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What orientation am i? I'm so confused and stressed

Discussion in 'Sexual Orientation' started by Wantsuki12, Jan 12, 2015.

  1. Wantsuki12

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    Hello everyone,
    I dont know what my orientation is even though I believe to be a straight 18 yr old guy. I have no problem with gay people, I have 2 gay people in my family, and I treat them like everyone else and think they should be able to do whatever makes them happy, but it's something that I never wanted for myself. I always thought i was straight, had huge crushes on girls all throughout school, (which were crushes as in I wanted to kiss them, I didnt just wanna be friends with them). I always found girls attractive, used to see naked women in movies, books, internet, try to find ways to even drill a whole into the girls locker room, see a cute girl with her tits half out and get insanely turned on, and I still do. But i also constantly worry that I am gay. I used to watch gay porn for a while after straight porn wouldnt fill the job as much, then moved onto more kind of different stuff. I finally realized that it was actually gay that I was watching it, even though it seems pretty obvious, it never dinged on me. Even though I got aroused by it, I never desired to be in the situation in the porn, never once imagined myself as one of the people, either taking or giving, and always found it disturbing and felt honestly violated afterwords. Eventually when it dinged on me that gay porn is gay to watch, Its like i had an epiphany and said I'm gonna stop watching this. I felt like i was getting gayer, and none of it felt right to me, I still never had crushes on guys or wanted to have sex with them, but i began getting a lot of anxiety about it and questioned my sexuality with every guy i see. It's been a year since i started stressing about my sexuality, and it still doesnt seem to make sense for me. I stopped watching porn for a while, and one year later, today, i can sit here and still stress about my sexuality all hours of the day. I think the only reason I wouldve been aroused by gay porn is because it was something taboo, different, and just new. Also, I was always picked on by every guy in school growing up, making me feel like I wasnt good enough, so maybe thats where it comes from too. Today I test myself to see if im attracted to guys and get aroused by naked men, but I can go through pages of naked pictures of men and not be turned on at all. Even though i can see naked men and dont become turned on, I still constantly worry that I'll become aroused by them, and test myself more. I just finished before writing this looking at pages of naked guys on the internet, and I remained flaccid the whole time, which doesnt seem like something a gay guy would be able to do. The thing is I am still turned on by women. I can just be sitting bored, thing of a girl riding me, and get insanely turned on. I just watched the hangover last night and was trying to see what everyone's big deal is with bradley cooper, and couldnt get it besides he looks like he works out, but then I got aroused when the stripper took her tit out to feed the baby. Although this happens to me, I still stress about my sexuality constantly, even though I dont get aroused by naked men anymore, have never had a crush on a guy before, and have no desire to be in a relationship at all with a guy. The thought of having to spend the rest of my life with a guy is painful to me, and not because of what other people would say, but because there would always be something missing. Now although I say all of this, I still see good looking guy in public and my mind suddenly goes into analyzing everything, am i attracted to him, would i get aroused by him if he was naked, all of that, even though i would never want to do anything with him. I feel like I am just stressing myself out way too much, because as soon as I start stressing out in the day and questioning everything, I can say goodbye to my libido for the day and I find it hard to get attracted to anything, even women.
    So if you are still reading this, all i ever wanted was to grow up, meet a beautiful woman, have an awesome sex life, get married, have kids, and just grow old together. And I still feel like i can, but this constant questioning and analyzing of my sexuality drives me insane and makes me feel like I dont even know who i am anymore.
     
  2. vicky90

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    You most likely sound a "straight" guy with some symptoms of HOCD.

    You get crushes for girls and even can't imagine being attracted or being in relationship with guys. Your doubts about guys most likely seem to be caused by your anxiety.

    Watching different types of porn is not a strong indicator of orientation. Even some lesbians enjoy gay porn, still they don't turn straight liking guys.

    Orientation is not just related to porn. It is about with whom you associate yourself sexually and romantically in your real life.

    Don't stress yourself. Take it easy.

    Please write more if you need to...
     
  3. Ditz

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    Hi there.

    I think you're stressing about something you shouldn't be stressing about. Trust me, if you where Gay or Bi you would definitely know, as in you would constantly check out guys and have a definite sexual attraction to them, pretty much what you have with girls.

    Your confusion sets in due to the fact that you watched gay porn and managed to get aroused by it. Here's a little secret for you, most guys get turned on by the idea of sex... And I'm saying sex, not gay sex or straight sex... Just sex, the idea of two naked people together doing something "naughty" might be all it takes to get a boner irrespective of whether it's two girls, two guys or a guy and girl. It is especially the case when you are young going trough puberty with hormones peaking at between 14 and 18, so it's not a huge surprise that you got turned on watching porn irrespective of whether it was gay or straight porn.

    That is why sexual experimentation with same sex "friends" isn't that uncommon with adolescents going trough puberty even though they identify as completely straight in adulthood.

    I don't think you are gay, you might be a little bi-curious but even that sounds like it is on the unlikely side in your case. As I mentioned above, if you where gay or bi you would get turned on by guys the same way you get turned on my girls and it would be pretty consistent, you'd know that you are and not wonder whether you might be... It wouldn't be that vague or difficult to identify in yourself.
     
  4. Wantsuki12

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    Thanks, the way my stressing starts in some day is when I dont get aroused by a situation the way I feel like I should. Like if I see boobs or something and dont get turned on instantly, it automatically makes my anxiety turn on then it will instantly make me check out every guy I see to see if I have some sort of attraction to them since I didnt get turned on at the moment to a woman. Then I will test myself to naked men and if I'm not aroused, it will make me happy again and normal until something causes me to think "I wonder if i would be aroused by a man right now". Then sometimes if its bad I continue to test myself for a couple days, and after I keep testing myself and getting more into stuff I would normally find gross, it starts becoming normal because I think about it so much, if that makes any sense. Like for example, if I were to think of blowing a guy on a day when I felt confident and straight, I would be disgusted and have no arousal, but if I were to think of that on a day when I feel like I dont know who I am anymore and constantly stressing about it, then it could give me arousal or make me think that it isnt so weird.

    Does the average straight guy look at a naked woman sometimes and doesnt get aroused or turned on? Or would they get an instant erection from one? Cause once I see a woman and if I dont think I have the reaction I should, thats when it all starts.

    I hope that makes sense
     
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    You can't expect to get a sexual reaction every time you look at someone naked... Nudity in itself is not always sexual, if it where you wouldn't have nudists or nude art for that matter.

    I'm not straight, neither am I gay, I'm Bi and I don't get turned on every time I see a naked guy or girl even if they are good looking. There's a lot more to sexual arousal than just seeing someone naked.

    But there's something else you have to also keep in mind when it comes to sexual arousal and that is anxiety. The more stressed or worried you are about being aroused or reaching a climax the more difficult it becomes to get aroused or reach an orgasm... It happens to a lot of guys and it's a psychological issue.

    And as to your other point of exposing yourself over and over to something that initially grossed you out is a classic example of desensitising yourself to something, it is not uncommon either.

    I don't know if any of this makes sense to you... If the situation you find yourself in right now keeps on stressing you out, it might be helpful to talk to a therapist who would be able to help you sort trough these issues.
     
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    So I am exactly in the same situation like you - just that I didn´t watch gay porn but because two other people believed I was gay. That triggered the whole thing for me and its been already 1 year. I am always questioning but never got aroused anytime by the same sex mentally or sexually. It´s just gotten more difficult to keep eye-contact with same-sex for me but also this improved. Anyways I had some really hard times - I know your feelings.

    Right now I am not having such a bad state of anxiety anymore but am as well from time to time wondering whats going on. I don´t know when this will end but I tried to accept everything that will happen to me.

    This helped me:
    1.) Try to not put a label on you and just live into the day, don´t say that you have to be hetero or gay or bisexual. Just live without any sexual identitification.
    2.) Try to meet and be friends with EVERYONE, regardless their gender or sexual orientation

    I can just tell you that it has gotten a lot easier for me after I did this. I´ve actually fallen unbelievably in love with a girl 2 months ago so this is the current path that I am going but I´ll never know what will happen. I think you know like me that deep down in your heart you are heterosexual. Nevertheless also try to forget these thoughts. START LIVING!

    Greetings