I think most of it comes down to fear and understanding.
There is also the why factor as in why did it have to be me who got caught up in this. Especially with partners.
A lot of the fears have already been mentioned.
As for understanding, we still don't know for sure why we are the way we are.
So explaining this can be difficult in the extreme. However it is getting better slowly as the media begin to treat us better than they have in the past.
We still have the pressures of society to deal with which vary's depending on where you live