Hello! Yes, I have heard of compassion fatigue. An internet search ( :oops: ) with what I was feeling a few months ago gave me this term, and it has been useful for me to identify my feelings! I don't think physical professional therapy is feasible for me at this stage. Thank you for suggesting Bett...

Thank you for these suggestions. Unfortunately, I did not take many steps towards self-care or boundaries, and this has been really bad for our relationship. :( My bad feelings about their mental illness recently made me start building up walls to my friend, like not sharing things with them as much...

Trigger warning: self-harm Thank you so much, and sorry for the late reply. Yes, I don't need to change the relationship outwardly. I get what you say about getting the same good-feelings from some other source. I'm concerned for my mental health because I recently I am more affected, and more easil...

Thank you! Yes, I would like to know how to handle it myself. One thing you say is that you're uncomfortable having sexual feelings for your friend because they're your friend. I understand worrying that new feelings will change the dynamic of a friendship that is really important in your life! I'm ...

Trigger warnings: Topics in post: casual touches, sexual attraction, arousal, mentions of mental illnesses, Heartstopper show season 3, masturbation. Hello! Thank you for your time! I am slightly worried about certain new feelings I feel for my best friend in college. They are so good to me, and swe...

*mentions of blood* Heyy! For a long time (years) I've had this area between my buttocks, right on top of the butt crack which hurts when pressure is applied. Recently (for the last 10 days) there's been very slight bleeding in my underwear (but not in poop, and there's no pain) from my butt, but I ...

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It is good! I used it once until now, next month will be my second time.

It is convenient because I don't have a microwave in college to boil the cup. And you just plug in the machine, put water in it and put the cup in to boil.

Oh, okay! Thanks!

Yes, that is true! Thank you! I think I will buy this Softcup company steamer on Amazon that seems to be good from reviews despite not having temperature information given. I need a machine like this if I want to use my cup in college! Should I take some more time to decide if I want to use this mac...

Hello!! I have questions about buying a sterilizer machine for my cup to use in college. 1. Is this "exposing to steam" method of cleaning, as good as actually putting the cup in boiling water? 2. The machine companies do not say to what temperature the water will boil and produce steam. I...

Thank you so much! I will keep these things in mind. I am only a bit nervous that I might be shy to talk to this person and might not be able to say anything good at all, but I guess I just have to try. Also, I've never met a family who is going through a bad time like this, and I hope I don't feel ...

Hello, thank you so much! There is a conversation I need to have with a person nearly my age who I don't know well at all. It is a relative whose situation has become quite uncertain after his mother got cancer recently. We are going to meet their family and my dad wants me to see how he is doing, a...

Thank you for saying these things! I do want to evaluate my feelings around this! I plan to do the work of removing masturbation shame on my own. I don't think talking to them is a good idea because I am sure they will be angry and grossed out, and don't know what they will do after this initial rea...

(contains description of incidents that can be triggering) Today I heard my mother talking to her sister about kids masturbating and implying that it is a very bad thing for kids to do. This made me remember two incidents from when I was 4-6 years old, when I received unfair consequences for masturb...

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I just tried to talk to my parents about this. They were encouraging me to speak, and I had no idea this would happen but I broke down and couldn't say a single thing because my throat felt tight and I couldn't. I said I would write them a letter and I'm doing that right now, I want to finish it ton...

Yes! I will talk to my parents about how I feel. However, what would the goal of this conversation be? It's not to make them change their minds about their whole mindsets, or about the terms they've given us about being friends with V. Is it just to make them understand my point of view? No, we only...

My brain actually couldn't handle it and I forgot exactly what I want to say to my parents about this situation, argh. I guess my head will be clearer tomorrow? Sorry for the long thing and this postscript! Thank you!

Hello! Thank you. This is a complicated subject for me that I haven't talked about yet, but bothers me and has been unfolding for at least a year and I need to talk about and today was the development in the situation that actually made me sit down and write this and express my feelings and ask for ...

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Thank you so much! Yes, I do have people like that, I think that would make me feel less overwhelmed. But I really don't think my other old classmates feel awkward! They just seem happy to see each other and very talkative, and that makes me feel different and weird a lot of times, in my new school,...

Hi! Thank you. In one week I will be meeting all of my old 10th grade class in a party! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone. But I need help with the social, actually meeting -people part of it. I don't know why I feel so, so nervous of talking to people right now and this is being a big problem ...

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My sibling wore my underwear one time so can I keep using it myself after washing it? Or should I stop using it? Can it be bad for someone if they wear someone else's underwear one time?

Hi! Thank you! I've been reading articles about women "reclaiming public spaces", wearing what they want and going to public parks at night as an act of "undermining the sexist structure of (South Asian) society", and I want to start doing this too, in my general daily life! :evi...