Mind Games
9:22 PM
Our emotional wellbeing can effect whether we f*ck with condoms or not. Things such as loneliness, depression, poor body image, and low self-esteem can mean abandoning condoms for reasons including needing human contact, trying to prove attractiveness, fear of rejection or feeling you don't deserve to protect yourself. All these issues can be treated with counseling. Talking to a counsellor about personal stuff may feel like talking to a stranger, but it may be worth overcoming some shyness to avoid HIV or an STI being the result of your last bout of the "blues."
An unhealthy relationship can also be the source of emotional problems. Physical, sexual, psychological, emotional, social and financial abuse are all characteristics of an unhealthy relationship. A partner can use any of this abuse to force or manipulate the other into having sex without condoms. Abuse is unacceptable in a relationship. You are worth more.
Source: Victorian AIDS Council/ Gay Men's Health Centre, Victoria, Australia
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