
Persistent genital arousal disorder
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Search complete. 12 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Persistent genital arousal disorder".
Oct 10, 2026
What Comedians Get Right About Mental Health Trauma
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22:50Alok KanojiaHOST
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
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22:52speaker_10SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
What about persistent genital arousal disorder? Uh-oh.
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22:57speaker_10SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That is a fancy way of saying never not coming.
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23:02speaker_10SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
No, it isn't.
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23:22Alok KanojiaHOST
Let's talk
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23:23speaker_10SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
about
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23:23Alok KanojiaHOST
persistent genital arousal disorder.
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23:25Alok KanojiaHOST
Actually, it's quite damaging.
Listener Q & A: Too Busy For Sex, Hormones, Asexuality and Best Advice
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2:03Heather ShannonHOST
I, I would actually encourage you, go get checked out physically.
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2:08Heather ShannonHOST
W- I'm not saying this is going on, but one thing I would look into is, um, P-G-A-D, PGAD.
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2:16Heather ShannonHOST
It's persistent genital arousal disorder, and it can actually be the sign of a compressed nerve or something physical going on.
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2:26Heather ShannonHOST
So I've had, um, women especially reach out with similar sounding stories and say like, "I'm just horny all the time." And I'm like, "It's actually not horniness." [chuckles] It's you feel sexually aroused because that nerve signal in your body is constantly being stimulated.
Brown Girls' Disease: A Guide to Sexual Health and Empowerment
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9:00Sameena RahmanHOST
Is it vestibulodynia? [chuckles] It feels out of my control.
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9:04Sameena RahmanHOST
Is it a dysesthesia or PGAD? I have no desire.
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9:08Sameena RahmanHOST
Is it HSDD? It just isn't fun anymore.
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9:11Sameena RahmanHOST
Is it an orgasm or arousal disorder?" So that's the section where I talk about specific types of sexual dysfunction.
6 MINS LATER
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15:21Sameena RahmanHOST
Uh, it's became my favorite organs-- [coughs] or, you know, tissue.
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15:26Sameena RahmanHOST
Um, I learned about sexual desire and orgasm.
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15:28Sameena RahmanHOST
I learned about genital pelvic pain disorders like PGAD and hormones and the nervous system and all the things.
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15:35Sameena RahmanHOST
And at-- more importantly, I learned how multidisciplinary and more, um, aspects of care are needed to help patients with sexual dysfunction.