“But it can cause to you to physically recoil and withdraw from intimate situations with a partner.” “Even women?” “Trauma sees no genders,” he explained calmly. “It’s an instinctive thing.” “Like the back-of-your-mind kind of thing?” “Exactly,” he agreed. “It’s your subconsciouses way of alerting your body to danger, even when you might not be in any.” “Okay.” I nodded slowly, soaking in every word he was telling me. “Good to know.”
