Being asexual, sex-repulsed, but still having a libido is destroying my mental health. How can I get rid of my libido?
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Last Updated: 06/28/2020 at 11:29am
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Johanna Liasides, MSc, PhDc
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I work with youth and young adults to help them improve depressive symptoms and self-esteem as well as effectively address family, relationship and peer conflicts.
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It sounds like you are going through a very conflicting time. I think a good place to start is to learn to accept your libido. Viewing it as a really bad thing and trying to get rid of it may add to the feeling of infliction, when having a libido is a normal brain response that cannot be easily subdued. I appreciate that you are asexual, but working out why you are sex-repulsed and working through that with a therapist may help you feel a bit more comfortable with experiencing a libido when it does happen. I know people can be sex-repulsed following trauma, so it may be a good time to start working through that trauma and allowing yourself to at least relieve yourself when you do experience a high libido (not meaning to have sex with someone else of course). Hope this helps.
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