Would you like some help finding services in your areas specifically intended for survivors, Ariel? If so, if you're cool tossing up a zip code here, we're glad to help with that.

The thing about language, period -- not just for this -- is that we get to be as creative with it as we like, especially when using it to describe ourselves. Too, when it comes to terms like this, the thing is that not everyone wants to be super-specific in their shorthand, or finds that shorthand i...

Sure thing. Do you know where to go to get this kind of healthcare? If not, we're happy to help you find it.

We can''t answer this kind of question: only someone who can examine you and your discharges in person can.

So, you have been having brown discharge for a week or more?

If so, and you're not just past your period, I'd suggest it's time to check in with a healthcare provider to be sure you don't have a vaginal infection on imbalance in need of treatment.

Last week you also posted about similar discharge, so clearly this is not just about the last few hours?

When have you been getting this discharge, and for how long? Does it only happen around your menstrual period, or is it happening at other times as well?

So, it sounds like your next step, then, if you keep feeling this way despite it being very clear you are not pregnant, is to talk to your healthcare provider about mental healthcare for this anxiety. In the meantime, you can help yourself by choosing what you read more carefully. If you don't go to...

These are great additions, Ariel, thanks so much for pitching in with them!

The HPV vaccine only provides protection from the most common strains of sexually transmitted HPV - and the symptoms or other conditions that can occur as a result of contracting HPV, like cervical cancer and genital warts - not protection from other infections or diseases.

I would also add that in general, ethics are about actions, not thoughts. That is for two reasons: one, our thoughts, unless put into action, impact no one but us, and two, we have control over our actions in a way we do not with thoughts. This is why the idea of Thoughtcrime in George Orwell's 1984...

Ultimately, no one can ever tell anyone what their orientation is. What, if any, terms or frameworks someone uses for orientation is about our own observations of the patterns of our feelings or relationships over time, what we make of them, and then what, if anythjng, we want to call ourselves in t...

If people engage in the activities that can potentially create a pregnancy - namely, intercourse or other direct genital-to genital contact - then yes, pregnancy is always a possibility. Using any method of contraception, including withdrawal, reduces those risks, but does not eliminate them. If you...

We really can't predict that. I would say that on average, when it does impact cycles for those who use it, you are usually looking at no more than three. If you feel you are having shmptoms of pregnancy, that means you would already be pregnant. And that means you could take a pregnancy test, becau...

If we know anything about human sexuality, it is that it is mind-bogglingly diverse. So yes, we can safely say that there are men in the world who enjoy rubbing vulvas (the vagina is internal, so rubbing it is really manual sex, though we would usually say the same of any activity that involves hand...

So, I gotta tell you, naya: I was reading along, and I got to this: I've kinda led him to believe that sex feels great for me so I can't go in reverse and say hey I was making it up. ...and I scared my dogs with how loudly I said, "Ohhhhhh NONONONONONONOOOOOOOOOO." (They're okay now, and t...

It might be helpful -- for me, but also for you -- to say more about a feeling of desire for something that you actually have not enjoyed at all. What do you feel like those feelings are based in? For instance, are they based in a fantasy about how you think it does feel to others, or how you think ...

Here's the biggest thing to know: far more people with vaginas or not do NOT find that penis-in-vagina intercourse, all by itself, does a whole lot for them. So, if when you're doing that, that is ALL you are doing -- as in, it's not paired with masturbation, or shared use of a toy, or stimulation o...

Welcome to the boards! :D Given you're so new to the pill and this business with the IUD sounds pretty recent, I'd expect your body to be doing a bit of a big WTF-person-who-inhabits-me?!?! for a while. :) It's common for the first few cycles of the pill to be a bit of a whammy for a body, and all t...

Hey, Martin. :) I'm glad to see you, though I'm certainly not glad you're having a rough time right now. We obviously can't speak for anyone's God, and as a secular space, we also can only talk about choices people can themselves make (and would encourage you to do the same with the parts of your li...

Sure thing! And if you've questions or additional stuff after you see that doctor, feel free to come back round! Hope you can start to feel better about all of this.

Voila! http://www.hostels.com/atlanta/usa Hostels are also great if you're a fan of, and have the ability to do, road trips. They're safe places to stay that tend to cost about the same as a campsite. It sounds like it might be helpful to go ahead and talk a little more about this together. You can ...

The way you spoke, it sounded like you were saying he DOES still get frustrated. Since you're saying it's rare now, is what you were saying that YOU are the one still worried about him feeling bad, then, even though he doesn't seem to express anymore that's happening for him? If so, what do you thin...

Handing a doctor a list -- make it less than a page, and not in a tiny font -- is absolutely all right. Many providers actually appreciate that, because it's clear. And if you give it to reception when you go in, then they can review it the same way they'd review your chart if you were a returning p...

I'm sorry I misread the timing of your previous posts! You'd think my giant glasses were enough to keep my eyes working, and yet. :P Per the upcoming appointment, I'm happy to help you make a plan so you feel better walking into it. For instance, it might work best for you to make a list of your con...