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- allie05
- Date posted
- 2y ago
sex and guilt
guys i’m freaking out. i told my boyfriend i didn’t want to have sex (i’m afraid i’ll regret it) and i feel so guilty. it’s terrible
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- Anna,hi! Anna,hi!
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Do not feel guilty, it is okay to say no.
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- allie05allie05
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@Get it done! i feel guilty when i have sex and when i don’t. i don’t know what to do :( when i say no my brain immediately goes to “you’re not attracted to him.” i’m miserable
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@allie05 I went through a period of low sex drive where I felt guilty both ways. Saying no felt like I was hurting him because I WAS attracted to my partner but just didn’t feel sexual urges whatsoever (probably medication/hormones/stressful life stuff). Saying yes felt disrespectful to myself because I was doing it for the wrong reasons.
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- allie05allie05
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@Anonymous this is exactly how i feel. except when i say no i worry i dont love him and am not attracted to him
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- Forest13Forest13
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Not wanting to have sex is always okay, if they aren’t supportive of you in that then they don’t deserve to be with you. Everyone has diffrent sex drives and some people crave sex a lot less than others some people like asexual people can not crave sex at all. Talking to a therapist if you feel that w out of be helpful might be good to get to the bottom of how you are feeling, talking to your partner about these feeling would be good too
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- allie05allie05
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@Forest13 (They/she) i’m afraid to talk to him. he told me he is ok but he is also clearly upset. i don’t know what to do :(
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- Forest13Forest13
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@allie05 Well I jsut want to say that you don’t owe that to him, being in a relationship doesn’t mean you have to have sex with the person, if they understand that you just don’t feel like it and it’s nothing personal, and their still upset then that’s their problem.
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- Forest13Forest13
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@allie05 I’m sorry you are in such a stressful situation
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- allie05allie05
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@Forest13 (They/she) thank you so much. i also feel guilty because whenever i say no because i worry “what if i’m not attracted to him”. i want to feel better
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- Forest13Forest13
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@allie05 That’s definitely your ocd, it’s trying to work off your fears.
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- anonymous700anonymous700
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Omg! I feel the same! Thank you for sharing because I’m currently going through this. I feel shame around sex mainly because i have always used sex to seek validation so i neglected my own sexual desires when it was time to have sex with a partner. I also feel like when I do have sex, I disappointed my mom or dad haha. Weird I know. I recently shared an intimate moment with my partner and felt no connection and so I started to freak out because I questioned if I even liked this person and now I feel guilty. It’s so hard. And I hope you find peace soon and enjoy those intimate moments with your partner without these intrusive thoughts!
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- Forest13Forest13
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@anonymous700 In many many cultures parents shame their daughter s / people assigned female at birth. For having sexuality, while not treating their sons/ people assigned make at birth like that at all. It’s no wonder at all you feel you are disappointing them by having self pleasure.
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- allie05allie05
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@anonymous700 thank you so much! i’m glad i’m not alone. todays been a rough day.
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- carol2424carol2424
- Date posted
- 2y ago
do you notice u feel guilty/ ashamed or just low after sex?
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- allie05allie05
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@carol2424 yes all the time. what could this be??
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- cheeseduck
- Date posted
- 5y ago
When I was in kindergarten, an older kid at my babysitter’s house was sexually inappropriate with me. I felt horrible guilt about what had happened for a long time. It caused me to start having severe panic attacks at age seven. I constantly felt like I was carrying around a dirty secret. I couldn’t eat. The best way I can describe the guilt was the physical feeling that my stomach was heavy. I very recently, at the age of 18, had my first consensual sexual experience. Afterwards, I laid in bed next to the guy and silently endured a panic attack. I was afraid of feeling the guilt again. Like horribly afraid. I couldn’t calm myself down or logic it out in my head. This was after cancelling on this guy twice for fear of having sex and then feeling the guilt. I should capitalize that. The Guilt is more fitting. Guilt is something I cannot stand in the slightest, and the only way I could make myself stop panicking about this situation was to almost immediately tell my mom. Why? I’m an adult. I’m on the pill. It’s my personal life. She doesn’t need to know. But I was so afraid of The Guilt, and that was the only way to be sure I wouldn’t have to deal with it. Now I’m fine. But I’m afraid of not being able to enjoy certain aspects of my life because I’m so afraid of The Guilt returning.
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- zzzz
- Date posted
- 3y ago
is someone threw the same thing as me ? i feel so bad about things i’ve done while i was a pre/early teen, as sexual experimentation. It was Gross things that i’ll never do it again, i’m disgusted by it now. But i have so much guilt on me, i feel like i don’t deserve happiness after that. I know i was young and discovering sexuality but it don’t gives me enough relief. Thank guys, tell me how you feel about this.
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- Drew0103
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Urges to cheat
This is probably very TMI but last night i watched porn (im going to stop because it messes with my head) and after i had a feeling of wanting to cheat and now i have the worst guilt of my life and i wanted to cry to her about it. We also are long distance
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