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00:04 COMM: Cara Anaya was shopping one afternoon
when she found herself suddenly and inexplicably sexually aroused.
00:14 COMM: Within minutes her legs buckled and
she fell, experiencing a series of crippling unstimulated orgasms.
Cara was diagnosed with Persistant Genital Arousal Disorder, and can suffer from feeling
aroused from up to six hours a day.
00:30 CARA: You're never satisfied, I'm tired, I'm
exhausted but I know that in the next couple seconds, minutes, hours, another one is going
to hit.
The one day that I decided to count how many orgasms I have in one sitting, I counted 180
in two hours.
Everywhere I had to go pretty much with that type of number you're having two or three
in a minute.
01:01 COMM: And her condition has tested her relationship
with her husband Tony.
01:05 TONY: Well when my wife diagnosed with PGAD,
I thought she was crazy, I didn't believe her, it was rather difficult for her because
of the fact that I didn't understand what she was going through.
01:16 TONY: I would have to say the most difficult
thing is seeing my wife in pain.
And there's nothing I can do to help her.
01:23 COMM: For the last three year the 30-year-old
mum has struggled to come to terms with her condition, and is often left feeling reclusive.
01:29 COMM: Even the school run is a humiliating
and stressing ordeal.
01:34 CARA: While you're with your kids or at the
school, it's one of those things where you feel wrong.
I almost feel like I'm molesting these kids because I'm around them, and I'm having an
orgasm.
Parents don't notice, the teachers don't notice, the principal doesn't notice but because I
know, I feel like a pervert.
01:57 COMM: Cara has sought the advice of numerous
doctors and specialists but sadly so far has found no treatment for her symptoms, often
too anxious to leave her home, even a visit to a local coffee shop with her husband is
a nerve wracking challenge.
02:13 TONY: It's difficult for me, y'know?
CARA: How do you think I feel?
TONY: I know.
I know, and it's not only me that has to go through it.
I thought you were crazy.
02:27 CARA: Jennifer thought I was crazy too.
TONY: Yeah?
CARA: Yeah.
TONY: So did your parents.
CARA: So did my parents, my parents still think I'm a little…
02:34 COMM: The couple also find it difficult to
cope with Cara's condition, as they strive to keep things as normal as possible for their
ten-year-old son.
Merrick.
02:43 CARA: How I think it has affected my relationship
with my son, is I'm not that let's go mom, let's go play, let's go to the park, let's
go to the zoo, let's go out hiking - mom anymore.
02:58 TONY: The hardest thing is knowing that my
wife at times is in pain, and there's nothing I can do about it, so my most fearful thing
about it would be that one day I'm at work and my son's at school and she has a depressing
day and y'know she just decides to end it all.
03:19 COMM: For Cara living with PGAD is a never
ending battle and she just hoes one day there will be a cure.
03:28 CARA: It's been a long journey with the condition,
it's never been an easy one.
It's not something I'd wish on anybody.