What do you do if you and your partner have very different sex drives?

yes we're both up to date on infections so that's not a problem. Thank you so much for your quick reply!

So, this isn't more of a question this is just a huge question mark in my life right now. I have been having very frequent unprotected monogamous sex with my partner for around 6 months now. Currently I am in the middle of the 3rd UTI I've had this year (I'm pretty sure) and I've suffered a yeast in...

Two weeks ago I started experiencing extreme pain & burning in and around my vulva (this was on a thursday.) When the weekend came and it hadn't subsided I called up my gyn, they said they couldn't have me in until Wednesday. In the meantime I used a three day Monistat kit as prescribed over the...

Healthy in that I don't feel so bad about myself.

Yeah, the text service.

I don't remember. I was testing for STDs and pregnancy, and it came out negative.

It was via my existing mental healthcare providers. My psychiatrist is an expert in PTSD and my individual therapist works with lots of kids like me, though not necessarily all survivors.

I don't really know who I am. I'm still figuring that out. What should I do in the meantime to make sure I'm healthy?

I'm a survivor of rape and COCSA. I currently identify as bisexual, though I rapidly oscillate between hypersexuality and sex-repulsion. Does this affect my orientation, and if so, is there a word for it?

I did the ASKST and they told me to trim my nails. I did, and I haven't been bleeding as much. I had a pelvic exam and they didn't find anything wrong with me. I have an individual therapist as well as a psychiatrist, but they have to deal with all my other mental health problems, and post-assault c...

Yesterday I had an argument with someone on how whether parents should raise their kids genderless. I left that conversation with a hot, burning lump in my throat and a feeling like I want to vomit. The only other time I've felt that dysphoric was when I had a delusion (I have a schizoid disorder) t...

So, I haven't been on here in a while, and my story has unraveled some. For those who don't know, I was raped last summer, by a person I had previously had intercourse with (only one time, and nothing after the rape) She is a pre-op trans woman, and I lost my virginity to her very painfully, with lo...

I am a survivor of COCSA and a rape from this past summer...these two things are mostly behind me, although I have psychosomatic effects from the rape and my COCS abuser visited for Christmas...my dad's an addict and I love him but sometimes he gets really stressed/angry and verbally abuses me...and...

Thanks for the reassurance.

I will just have to wait, and take care of myself while I wait.

(This one is lighter, thankfully.) I have recently started going out with a girl who is fifteen, two years younger than I am. We met in treatment at the same mental hospital. She is very cute, but her parents won't let us meet, besides the fact that she went to a party I hosted. I haven't even kisse...

Yes. Thank you. I will try those things.

Much of this comes from a feeling that I have been permanently altered -- like they both abused me, and now I am completely different because of it. I wish I could have sexual interactions with other people without those memories. Is this possible? You are right in that I "am who I am". I ...

Thanks, Heather, for responding again.

What do you mean by "sensual"? Could you give me some concrete examples?

Thanks for replying, Heather. I like to exercise in small ways -- walking around my neighborhood, dancing in my room, etc. This helps with many aspects of my mental illness. It is very difficult to wait, but I understand in a way that life is mostly waiting. Do you have any other ideas? The exercise...

(I do not want to flood the inboxes, but as a newbie with many questions I have no other way to find answers.) I am bisexual. I am a COCSA survivor. I am also a survivor of rape, as previously stated. I always knew I was attracted to cis boys. Last spring I fell in love (more like in lust) with a tr...

(This ties in to my other post.) How can I reclaim my body after rape? As previously stated, I tried to insert a tampon and got a flashback. I've tried penetration with other objects and it all amounts to pain. If I had a partner now who had a penis, I do not think I would be able to have vaginal or...

I do not think it is talked about enough. White cis men like Neil Patrick Harris dominate the representation and same-sex marriage seems like the hot issue when queer kids are being kicked out into the streets and trans women murdered.

I'm a seventeen year old cis girl who was raped over the summer, by someone I had once previously had consensual sex with. When we had consensual sex, she (a pre-surgery trans girl) made me bleed heavily upon penetration. I also felt very guilty about the whole thing, because I felt like she didn't ...