Blog 3

If I had a friend come to me a who suspected that they may have an STD I would offer them moral support and try and ease their worries by letting them know that it could possibly be nothing but they should still get tested because some STD do not have symptoms. I would help them find a nearby clinic that maybe offers free confidential testing. I would mainly be there for moral support, offer to take them to the doctor and just be that person that they feel comfortable talking to, but I would also chastise them about the mistake they made leading up to an STD scare. Many people think, “Oh that can’t happen to me” and most of the time it does happen to that person. If a friend came to me with this problem, first and foremost I would be there as a friend not judging, just listening. If everything turned out ok, I wouldn’t want my friend walking away from the situation with the same attitude of, “that couldn’t happen to me”, I would want them to know the consequences of their actions and how it could affect their life.