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
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