Arousal & Anxiety - What to Do When Intimacy Feels Like Too Much
A $22 masterclass on staying present, embodied, and turned on, even when your nervous system wants to run
You want better sex. But instead, you get stuck in your head.
Your body says yes, but your brain says abort mission. Run AWAY!!!!
You start to get turned on…
and immediately begin worrying about whether you’ll stay hard.
Whether you’ll come too soon.
Whether you’ll come at all.
You start to enjoy yourself, and suddenly start wondering:
“Do I look okay?”
“Are they having a good time?”
“Can I say what I actually want?”
You’ve faked orgasms just to make it stop.
You’ve avoided spontaneous sex because it feels like pressure.
You’ve been told you should “just relax” — but relaxing feels terrifying.
And when arousal gets really intense?
That part of you that wants control, perfection, and certainty shuts the whole thing down.
Your body says yes, but your brain says abort mission. Run AWAY!!!!
You start to get turned on…
and immediately begin worrying about whether you’ll stay hard.
Whether you’ll come too soon.
Whether you’ll come at all.
You start to enjoy yourself, and suddenly start wondering:
“Do I look okay?”
“Are they having a good time?”
“Can I say what I actually want?”
You’ve faked orgasms just to make it stop.
You’ve avoided spontaneous sex because it feels like pressure.
You’ve been told you should “just relax” — but relaxing feels terrifying.
And when arousal gets really intense?
That part of you that wants control, perfection, and certainty shuts the whole thing down.
You’re not broken. But you are wired for survival.
What you’re experiencing isn’t failure — it’s conditioning.
From childhood trauma.
From shame-based sex education.
From purity culture, performative porn, and perfectionist patriarchal bullshit.
We’ve all been taught that arousal is:
What you’re experiencing isn’t failure — it’s conditioning.
From childhood trauma.
From shame-based sex education.
From purity culture, performative porn, and perfectionist patriarchal bullshit.
We’ve all been taught that arousal is:
- Dangerous unless it leads to orgasm
- Shameful unless it’s private
- Wrong if it doesn’t look spontaneous and sexy 24/7
- Something you either suppress or perform