Hi Juliaho90

A single loose stool won't affect the efficacy of your birth control. Diarrhoea is a pattern of loose stool over a longer period of time, and has to be pretty severe to impact on your pills.

That all sounds really positive, great to hear.

We'll be here if and when you come in again, and in the meantime I hope your treatment goes well.

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When you spoke to your sibling, did you feel like he would be open to talking to you about your gender more? Was he generally supportive? It sounds like your relationship with your mom is pretty fraught, and judging by this and your other thread, she has said a lot of pretty awful things. It's reall...

Hi princxsa, Welcome to the boards! You know, you're not boring or weird or flawed for not being up for being sexually explicit in casual conversation or flirting. The thing with words like "prude" and "promiscuous" is that they imply that there is some right amount of sex to hav...

Hi kiiiimibela, The things that you are describing your boyfriend doing - scaring you, losing his temper, saying hurtful things - are verbal and emotional abuse. Throwing things (even if he's not throwing them at you) also follows that pattern, and I am concerned that this will escalate into other f...

It's understandable that you're mind is full of all this right now - being lied to on so many fronts is really disorienting and it can take a while to put your world back together in the light of new information, unpicking the true things from anything else. You're not stupid, I promise. Doing thing...

If going by sky on here makes you feel more comfortable then go for it! I'm glad that rereading these is helpful to you, and it's wonderful to hear that we're appreciated. Thanks for your apologies; it's okay, we understand. Lots of people struggle with fear and internalised homophobia related to th...

Hi straightlines, Well done for taking yourself to get care when you needed it. I'm so glad that the staff were able to support you and that you could connect with other people who understood what you're going through. I've been following this thread and know that things are really hard right now; i...

Okay, and is the reason you don't want to orgasm that you feel guilty? Or something else? You really haven't been a lot to handle, we're all here, answering questions and having conversations with you and people like you because we want to, because we care and because this is something we're passion...

Hi RAYTRAC3R, Any of the things you've highlighted could be limiting the pleasure you get from masturbation. Yes, some medications inhibit sexual response - in people of all genders. Plus, most people with a vulva take a lot more than a few minutes to really get aroused and even more to reach orgasm...

So glad that you have a great therapist - even if you do have to wait a while before seeing her again. When you say you don't want "that" to happen any more, what is "that"? You 100% DO deserve to feel that good and happy, has anyone said you don't? Don't get me wrong, if you don...

Hi ShadowSong, That grief is real. I'm so sorry. There is a real sense of loss from looking at an alternate reality and knowing that it's not your reality. That said, I wonder what it is you feel that you've lost? What would being cis mean for you? As for expectations, honestly I have never thought ...

I'm sorry that your family are not supportive of your sexuality. Knowing that you and your partner will only be truly welcomed and accepted if they are a man is an awful place to be, and it's normal to feel a lot of loss for what might have been in the process of exploring and accepting your sexuali...

Ohh Herstory, I'm so sorry. That's really tough, I know how hard you tried to make this relationship work. This person was so clearly undeserving of that effort. How are you feeling? I get that feeling of being "done" with relationships, and a breakup like this is a great time to focus on ...

The main reason not to take the pill for just short periods of time is that it takes time for your body to adjust both to starting it and to coming off it. It could make your cycle very irregular, and you won't be giving it time for all the side effects to settle down before stopping again. It's not...

Hi 23yetnotready.

Having had two pregnancy tests come back negative, it is very unlikely that you are pregnant. If you want to check in with your doctor for a blood test too then by all means do so, especially if you have missed a period or it is more than 5 days later than expected.

Welcome back humanbeing. I'm glad that college has been a way out and a perspective shift for you. Clearly, the people in your life who should have been caring for you and making you feel safe and loved have done the opposite, and I'm glad that you don't have to spend so much time around them these ...

Hi Veronica, It sounds like you're having a really hard time processing this diagnosis, and also like you've felt a lot of insecurity in your previous relationship and more generally. I'll touch on both and you can let me know where you want to go from here, okay? First, let's talk about your HPV di...

Hi Veronica,

I've made you a thread of your own here in case you want to talk this through with us, and I'll responded to some of your comments there.

For Veronica.vol2 Your original post: Hello Miria, I know this thread is quite old, but I find myself in (almost) the same situation and I'd really like to know if it might get better. I actually ran into this post googling "my ex boyfriend gave me hpv" at 2 am, trying to cry myself to sle...

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Hi Firefly, I don't have anything to add to what Sam said, I just wanted to say that I'm really glad that opening up here has helped, and we're here for you.

Hi Pan,

It's common to feel sexual in the morning, I don't know why. If you don't want to masturbate every time that's fine! If you start doing other things the mood will usually go away by itself - I don't think you can force it.

Okay! You have answered your question - you're straight and interested in pegging.

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