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- Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:15 am
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: misleading sex ed?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2898
Re: misleading sex ed?
So, it sounds like you don't think this was about the school not knowing what was being taught, that this was in line with other vibes at school, yeah? Unfortunately, if this is a school that is led by extreme religious belief, then I think your gut feeling that correcting your teachers would have a...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 7:02 am
- Forum: Sexual Identity
- Topic: I thought I was Bi but now I don’t know what I am.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11020
Re: I thought I was Bi but now I don’t know what I am.
Hi there, lexinicole, and welcome to the boards. :) I have a couple things I feel a little unclear about in your post, so maybe we can get on the same page with those first so I can best help out. So, generally, when people date, they do have a personal connection: like, that's kind of the whole poi...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 6:54 am
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: misleading sex ed?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2898
Re: misleading sex ed?
Holy smokes. :( By all means, these things you're being told in school are not just inaccurate, they are literal fictions. Do you want to talk about possible options in dealing with this? Is this something you'd like to try and report and/or correct at school? That said, one good thing is that it so...
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:48 am
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: Sex life ruined because I don't know my sexuality
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17490
Re: Sex life ruined because I don't know my sexuality
Hey there, Wendy. I have a few things I want to throw at you to think about. You can think about them aloud, here, and we can talk about them, or you can just think about them in your own head: whichever feels best for you. 1) This framework where someone is either straight or they're gay leaves out...
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:20 am
- Forum: Bodies
- Topic: HRT and Surgical Menopause
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8021
Re: HRT and Surgical Menopause
Hey there, brungerbulb. So, the very best people for you to talk about this with is going to be your healthcare team, because they have all your medical records and will know things that I can't, and that you can know, but won't have the education and experience to be your own doctor in this capacit...
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 3:11 pm
- Forum: Bodies
- Topic: top surgery?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5335
Re: top surgery?
Hi there, Gluggaveður! I'm happy to leave this as it is, as a callout for others who have had top surgery, but the boards have been slower lately, and I'm not sure you'll see many peer-to-peer answers right now. Too, some of these things are going to vary a whole lot from person to person, especiall...
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:28 am
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: Anxiety Over Hypothetical Scenario
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3295
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:27 am
- Forum: Sex & Sexuality
- Topic: No orgasm on SSRI and low sex drive in general
- Replies: 5
- Views: 25361
Re: No orgasm on SSRI and low sex drive in general
You say you never feel bad around them: does this mean you feel good around them or more neutral? Right now what I am hearing is that if you mostly feel bad much of the time, are having trouble finding joy and pleasure in life, that you often feel anxious in this relationship and that the feelings f...
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:23 am
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: i'm anxious
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6880
Re: i'm anxious
So, I'm not going to engage with this the way you're asking for a couple reasons: 1) It's outside our policies with pregnancy scares to engage with reassurance seeking or a continued focus on a scare, and 2) Much of the information you are giving here isn't the solid info you think it is. For instan...
- Tue Nov 14, 2023 3:34 pm
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: i'm anxious
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6880
Re: i'm anxious
If she is having breast tenderness AND her period is later than expected, chances are awfully good that that breast tenderness is expressly because her period is on the way. I'm so sorry to hear that your partner is being sexually coercive: begging you to be sexual even after you have said it's not ...
- Tue Nov 14, 2023 3:17 pm
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: Penis question smell
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4163
Re: Penis question smell
Hi there, and welcome to the boards. Balanitis is more a condition of inflammation and pain, than of smell. On the other hand, if you have been inconsistent with hygiene, something like a buildup of smegma is very common and can create a smell. If you do have that buildup, then it could take more th...
- Tue Nov 14, 2023 2:11 pm
- Forum: Sex & Sexuality
- Topic: No orgasm on SSRI and low sex drive in general
- Replies: 5
- Views: 25361
Re: No orgasm on SSRI and low sex drive in general
Hi there, potatosoup. Welcome. :) From what you have said here, it does sound like your medication is probably playing at least some part here. It may also be that your depression itself is playing a part, and that could be more than it might be if the current medication isn't a good fit for that ei...
- Tue Nov 14, 2023 11:43 am
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: Dry Humping using condom
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11412
Re: Dry Humping using condom
You could, but there would be no need for it (full clothing provides complete barriers from anything your body fluids or skin could do), and it might wind up tearing in the process.
- Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:32 pm
- Forum: Sex & Sexuality
- Topic: Struggle masturbating
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6037
Re: Struggle masturbating
Hey there, Jax, welcome to the boards.
So, is this a kind of shaking that keeps you from being comfortable or able, physically, or hurts in some way? Or is it just something that happens that you are wondering why it happens?
So, is this a kind of shaking that keeps you from being comfortable or able, physically, or hurts in some way? Or is it just something that happens that you are wondering why it happens?
Re: Discharge
So, sounds like there's probably no cause for concern about it. If it were those other colors, or smelly, then we'd have reason to be concerned about a possible infection, but just more discharge and more fluid discharge is totally normal, especially at the age you're at. The amount of discharge you...
Re: Discharge
Hi there, naurmi.
What's the color like with that discharge? Is it grayish, greenish or yellowish? Or more like whitish or clear?
What's the color like with that discharge? Is it grayish, greenish or yellowish? Or more like whitish or clear?
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:34 am
- Forum: Bodies
- Topic: I just can't finish
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13443
Re: I just can't finish
Sounds like you're on the right path now!
Re: Urethra
Hi there, Bromine, welcome to the boards. :) It's actually really hard to even see the urethral opening, it's so small. (The urethra is a tube inside the body: we can't see it from the outside at all.) I do think that describing it as usually flat is accurate. There's an image here made for medical ...
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:28 am
- Forum: Sex & Sexuality
- Topic: Just had my first time, need to debrief
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3442
Re: Just had my first time, need to debrief
Hey there, predatorywasp. Welcome to the boards. I'm so glad that you had a first intercourse experience you feel good about. So, this thing with first intercourse where you find that, despite goodness knows how many cultural tropes to the contrary, you feel exactly the same? Normal. Typical. Totall...
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 1:44 pm
- Forum: Bodies
- Topic: Can't find / feel clitoris
- Replies: 5
- Views: 20969
Re: Can't find / feel clitoris
Glad to be of help. You know where to find us if you want to pick this up again or want help with something else!
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 12:43 pm
- Forum: Bodies
- Topic: Can't find / feel clitoris
- Replies: 5
- Views: 20969
Re: Can't find / feel clitoris
Aha! It does indeed sound like you found your clitoral glans. Thanks for answering those questions for me. It does sound like you might be putting some pressure on to your body to perform that could be some of why you're not feeling a lot of sensation there. Too, the whole of the clitoris is WAY big...
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 9:38 am
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: I'm getting scared again
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15552
Re: I'm getting scared again
I'm not going to engage with you around the questions where you're asking us to repeat answers we have already given you. Not only did we already answer those -- and of course our answers were truthful and accurate -- but you're asking us to engage with your anxiety in a way we know not to be helpfu...
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:01 am
- Forum: Ask Us!
- Topic: 20 year old virgin
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10003
Re: 20 year old virgin
This is very clearly an emotionally abusive relationship that is becoming sexually abusive. The only thing that anyone can do to do right by themselves in that situation is to get out, or, if they need time to do that -- like because they live with the person, or have kids with them -- to make a pla...
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:23 am
- Forum: Sexual Health
- Topic: Do I actually have to take my birth control at the exact same time every day?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 129504
Re: Do I actually have to take my birth control at the exact same time every day?
It sounds to me like what they were probably trying to do was to help you be sure that any bloodwork they repeated would be covered by your insurance.
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:22 am
- Forum: Sex & Sexuality
- Topic: masturbation
- Replies: 11
- Views: 33160
Re: masturbation
Hey there, emi. Not everyone is comfortable getting a sex toy through a parent, so if you're not, that's okay. If you are, though, looking at your posts here and what you have said about what you enjoy so far, it sounds like a vibrator meant for external (as in, not inside the vagina, but on the ext...