i (19m) am in college so obviously i’m going to fool around with people because duh, but i only have sex with condoms only. Just recently i found out i contracted gonorrhea from one of my partners and i feel so sick about it and i know its not deadly and im ok but i hate that i take so many safety precautions (condoms & ensuring we are both clean) and this happened to me. honestly i think the name has a lot to do with it as well, like gonorrhea sounds so disgusting so now i feel disgusting. i also hate how easily this couldve been a worse sti or std i feel ashamed for just believing that a partner was clean when obviously they were not.
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Honestly you’re just gunna have to file this under shit happens. Make sure all your partners are aware and should get a test but honestly you’re getting treatment you do your best it’s just one of those things. Maybe it’ll teach you to be a little less trusting or take some extra precautions which is never a bad thing. Whenever I hear that someone has had an sti and they feel so ashamed and disgusted it makes me feel so bad because its just healthcare nobody is gunna be particularly ashamed over a case of athletes foot or a flu that gets passed around. I know it’s not the same and because of how you can get it its feels embarrassing but just try to treat it like any other infection with a side of letting other partners know. Signed 31 year old woman with a bio based degree ❤️
you did everything you could, these are things that happen sometimes. it feels gross because there’s a social stigma around it, but medically, it’s just a bacterial infection, the same as something like strep. antibiotics will resolve it and in a couple of years, it will be a very small part of your story.