Hi, I know Scarleteen is more for sex-ed related stuff but I haven't had a chance to talk about this because everyone else shuts me down, so I'd like to write about it here- this won't be super well written because I have so many feelings wrapped up into it that I've never talked about before. :!: C...

Hi Sam, I think I know I don't really want to date a man. Imagining being with a woman feels good (unless I get really in my head and feel wrong for being gay) and I feel a desire and want to have a girlfriend. I don't feel anything when I think about men, and I've never had a desire to date one. It...

Hello! It's been a while since I posted onto this board. In case you were wondering since my last posts, my mental health has improved- I got a change in my meds and therapy has been helping me. I also got my autism diagnosis so I know more about myself now. One thing that has been seriously affecti...

Talking about it really doesn't feel viable for me. Imagining saying this to my therapist or my psychiatrist is horrible, and even to my friends who I tell everything to. I think it's because I'm just so embarrassed and upset by it that I'd never want anyone that I know to know about it. Talking abo...

Hi Sam, Thanks for replying. I was feeling very distressed last night when I wrote that as I had seen lots of articles telling me that fetishes can't be gotten rid of. First off, I do have a lot of therapies and support in place. I have been in hospital previously because of the severity of my anore...

This post might be a little messy as it is something I have never told anyone else, and it causes me great stress and embarrassment. TW for a lot of sexual talk and anorexia :!: I am very nearly sixteen, and since as LONG as I can remember, I have had an attraction to people gaining weight. I figure...