daily feelings of sexual arousal lasting minutes to hours, while others had orgasms lasting for days or even years. All of the women tried masturbation to relieve their symptoms, but it did nothing to alleviate their pain. Another similarity is the women all suffered from pain in their pelvic area, buttocks or legs. Though PGAD leads to a feeling of being physically aroused, patients do not actually feel any sexual desire, a Michigan woman who has the disorder explained. “I wish the name was different. You say arousal and it sounds like it’s a fun thing to have,” Amanda McLaughlin, 23, told Barcroft Media. “I get people saying ‘oh I wish my wife had that’ and thinking it’s a joke. But would they want to have a raging boner 24/7? I don’t think so.” For the longest time, women were told it was just in their heads, .