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Imposter Syndrome

If I try to tell you my entire life story and how I got to this point, I would be writing a book. I've been through extensive trauma and sexual abuse ever since I was 8 years old. My sexuality confuses me. Everyone says that my bisexuality is valid and real, but my therapist doesn't seem convinced, and I've had people tell me I'm straight anyway...

Here's how it is: I'm mostly physically attracted to men, but I really can't connect with them on a deep, deep level. I have fallen in love twice in my life, and both objects of my affection were women. I was physically attracted to them, too. But I don't find myself with strong feelings of lust for women as often I as I do for men. But my feelings for men are so incredibly shallow. It's like, "He's hot" and then it's like, "Yeah, but, what else?" There's never anything else.

Right now, I find myself having a crush with a gay man who volunteers with me (ironic, I know). But my love for him is surface-level and temporary (thank god, considering he's gay). This is so damn confusing. Am I bisexual, or an imposter? Does anyone else feel like this?

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User Profile: Amanda84
Amanda84 July 27th

@lostmonsterhighdoll

You are not an imposter 🧡

Only you know what feels comfortable with you.

No one else knows that 🧡

I'm so sorry to hear all that you have struggled 💛

Give yourself the space to navigate what feels right for you 💛

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User Profile: Aayla
Aayla July 27th
@lostmonsterhighdoll I know it's a lot to unpack, particularly considering your trauma and everything you faced in your life. Let's take one thing at a time.

First, bisexuality looks different for everyone. It's not always "50-50" levels of attraction. You might feel more pulled towards a gender, or you may feel like your levels of romantic and sexual attraction do not match each other. That's totally normal! There are as many ways to be bisexuals as there are bisexuals. So maybe you're bi, romantically more pulled to women, sexually more pulled to men. Or maybe it's just the truth about the man you've been attracted to so far, but it won't necessarily be the same for every man you'll like.
The thing is, the way you experience attraction to different genders can be different. You can like men in a certain way, women in another way, and you'd still be bisexual as long as there is at least some level of attraction for more than one gender.

I'd also like to say that giving yourself a label is not really necessary, unless you feel like it's really important to you. You can just do what you feel like doing at a given moment, follow your heart (or body!) and see how it goes. If it makes you happy, that's enough.

Anyway, if you need to talk about it, we'll be here to support you!