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Easy to want sex, but difficult to disclose

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Here's the kicker and this is why herpes is such a huge opportunity because herpes comes through sexuality which which is the at the core of our being it's the most vulnerable thing that we're ever going to express and share with someone else okay so it forces us to actually be vulnerable at the most core part of ourselves there's there's the physical vulnerability that you're okay with and you want that but you're not willing to actually be emotionally vulnerable totally right yeah thanks for watching now go here for more information

Sometimes it can feel easier to just want sex without any connection, to just feel okay again.

But when we consider having the herpes talk beforehand, it can feel terrifying! Why is that? 

Because sex itself at first blush might *seem* to be only physical; and disclosure opens us to emotional vulnerability (perhaps sooner than we feel safe to do so).

Disclosure can feel much more intimate and vulnerable than the physical act of sex itself (especially if we are disclosing before we  feel we can trust this person with our vulnerability).

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