A person who participates in promiscuity is known as promiscuous or behaving promiscuously.
There are bothemotionally healthyand emotionally unhealthy reasons a person may be promiscuous.
We will examine the differences between the reasons below.
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But first, these are some common ones.
It all depends on your reasons for taking this action.
After experiencing sexual assault, some survivors turn to alcohol as a coping mechanism.
After experiencing sexual assault, some survivors become hypersexual as a shame-based trauma response.
For more mental health resources, see ourNational Helpline Database.
you might trust yourself to make choices that are best for you and your physical and emotional well-being.
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