{"product_id":"the-straight-man-who-thought-he-was-gay-healing-childhood-sexual-trauma-through-my-body-paperback","title":"The Straight Man Who Thought He Was Gay: Healing Childhood Sexual Trauma Through My Body - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFaraz Kalash\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten 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 living a life that functions on the surface while carrying unresolved trauma in the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross classrooms and dance floors, offices and mountain trails, the narrative follows a long, nonlinear process of healing through steady relationships, somatic therapy, movement, and community. What once froze begins to thaw. What scattered slowly gathers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an engineer's precision and a restrained, sensory voice, the book moves away from sanded-down wellness solutions and into lived bodily experience-how dissociation protects, how safety returns, and how agency re-emerges not through insight alone, but through learning to follow bodily instincts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a first book, written for those-especially men-who carry invisible bruises and are ready to trade the mask of belonging for a deeper, embodied sense of self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir is about trauma, not sexual orientation. It affirms LGBTQ+ identities and does not question or challenge them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49551100706968,"sku":"9798994392201","price":26.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/468_2_2LXz9798994392201.webp?v=1784914227","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/the-straight-man-who-thought-he-was-gay-healing-childhood-sexual-trauma-through-my-body-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}