I hope so! I feel like people talk so much about using condoms but protection for sex that doesn’t involve a penis is so unknown and stigmatized. I already get anxious about sex and using barriers lowers the anxiety.

There’s nothing I can do to 100% prevent getting sick again in any sense. My body could even develop another chronic illness for no reason. I’m still gonna take precautions but the desire to make connections with other people and let my gf do the same outweighs that. Sometimes I feel like no one els...

Ok that’s good! I have health anxiety and I worry about getting another illness. But I think that’s outweighed by how much I want to date other people. And it’s really unlikely that I’ll end up dating someone who’s never had any partners before like my current relationship. So there’s always some ki...

Does the HPV vaccine make it less likely to come back irregular? Also my mom never got anesthesia for hers, are you also american?

I have healthcare through my college health center and there’s a planned parenthood very close by, so I would be able to get treatment if I had anything. I don’t want to keep myself or my girlfriend out of experiences with other people. Like if either of us makes a great connection with someone else...

I’m interested in nonmonogamy. My partner and I have been practicing safer sex and we’re only sleeping with each other at the moment. Our practices include: Dental dams every time, nitrile gloves most times (or washing hands right before if we’re not using gloves). We haven’t used toys but we’d put ...

That all sounds good! I can try to see when the queer student group meets next. I really want to meet like minded people.

I feel like I don’t know how to start conversations. I’m on the autism spectrum so I’ve been made fun of before for not acting “normal.” I worry about that too.

I like the idea of ENM and starting to casually date a second person but the thought of it makes me anxious. I wrote about this on the boards several months ago. My gf and I decided that each of us could date other people if we wanted to. I’m very happy with her, but she’s ace and I want the experie...

Could I say something like:
“I know we think about the definition of sex differently and we’ve had different experiences, but I feel invalidated when you say that PIV is the only ‘real sex.’”

My friend and I are both in college. She’s bi and I’m lesbian. She’s only had one partner before, who was a cis man. She and her (now ex) boyfriend did everything but PIV intercourse. My friend said a few times that she’s “never had real sex” and that she’s a “technical virgin.” I don’t know if I’m ...

I can do that. I’m seeing my psychiatrist in a few days. Hopefully he’ll find something but I’ve just kind of given up. I recently read about someone whose friends stopped inviting her on trips because her periods were irregular and they’d cause such bad pain that she couldn’t do anything. It remind...

I feel like there’s always a stressful situation. This past fall was just a combination of bad things: new job, long distance relationship, losing a 2 year long friendship, family problems (including being harassed by relatives over my politics and needing to block them),questioning multiple aspects...

Yeah I think I’d like support in talking to providers. I also want support for my anxiety about the future. I wonder if I’ll always have to put up with a level of unhappiness to fix my pain

Yes, switching psych meds. It would be hard because I’ve already tried so many and got horrible side effects. My current meds are the ones I’ve been on for 3 years. I don’t have any side effects from them but I feel like they stopped working. Idk if there are options left.

He thinks it’s a combination of stressful situations and the possibility that the hormones in the pill may be increasing my anxiety and depression on their own. I’ve maxed out the doses on all my psych meds. Idk if I should switch.

There are definitely other things causing stress in my life. I also increased the dose of my antidepressant on this pill which didn’t do anything. I increased my anti anxiety med dose right before getting on the pill and it actually helped but as soon as I got on the pill, it basically stopped worki...

We had an appointment a few weeks ago but I was only able to talk to her for a few minutes. I have a follow up appointment in May. We just talked about the breakthrough bleeding and my iron levels. I’m bleeding a lot less and I started iron pills so she wants me to get my levels checked again. I als...

Yep I’m on the same pill since last August! I can’t use the ring or the patch because I have a high blood clot risk. If I got the IUD, I’d have to be under sedation because my obgyn couldn't even open the speculum all the way during my Pap smear because it was so uncomfortable. I have anxiety and I’...

I know I’ve already complained about my pill a lot on here. But I’ve realized for the past couple months, I never really feel happy. I used to have bad mood swings during my period and the week before but feel pretty good the other two weeks of the month. Now I’m just always kind of sad. If 1 is the...

I really hope so! My primary care doctor just refused to write me an accommodation letter for school so I’m just going to have to hope my psychiatrist can do it instead.

It’s really hard to deal with Breakthrough bleeding is a very common side effect on this pill. At first it just felt like an inconvenience to buy menstrual products all the time, but as the weeks have passed, the fatigue gets worse and worse.

I’ve posted on the boards about breakthrough bleeding and fatigue on my birth control pill (been taking it for 3 months). My doctor finally found out what’s causing the fatigue! It’s iron deficiency anemia caused by the bleeding. Even though I’m not losing a lot of blood each day, because I'm bleedi...

Queer friendships can be really messy and undefined. I guess I’ve been questioning what relationships even are.

I think if I did polyamory at this point in my life, the other partner would have to be low commitment. I’m dealing with enough stress right now. I think my problem is that I don’t have clear lines between friendships and romance. Throughout my life, I’ve had close friendships that look like dating ...