Listen to the podcast here: Welcome to the second episode of Season 2 of Lichen Sclerosus Podcast! Today we have a diagnosis story from an amazing woman, Carrie Bock, who tells us about her journey from pain and shame with sex to acceptance and empowerment of herself and her disease. Keep reading to find out how Carrie moved from painful sex from Lichen Sclerosus to being in a loving marriage, with healthy, pain-free sex. Carrie’s Christian Upbringing Carrie grew up in a conservative, Christian environment. In her house, sex was never discussed. Her family never spoke about things like going through puberty, what it meant to be a woman and sex. In her church, there was a lot of shame and fear around sex. Sex and being a sexual person were negatively portrayed. Furthermore, in middle school, the form of sex education she received was fear-based. It focused on scaring…