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Can I Reliably Call This Genitally Focused Anxiety?
Hello Doctors,
Recently I received a hand job from a woman I did not know. She used saliva as lubrication by spitting directly onto my penis. She used only her hands, but rubbed my penis on her breasts during this encounter as well. I immediately became concerned with the STDs I could have possibly contracted from this event, so I took to the internet. While I found many forums with answers from Dr. H. Hunter Handsfield describing the almost certain unlikelihood of contracting an STD in this manner, I became so focused on what I was feeling and seeing (urgency to urinate almost constantly (no pain during urination), a feeling that my penis was leaking (with no discharge at all when inspected), sensitivity (plus tingling) at the tip of my penis, that I decided to get tested for STDs.
I was tested by both an urgent care office and my regular doctor five days after the aforementioned event occurred. I even requested to be put on antibiotics to ease my mind before the results were in--a request which was granted to me. Both tests came back negative for any and all STDs. I was relieved, of course. But my symptoms persisted.
I am also very paranoid, obsessive, and have a very overactive imagination. This had me take to the internet once again to see if my tests results could have been incorrect, or if I could have taken something to skew the results (I took AZO to see if my symptoms were from a UTI a day prior to testing). It seems that the results--two separate sets--are pretty much 100% conclusive. I also read about genitally focused anxiety, which seems to be the most likely culprit. Yet, here I am still feeling an urgency to urinate, phantom dripping, and a tingle at the tip of my penis.
So, I wonder, are my symptoms from genitally focused anxiety? Could I still have contracted an STD from this encounter? Do I need to be tested again? If it is genitally focused anxiety, how can I help stop it?
Any advice from you will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.
Recently I received a hand job from a woman I did not know. She used saliva as lubrication by spitting directly onto my penis. She used only her hands, but rubbed my penis on her breasts during this encounter as well. I immediately became concerned with the STDs I could have possibly contracted from this event, so I took to the internet. While I found many forums with answers from Dr. H. Hunter Handsfield describing the almost certain unlikelihood of contracting an STD in this manner, I became so focused on what I was feeling and seeing (urgency to urinate almost constantly (no pain during urination), a feeling that my penis was leaking (with no discharge at all when inspected), sensitivity (plus tingling) at the tip of my penis, that I decided to get tested for STDs.
I was tested by both an urgent care office and my regular doctor five days after the aforementioned event occurred. I even requested to be put on antibiotics to ease my mind before the results were in--a request which was granted to me. Both tests came back negative for any and all STDs. I was relieved, of course. But my symptoms persisted.
I am also very paranoid, obsessive, and have a very overactive imagination. This had me take to the internet once again to see if my tests results could have been incorrect, or if I could have taken something to skew the results (I took AZO to see if my symptoms were from a UTI a day prior to testing). It seems that the results--two separate sets--are pretty much 100% conclusive. I also read about genitally focused anxiety, which seems to be the most likely culprit. Yet, here I am still feeling an urgency to urinate, phantom dripping, and a tingle at the tip of my penis.
So, I wonder, are my symptoms from genitally focused anxiety? Could I still have contracted an STD from this encounter? Do I need to be tested again? If it is genitally focused anxiety, how can I help stop it?
Any advice from you will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.
Keep us posted on any other physical symptoms that pop up. If you start to notice a slight red irritation at the meatus and around the head of the penis, you might be in the same boat and numerous others. The great unknown...
Seems a lot of people who experience it have unprotected saliva contact (myself included). Try not to let it cause too much anxiety in your head for the meantime.
All the best.
Seems a lot of people who experience it have unprotected saliva contact (myself included). Try not to let it cause too much anxiety in your head for the meantime.
All the best.
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