?