And I don't feel pressured by anyone to be ready, I just don't want to take forever to be mature. It's all coming from me. I guess I just want to know if it really takes anyone this slowly to mature, and if I'm ever going to be okay with stuff like this.

Thanks for your response! I have never been sexually assaulted or felt out of control of my own body, if that's what you're wondering, but I'm just nervous that I'll never feel comfortable being intimate with someone, ever. I consider myself to be a pretty touch-deprived person; I hug people maybe t...

I'm just really freaking out about sex and whether it's going to hurt. I can't even put a tampon in or touch my own vagina without crying and hyperventilating. Is this normal? Will I grow out of it? I'm 17 and I have no idea how people my age are sexually active. I've heard people bleed the first ti...