Sexuality discovery
Discussion
Gents (& ladies),
To give a brief overview of the current situation - following a severe head injury 10 years ago, an unfortunate and unresolved sexual abuse encounter at around the same time - the last few years have been particularly hard.
My depression started approximately 3 years ago and I ignored all the signs / symptoms associated with this. Without realizing, my mental state was pushing my wife and family away and all this came to a head about 3 months ago.
I was placed on suicide watch, wife let and I returned home (we were living abroad at the time) to get better and live in a safe and stable environment.
Thankfully - whilst very fragile, I'm feeling better in myself and the counseling and support I'm receiving from friends and family is, so far, having a profound affect.
Interestingly - both my psychiatrist and counselor picked up on a few things from my sessions and suggested looking into my sexuality - something I've not done owing to the incident in previous years.
Having already discussed odd feelings in they past - I began looking into the asexual spectrum and came across Demisexuality - whereby individuals require a very strong emotional bond prior to feeling any attraction and the physical side of things is very low on the priority list.
Strange as it may sound - I feel massively relieved now as I don't feel abnormal / different / something wrong with me.
It's a very liberating experience and I wanted to share this with PH in the health section, in case anyone has any questions / feels the same or perhaps is wondering whether they may a similar perspective.
It can seem foreign to some - but I'm happy to answer any questions etc if anyone has any.
Thanks for listening.
Chris
To give a brief overview of the current situation - following a severe head injury 10 years ago, an unfortunate and unresolved sexual abuse encounter at around the same time - the last few years have been particularly hard.
My depression started approximately 3 years ago and I ignored all the signs / symptoms associated with this. Without realizing, my mental state was pushing my wife and family away and all this came to a head about 3 months ago.
I was placed on suicide watch, wife let and I returned home (we were living abroad at the time) to get better and live in a safe and stable environment.
Thankfully - whilst very fragile, I'm feeling better in myself and the counseling and support I'm receiving from friends and family is, so far, having a profound affect.
Interestingly - both my psychiatrist and counselor picked up on a few things from my sessions and suggested looking into my sexuality - something I've not done owing to the incident in previous years.
Having already discussed odd feelings in they past - I began looking into the asexual spectrum and came across Demisexuality - whereby individuals require a very strong emotional bond prior to feeling any attraction and the physical side of things is very low on the priority list.
Strange as it may sound - I feel massively relieved now as I don't feel abnormal / different / something wrong with me.
It's a very liberating experience and I wanted to share this with PH in the health section, in case anyone has any questions / feels the same or perhaps is wondering whether they may a similar perspective.
It can seem foreign to some - but I'm happy to answer any questions etc if anyone has any.
Thanks for listening.
Chris
toohuge said:
whereby individuals require a very strong emotional bond prior to feeling any attraction and the physical side of things is very low on the priority list.
Can't see any harm with this at all and is probably more common than realised. Good on you for sharing and good to hear you are dealing with your "problems".
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