I think you are a bit sexually repressed, and you're rationalizing it through the "fear of STDs". I knew a guy who was like this, and it took him years and a little help from a counselor to sort out what he was really feeling fear about.
Think about it logically: you leave your house, don't you? You meet other people, eat at restaurants, and go to work. All of these situations involve other people, and other people carry diseases. You can get serious diseases without ever having sex (eg. Hepatitis C, staph [remember MERSA?], strep, flu, TB, etc). Those diseases can hurt or kill you -- but they don't keep you from leaving your house do they?
Compare now with sexually transmitted diseases. Most of them are curable. Some of the "sexual" diseases can be caught in other ways. For example a clinic in Nevada was caught reusing needles, and now thousands of people need a HIV test. Herpes is extremely common with some reports saying up to 60% of the population being exposed; it's only some people that have noticeable outbreaks. HPV is also extremely common. My point being that a disease that might be sexually transmitted may not be a big deal.
The thing is that if you're sensible & protected, you should be ok.
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