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SEXUAL FRUSTRATION IN ADOLESCENT

By Mir Nawaz

In Pakistan the adolescent contribute one quarter of the population. According to the survey in 2000 there are 27 millions adolescent ages range from 15 to 24, and till 2020 this population can expect to be increases dramatically to 44.6 million. They have their own world having their own life style. Adolescent age is very crucial in someone’s life facing many challenges, like change in the body physic, depression, anxiety, and most importantly sexual frustrations. Here I am going to discuss about the sexual frustration which adolescent faces .In country like Pakistan it’s very difficult to share sexual changes with some one because of cultural and religious norms. Due to which he astray from real path and mould themselves to malpractices which proved to be very devastating in their later life. As they reached their age of puberty ,hormonal changes takes place because of which an adolescent feel changes in their body which seems to be very new and astonishing for an adolescent .As a health care personnel I came across a case ,16 year teenager was admitted in hospital ,he was afraid to share his concern, when I asked him why he is so afraid ,he told me “ he had a problem that he had nocturnal emissions, and I feel very guilty , I don’t know is that normal or not?”At that point at time I clear his queries and all those myths which he had in his mind. Their other misconceptions include they belief that masturbation causes impotence, physical illness, and weakness. The misconceptions were more prevalent among respondents from lower and middle-income groups. Their concerns were often exploited by sex clinics, where they would pay thousands of rupees for treatment for infertility prior to getting married, simply because they had masturbated.3. Most of the adolescent don’t know about their sexual health due to which they turned themselves in mal practices, like masturbation, homosexuality, going to prostitution, unsafe sex, pornography movies and nude pictures. Like making relationship with sex workers, they are not aware of use of contraceptive and other preventive measures during sex. This practice put them on high risk of acquiring sexual transmitted disease (STDs) e.g. HIV AIDS, Hepatitis C, Herpes, and lot more. Data from a number of Asian countries reveal that 32 to 74 percent of female sex workers are less than 25 years of age. Young men who have sex with other men are also at a high risk of HIV infection. Since they seem reluctant to discuss their concerns and questions about their own sexuality with peers, it may be only when they marry and experience intimacy with their wives that they can lay some anxieties to rest.

When their sexual desires are unmeet ultimately they end up into the depression, drug addiction, anxiety and low performance in their academics. So it’s an intense need to look in to the world of adolescent and find out the frustrations triggering factors and deal accordingly think as per my experience sex education should be incorporate in the curriculum at school level which talks about how to take care of their sexual health like healthy coping mechanisms. Parents can also play a pivotal role in saving their child from sexual frustration, like they educate and prepare mentally him/her before entering into adolescent phase, so they can’t get frustrated when they experience body and hormonal changes in their early adolescent phase.