My sex ed experience: In 6th grade, I remember we had a unit on, basically, human anatomy. My teacher, at the beginning of said unit, goes "Okay, I'm going to get the giggle words out of the way, so we can go through this without everyone laughing. Penis, vagina, anus, vulva, breasts..." T...

Ah...thank you for posting this. Like, major thank yous. If I'm feeling some flavor of not-good, I generally try to make it go away. Like most people, I think. I'll listen to music, I've got a fun little upbeat playlist on my iPod, and I'll lip-sync to songs that I know by heart and that I love, and...

Hi...I know I haven't been here in forever, but I thought I'd come by, and update. In early or mid March I called and got an appointment with a psych person...my job offers 6 free therapy sessions through a specific group as an employee benefit, and while I probably couldn't afford it if I were payi...

I'd love to be added if possible...I know that I should try journaling, but some issues mean that I'm not comfy writing things down in a physical space.

I think...I've been working on trying to shut up my brain when it tries to pull the "You should be finding a therapist, you should be doing things, and if you aren't it's because you secretly want to be broken" bit. I'm doing the "This is part of the healing. The taking time to do thi...

I'm pretty sure I have words for here, but I can't come up with any at the moment-I haven't had time at home without my girlfriend around, where I can just sit down and collect my thoughts. But I did want to stop here and say thank you to everyone who is being really good and nice and you are helpin...

I know that...kinda. In theory. I'm just...I'm not good at this part. The actual healing part. I end up feeling like, if I'm able to go to a therapist, if I am financially able and I have found a therapist, then for me not to go means that I don't actually want to feel better. I'm letting myself fee...

It's easier to do things when I know that it's a safe place. Like, Scarleteen is where I send teens and young adults, automatically. Just, default, 'hey have you heard of scarleteen dot com? They're really excellent and you should seriously go there.' Because this is one of the places where I know, ...

Thank you for the reply, Edith! I don't have a problem with anyone jumping in to offer their two cents, and I appreciate the reassurance. I'm sorry, I feel like I'm just...asking for permission to feel things? And it's annoying and stupid, but it does help, I think, when someone says that I am allow...

I was a young girl, and therefore didn't know anything about what could possibly be happening with my own body. I'm still a little bitter if I think about it. That would help, if you could? I know you can't be certain but the possibility would be wonderful. There is a website I can go on to find hea...

Thank you for understanding the googling thing...that is one of the hardest parts to explain or to even get right in my head, because it is so difficult to actually express the concept that it feels like that is just not an option, that that option simply does not exist and I don't even really know ...

Heads up. There are going to be triggers, like, lots of them. *SERIOUSLY. MANY TRIGGERS. FOR CONSENT AND AGE ISSUES. THERE IS STUFF ABOUT SOMEONE TOO YOUNG TO LEGALLY CONSENT. I DO NOT WANT TO TRIGGER PEOPLE. IF YOU HAVE TRIGGERS ABOUT CONSENT OR PEOPLE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE AGE OF CONSENT DO NOT...

I was Kawani3792 there, and kept the same username. I completely forgot that you switched the boards around! Came here to ask about some stuff, and to my surprise, I had to re-register.