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Lonelyisland · 17/04/2022 17:07

Posting on here for traffic

I dont want sex. Its like my mind has now formed a complex/ physical barrier around the topic. When i was 20 i had my first "relationship" and I remember the guy asking me if I was a lesbian because he would try to do stuff with me and I wouldn't react at all. I put this down to lack of experience and not actually understanding what this guy was trying to do or my own body. Whenever he kissed me I hated it, if he tried to go down south anywhere I would laugh as it 'tickled'. We never did anything properly.

Now roll on a couple more years and I didnt really have the most brilliant introduction into actual sexual deeds. I ended up in a very selfish one side friends with benefits. He was my first time and reflecting back on it he said I always used to complain about pain. I did things because I liked him not necessarily because I got anything out of it. The pain was clearly because I wasnt turned on enough.

After that I had a couple sexual encounters here and there but nothing mesmorising or worth the fuss even mentioning.

Now I am in a long term relationship. From the get go I told my partner I never got on board with kissing, but initially with him I loved it. We would kiss/make out/ hold hands all the time. We would have sex all the time although again i wouldnt say it was anything special. I am my dps first sexual partner so he lacked the know how. He did attempt once or twice to do things to me but as soon as he realised it did nothing for me he very quickly gave up on trying to "unlock me" or learn about my body. I just feel lile a failure and impossible case. Its also a very conflicting feeling for me because on one hand I dont want sex and dread it but on the other hand I want to want sex and feel like something is wrong with me.

Although dp never bothers with me and I have never climaxed before with anyone, i used to be very in tune with my sexuality in terms of delivering and I used to like pleasing who ever I was with. Now Im not bothered and consequently me and dp do not have a sex life anymore. Its depressing as we are only 25 with dc and I cant see how our future will pan out if this continues. I know this is leading us down a path where resentment will build or one of us will cheat. Dp has seemed to have lost his care for it as well as he never gets any anymore. It now requires a massive conscious effort to do anything om either of our parts, even just to remember to do something!

At first I thought dp was different but losing my sex drive was him has shown that isnt true. I thought I was losing interest in him sexually as we had a very strained relationship early on and then i got pregnant had an c section and we just kept thinking things would return back to how they were before. But they havent. In my mind i used to blame our consistent relationship proems as the giant put off for my sex drive but upon reflection I can see this problem was always there.

I did even go through a time period where I thought I was asexual but then I had sexual experiences that contradicted this so I guess i wasnt.

Im so confused and this is really getting me down. Im worried about the detrimental effect this will have on my relationship..i dont want sex to be the end of us. No I am mot sexually attracted to women in the slightest. I see men on the street and wouldnt mind jumping on them but whether I actually would when I came down to it is a different story.

Help!

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Tittyfilarious81 · 17/04/2022 17:14

Hi op are you taking the pill or have the implant by any chance ,some women find that their sex drive is low when they have hormonal contraceptives.

Lonelyisland · 17/04/2022 17:27

No hormonal contraception

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Lonelyisland · 17/04/2022 17:32

Bump

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whenwilliwillibefamous · 17/04/2022 17:38

Do you have orgasms on your own OP?

I mean, reading your posts, one possibility is that you've just had partners you weren't very attracted to, who weren't very good in bed (with you), and now you're knackered with kids and that's something that very often just squashes any sex drive regardless.

TheOriginalEmu · 17/04/2022 17:44

Its not weird to not want sex. I’m asexual, but it took lots of sex and relationships to figure out that I just don’t want or need sex in my life. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve felt turned on in my life (I’m in my 40s) and I don’t have any urge to masterbate. It just doesn’t interest me. And that’s ok.
I’m not saying that you are definitely the same, but it’s an idea worth exploring. If the issue is that you haven’t had good sex, then that’s something that can be worked on. But it could be you just aren’t interested. Which is ok too.

Lonelyisland · 17/04/2022 18:31

@TheOriginalEmu but thats the thing i want to want sex! I dont feel normal or right with this lack of sex drive. I feel abnormal especially because im so young there is this social pressure there that I should ne having the most active sex life at this stage of my life.

Then there is the thing that even if im okay without it (which I am physically okay with but not mentally) that my partner will not be. He didnt sign up for no sex and at 25 i dont expect him to settle for that.

In a way I think being gay is so much more easier to wrap my head around because at least you still like sex. To not have any sexual urges makes me feel so alienated and weird.

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MissConductUS · 17/04/2022 18:34

OP, have you considered having your hormone levels checked? It's a simple blood test.

Sunnytwobridges · 17/04/2022 22:24

OP I understand. I’ve never had that desire to have sec with anyone either altho I do love being in a relationship. My ex was very sexually attracted to me and wanted to have sex a lot which I was always envious of because I wish I had that desire too… for anyone. But I have never felt it. I’m old now so it doesn’t matter but I wish I had explored more about why I am this way when I was
younger. I’m sad I missed out having sexual desires like most people

GuineaPigPosie · 17/04/2022 22:48

Hi OP, I'm sorry you're going through this. Have you looked into asexuality at all? I'm similar to you, I think about sex, the only time I feel I WANT to have sex is with celebrities I guess as I know it would never happen. Any relationship I've been in has ended as soon as it got nearly sexual as it made me feel sick. I've come to terms with the fact I think I'm asexual. I'm just not interested in sex at all. It is hard to come to terms with but it's nothing to be ashamed of. Maybe it would be worth looking into? Take it slowly and please don't beat yourself up. Be kind Flowers

GuineaPigPosie · 17/04/2022 22:49

As in, I'm not interested in actually having sex but I do think about it in my head and I want to want it, but ultimately I just don't.

Lonelyisland · 18/04/2022 09:36

Im starting to feel like a freak. Anywhere I turn no one seems to have the answers. This is really getting me down. Is it really impossible?

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Lonelyisland · 18/04/2022 09:42

@GuineaPigPosie but i do want sex. This is what is confusing to me. Had I never been interested or enjoyed sex I could say confidently I am asexual and leave it a that. But in the first yr of my current relationship I couldnt keep my hands off dp, regardless if the sex was good or not. I really thought "oh this is it. I've cracked it. All my disinterest in sex was because i hadnt found someone I genuinely liked."

But I do love my dp. So I dont understand it my behaviour towards sex. I so desperately want this to work. Why cant I be normal Sad not just for dp but for myself. I want to like sex. As an adult its the one of the very few things we get to enjoy. I feel robbed.

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Lonelyisland · 18/04/2022 10:24

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GuineaPigPosie · 18/04/2022 13:48

@Lonelyisland

Oh I see :-( could it be difficulty with feelings from your past relationships coming back to the surface a bit? Or are you taking any medications that could impact on your hormones? It might be worth talking to your GP for a blood test and even seeking counselling just to talk it through, not because there's anything wrong.

Have you told your DH your feelings?

TheOriginalEmu · 18/04/2022 18:05

[quote Lonelyisland]@GuineaPigPosie but i do want sex. This is what is confusing to me. Had I never been interested or enjoyed sex I could say confidently I am asexual and leave it a that. But in the first yr of my current relationship I couldnt keep my hands off dp, regardless if the sex was good or not. I really thought "oh this is it. I've cracked it. All my disinterest in sex was because i hadnt found someone I genuinely liked."

But I do love my dp. So I dont understand it my behaviour towards sex. I so desperately want this to work. Why cant I be normal Sad not just for dp but for myself. I want to like sex. As an adult its the one of the very few things we get to enjoy. I feel robbed.[/quote]
So what’s changed between then and now? I think as others have said a trip to check your health is worth it.
You aren’t a freak though, it’s very common in women.

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