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Started by Anon, January 12, 2013, 01:02:06 PM

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Does body dysphoria cause you to avoid sexual situations?

No.
Sometimes.
Yes.
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Anon

I see a lot of topics about people who have various issues having any kind of sex with other people...or themselves. My psychiatrist and endo both asked me several times, and seemed kind of weirded out that I don't have a problem being intimate with anyone who sees me as a guy.
I mean, I'm still dysphoric about my body - my tits look wrong and I wish I had a bit more downstairs, blah blah blah, but it never gets in the way of having a good time. This sort of surprised even me when I first hooked up with someone.

One of my trans friends recently implied that I must not be "really bothered by [my] body" because of my lack of inhibition about having naked fun times. That pissed me off because I worked pretty hard to be able to transition at a relatively young age and put myself in a position where I can live full-time as a male in society, while he still sits around his parent's house bitching about how they don't understand him, without doing much to improve his situation.

So, am I the minority in enjoying sex pre-surgery, or what?
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LilDevilOfPrada

Your not a minority your simply someone with a lot less dysphoria :P  I personally cant even touch myself there ever because it freaks me out.

I suppose this is just one of those just how much do you really hate your body things, its not a competition its simply a mental thing :P
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Adam (birkin)

I chose other. I like sex, and if I was with a beautiful girl that I loved and was attracted to I wouldn't let my dysphoria stop me. But it certainly wouldn't be an "anything goes" situation either...I'd have to use my parts and my body in a very particular way. If I had to use them in a way I wasn't comfortable with, I am almost 99% sure I just wouldn't have sex.
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Simon

I think it's all in what someone is comfortable with. It doesn't bother me to have sex as long as I don't feel like I am being touched like I am female. I make it clear that I don't like insertion and the second that it happens it's game over. I know a lot of transguys don't mind it but it makes me feel violated. I probably like some things that other people might have dysphoria issues with. Everyone's dysphoria levels are different.
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mm

I have no interest in sex with the parts I have now.  I don't want anyone seeing or touching near my parts.   I use tampons and it is bad enough having to change them, but they are so much better than pads ever were for me.
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FullThrottleMalehem

Sometimes my dysphoria gets so bad I can't do anything but I try to suck it up for the sake of partners I've been with. I recently discovered I not only have hated my body because of what porn "teaches" many cis guys about anatomy, it's also because my body doesn't match my mind/gender. I can't touch myself at all with hands, I do and I'm immediately disgusted or really uncomfortable and kills the mood completely.
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AdamMLP

Dysphoria and sex has never been a problem for me. A little it recently actually because I've been at my house and with only a single duvet things can get uncovered, and seeing them is kinda nasty. But also recently I've been more confident in giving and that makes me feel more male. I'm one if those people who don't mind penetration, because my brain gets too fuzzy to think about anything other than how good it feels. The only thing that can cut through that is memories of sexual assault, but I'm getting better at that now I can actually believe that my girlfriend does love me all the time.

I can't get myself off though, that involves thinking about what I've got instead of just focusing on my girlfriend and the feeling etc.
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Jeatyn

As long as there's not too much boob-fondling I am completely fine with sex. It probably helps that my partner is the most understanding supportive person ever when it comes to dysphoria. I told him my do's and don't's and not once has he ever crossed a line that would make me uncomfortable.
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Paul

I went with sometimes. 

Sometimes it prevents me from pursuing someone because I don't want to deal with the drama of confiding and them possibly being a total ->-bleeped-<- about it.

Other times I'm up front with a guy and set up restrictions (my binder stays on and I prefer the lights off) and as long as he respects those boundaries and doesn't try touching me in a female way (which is easy since I'm gay and so are they) we're fine and I quite enjoy sex.

Alex; I understand where you are coming from with the sexual assault.  It takes time and (for me counseling), but eventually it gets better/easier.
It's hard to see through clouds of grey in a world full of Black and White.



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Ryan B.

Yes.  I've been running into this issue as of late... 
I'm finally in a relationship and I feel like my dysphoria regarding my lower half has gotten much much worse...
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insideontheoutside

Yes. All the time. Every time. I've ruined every previous relationship I had because of it (some never even got off the ground so to speak ... I mean, hanging out with someone for a few months really isn't a relationship and then when they find you're not down to screw them, they leave).
"Let's conspire to ignite all the souls that would die just to feel alive."
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Natkat

so much I want to say but im unsure how to say it.
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I wotted yes, Dyshoria ruin sex. But, I wont decribe me as having alot of dyshoria, it kinda come or go. I generally say I dont have dyshoria for my body but for the expectation or boxes I could be put into as female who is to be a certain way. <-- those kind of thouhgt gives me dyshoria. a general thing of not being views as I want, and not feeling confortable.

I think people general are diffrent sexually so we also take dyshoria diffently to find a way who works for us.
I dont have a problem with penetration, other people would never do that, I know someguy I had sex with without a binder, and I couldnt imaginary to ever had done so myself.

But
for me what works is to try not to worry and not thinking about the pressure of outside.
If I start to worry, whatever its for me not being seen as a guy, or if it other fact than I cant enjoy myself.

I generally reminds me that its no big deal, my body might be diffrent but it dosent make me more or less.
I know sexualety is very fluent, and I think alot of cisgenders would have the same sex as me if they where in my body. alot would also have it diffrently but so is the same for trans people.
we arnt freaks we just abit diffrent like everyone ells, I simple work with what I got try make the best out of it.

having those kind of thoughts in my mind makes me a bit more relaxed, but its a working procces. The world from outside keep reminding me that im "just a trann* that im just for sexual experimenting, or a half/half freak"
this can put you down both mentally and for sex, but we have to try keep outself together and not let it take over.
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Zerro

I avoid sexual situations altogether now. I tried in the past, but my dysphoria is too much to handle.

Some people can have sex and block out their dysphoria or put it aside, but I just can't. I feel violated and wrong.

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Nygeel

Sexual situations avoid me.

Really, so long as a person isn't disgusted at me for being trans, nor is fetishizing me for being trans then I'm pretty game. Sure there's sex acts I'm uncomfortable with but everybody has something they're not comfortable with, and things they really like. It's not exactly dysphoria within myself that causes discomfort during sex, it's mostly other people.

EX: if somebody uses 'female language" to describe my body instead of "male language" I would not feel comfortable at all and would likely need to stop right away.
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Nero

I put other. I had this during transition. I didn't want to be touched at all while my body changed. Before transition, I was okay as long as I had a shirt on. Also, in my teens I had some serious penetration dysphoria which kept me from 'going all the way'. I actually had anal before I let anything (or anyone) into that other hole. I got over that though. I never had any issues with being gone down on, however.
Also before transition, I was in complete control at all times. If someone tried treating me in what I saw as a 'feminine manner', they quickly found it didn't fly. Most the time no one even tried though. I wonder if this will even matter to me now.

Now I really don't know if I have issues because I'm not getting laid! (sorry, haven't been able to keep a coherent thought in my mind for weeks due to this  :laugh:)

It's all subjective. There are guys not ok with penetration and guys who don't want any contact at all until they have bottom surgery.
Everyone's dysphoria level is different. And people are dysphoric about different things. I couldn't stand to be naked ever before top surgery but if you're okay with it, more power to you.

Nero was the Forum Admin here at Susan's Place for several years up to the time of his death.
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aleon515

Yes it is bothering me. I identified as asexual, and I think I did due to dysphoria. Now I feel attracted to people again, but I still have it. I don't know if this will help me or anybody else but I have been watching videos on youtube from a collab channel called "Tmates". If you don't know about this, this is a channel from spouses and steady girl friends (and a guy or two)-- not really what I have so much. And one thing they really talk about is how important communication is. There was someone who even suggested texting (or could be chat) if face to face wasn't so easy. Another was not to use any female names of parts or activities. There were quite a few really good ideas. Obviously it was meant for the spouse (or whatever) but I thought it was really good stuff for me as well. I was amazed at the openness of some of the people.


--Jay
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mangoslayer

I have really bad lower dysphoria, but i've luckily gotten to the point where about 75% of the time i can have sex with my fiance without my dysphoria ruining it. Like it's still there but I've gotten comfortable enough with him that its usually manageable. Though sometimes i still start crying or have a panic attack during sex. THank god he understands, since thats a horribly awkward situation.
I don't think that i could have sex with anyone else though (like if we couldnt be together) until bottom surgery. Its pretty much a miracle that i am able to have sex with him pre-op.
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Shang

I can't have sex of any kind without feeling utterly disgusted with myself.  To be penetrated down there feels violating the same with having any area around there touched by another person.  I never truly enjoyed sex as a result and I only ever had it because my ex-fiancĂ© would beg and plead for it because he was a very sexual person.  I'm not all that sexual to begin with so having someone touch down there completely saps away my enjoyment or want of sex.

The only time I can imagine sex pleasantly is if it is male x male and my bits have been properly arranged to look male.  I have never dated anyone who took my thoughts on sex seriously and they always treated me as female.  I understand I look female, but don't treat me like that.

So that, coupled with dysphoria, makes me hate sex or fondling very much and makes me very grateful for my low sex drive.
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Rowan Rue

Sex hasn't been a problem, I can deal with the bits I have right now.
What's become super important is how I'm being related too.
I had gotten really unhappy trying to have sex "like a guy" before I came out.
Fortunately my wife is amazing and sees me as a girl so I'm actually enjoying sex for the first time in quite a while.
That said, I'll be a whole lot happier when the dangly bits are gone. 
They will not be missed.





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Darrin Scott

I feel in a similar way. It's more about how I'm related. I want to be treated as male and be seen as such, even with my chest.





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