The Straight Man Who Thought He Was Gay: Healing Childhood Sexual Trauma Through My Body

This memoir follows a man's healing from trauma-shaped, disembodied sex toward an embodied life. In clinical psychology, trauma is known to shape arousal and attachment, yet its effects on sexual identity are rarely discussed outside professional circles.

Written from the nervous system outward, this memoir traces how early trauma can influence desire, bonding, and self-understanding. Born in Pakistan and later finding his way to the tech corridors of Silicon Valley, Faraz spends decades liv...