Is it normal my boyfriend thinks i am bad in bed?
My boyfriend and I had a filthy sex life at the beginning of our relationship, but once we moved in together, sex slipped down the agenda and has gotten boring. My boyfriend has been having problems with inability to keep an erection, and after months of things sometimes being fine but often not being, he admitted that he is bored and there are certain things he would like me to do in bed that I don't do. This is all fine and fair enough, things have got very repetitive and there is a lack of sexual tension between us. I know he still finds me physically attractive and I'd be happy to spice things up, I think it's normal for things to get stale in a LTR.
But it's a bit more complicated than that. I have a long history of sexual abuse in my past, and I basically switch off and become anxious when we are about to have sex. I have never told him this (although he knows about the abuse) and I think the reason our sex life was so much better in the beginning is because there was no intimacy, so I was able to just "pretend" and honestly, it worked much better for both of us. But basically I do not experience sexual arousal and cannot feel sexual intimacy. I can't even look him in the eye when we are having sex without feeling ashamed and like I am repulsive.
I also have absolutely no idea how to turn a guy on beyond being naked and being there. My boyfriend would like me to tease him sexually, maybe give him a striptease, flirt with him and do foreplay, normal things - which I feel physically incapable of doing and I am terrified because I want to be able to satisfy him, I want to have a normal, fulfilling sex life, we are so in love. But I have no idea how to seduce him and because I don't stay in my body enough during foreplay to get turned on I feel stupid and humiliated doing dirty talk or acting like I'm sexy or anything.
I feel so sad and devastated that I'm not able to give my partner what he needs - or to enjoy my own sexuality. Weird as it might sound, I am a very sexual person and I have a high sex drive...but when it comes to actually acting on it, I'm an awkward, terrified mess. I thought I had done a good job of covering it but apparently I have not.
I realise this isn't necessarily the best place to get sound, measured advice but I can't talk to any of my friends about it, it feels too shameful. I hope someone out there has some tips or advice for me on how to overcome this, or even practical sex tips.