- Username
- paufli
- Date posted
- 4y ago
i can relate dont have a boyfriend but the asexual theme has popped up for me from time to time
Sounds like you have a lot of very reasonable explanations (a global pandemic, long term quarantining, worsening ocd, stress, depression, exhaustion) and then an illogical conclusion (ie “it must not be any of that. I’m probably asexual and need to break up with my bf.”) sounds like some ocd to me! Maybe a little ROCD and even some SOOCD type themes here. It’s okay to have a drop in libido for awhile. That’s normal and happens to most people from time to time but especially under stress. Don’t let your ocd take that simple fact and run with it to every terrible reason it can find.
Thank you so much for this. I hate it that I know all these reasonable explanations but when I'm anxious it's like they disappear. I've had soocd and tocd so it makes sense but it's hard to see the context before jumping to "conclusions". I'll try my best not to fall into mental compulsions.
A low sex drive is especially common in OCD. A lot of people with SO-OCD feel a drop in libido, it doesn’t really mean anything more than a chemical imbalance- like OCD.
I feel this way esp with my POCD thoughts. He has a high sex drive with all that’s been going on with me I have no sexual energy /drive....nothing. I worry if I ever will again because I don’t even wanna look at anything sexual . We did have intercourse yesterday but it was me wanting to please him . I had the thoughts in my head the whole time not as bad but still there. I worry if I’ll always have them in my head and if and when I do get better I’d they’ll pop up randomly. I used to never worry about these things. Now idk. I worry that my Bf will get tired of my non existent sex drive. If I’m attracted to him at all. Etc etc. Its rough. 😔😔
I get you. You should talk to him, I did and it helps if he understands what you're going through. He used to think that I didn't want to have sex cause I don't find him attractive anymore when it's really because I just don't feel to, but it has nothing to do with him (I think) but when he says that then I think omg maybe it IS him and not me maybe I don't like him anymore or maybe I'm asexual or or or. It is hard to understand that sex drive fluctuates and specially in quarantine it can be non-existent. Once you stop responding to the thoughts, you'll feel better. Sometimes they'll pop up again, but you have to keep in mind that is normal that they reappear and not give them importance. I hope you feel better soon :)
I believe my depression also killed my sex drive bc I’ve been feeling like I’m not sexually attracted to my partner. When I had sex before I felt completely off afterwards and had a panic attack. I’ve been depressed for 4 months now
Last year I was depressed and didn't feel any emotion at all. I try to had sex and it was awfull. I cried. I recommend you see a therapist and have sex when you want to and not because you "have to". Hope you feel better soon <3
I believe I am depressed too. I felt the depression/severe depression before but now I feel almost numb and neutral to it all
Yeah at first I wanted to cry all the time and then I just felt indifferent towards everything and numb. That's the worst. That's when my therapist told me to see a psychiatrist and I started taking meds. It helped me a lot
Sorry if this is a rude question but what does asexual mean?
it means you don’t feel sexual attraction.
I don't know exactly but I think it is when you don't feel sexually attraction towards anyone but you can feel attraction just not interested in sex
Thank you 🙂
What medication are u taking? I’ve taken most SSRI’s . It’s hard for me to say what worked best for OCD thoughts and depression.
I'm taking Luvox for a year now and it helps me a lot but in quarantine I had a relapse of ocd but besides of that I feel better
How do I know if I’m asexual or if it’s really just hocd? Ive been obsessing over this for days. I don’t want to be asexual at all. I consider myself straight and not to long ago I got over the themes of gay and bisexuality of hocd. I don’t think about sex all that much maybe one every two weeks and I do want sex one day right now I just have that eh like it ok or whatever feeling about it and I don’t know does this stuff mean I’m asexual I have had slit of crushes before but I don’t know if I’m asexual. I need help!??
My brain can’t stop trying to figure out my sexuality and it’s horrible. I can find both men and women attractive so thought I might be bi, but then I don’t often want sex with my boyfriend so I’m worried I could be a lesbian. I can identify with bi or asexual quite happily but thinking about being a lesbian fills me with so much dread and anxiety. On Saturday I had the best day with my boyfriend. I felt so in love for most of the day which was a triumph considering I’ve had ROCD for the whole of the relationship. There was a time I looked at him and I honestly could’ve cried because I loved him that much. Surely I wouldn’t feel like that if I was a lesbian? I’ve always had crushes on boys growing up, but they were always romantic ones. When I thought of love growing up it was always romantic, I always felt a little alienated because I wasn’t interested in sex and sexual acts. Now, I enjoy sexual things with my boyfriend but he has to work to get me in the mood. I’m worried this means I’m not sexually attracted to him and what this means. But the love I feel sometimes is so intense and fills me with happiness. My mind can’t rest until I’ve figured it out
It’s sad to me that I haven’t been feeling larger amounts of attraction towards my partner recently makes me scared that my fears about not loving him anymore are true. I used to feel like I just wanted to be with him and talk with him a lot but now I feel more like I want to do projects or Art a lot of the time and it makes me worried that something is wrong. When we do engage in sexual activity I feel very not in the moment which is also super upsetting. I just want to go back to how it used to be.
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